Manila People Stories: ThingsAsian

Manage My TA

Share Your Experience

Stories about People in Manila


Amazing Ruins of Ayutthaya ARIEL NOBLE - arnobs66 [1,232] Ayutthaya , whose name means “undefeatable” in Sanskrit, may not be as popular as Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket but it’s one of the many places in Thailand that’s... Destinations: Malaysia \| Singapore \| Manila \| Woodlands \| Changi \| Baguio \| Ayutthaya \| Philippines \| Bangkok \| Boracay Island \| Johor Bahru \| Tagaytay City \| Laguna \| Seoul \| Korea, S \| Kuala Lumpur \| Mindanao \| Thailand \| Cebu Topics: Travel \| People \| Photography \| Beaches & Resorts \| Shopping \| National Parks \| Festivals \| Ecotourism \| Culture \| Nature \| Architecture
Film Review: Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Mention the name Imelda Marcos and, predictably, the first response is...SHOES. Shoes, shoes and more shoes, size 8 1/2. So many, they fill a museum in the town of Marikina, the shoe manufacturing... Destinations: Manila \| Philippines Topics: People \| Performing Arts \| 20th Century History
MANILA Philip Ace Falcon - falcon1 [260] MANILA is the capital of the Pearl of the Orient Seas. Tracing its history, several occupations such as Spanish, Japanese, and American ruled over the historic city. The battles to win power over... Destinations: Manila \| Philippines Topics: Culture \| Economy \| Travel \| People \| National Parks \| 20th Century History \| Traditions
Habagats Bad Winds declan hearne - dhearne [145] The month of August 2006 in Davao Gulf, Philippines has been one the most active monsoons for some years. Vast stretches of coastline were altered by the storm waves with many coastal communities... Destinations: Manila \| Philippines Topics: Economy \| People
Ifugao: Continuing the 2,000 year old tradition Melo Villareal - melovillareal [287] The origin of the Ifugao's is derived from the term Ipugo which refers to the rice grain given to them by their god Matungulan. Until the present day, this kind of rice grain is cultivated by the... Destinations: Manila \| Philippines Topics: People

Amazing Ruins of Ayutthaya

ARIEL NOBLE - arnobs66 [1,232]

Ayutthaya , whose name means “undefeatable” in Sanskrit, may not be as popular as Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket but it’s one of the many places in Thailand that’s...

Destinations: Malaysia | Singapore | Manila | Woodlands | Changi | Baguio | Ayutthaya | Philippines | Bangkok | Boracay Island | Johor Bahru | Tagaytay City | Laguna | Seoul | Korea, S | Kuala Lumpur | Mindanao | Thailand | Cebu
Topics: Travel | People | Photography | Beaches & Resorts | Shopping | National Parks | Festivals | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | Architecture

Film Review: Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911]

Mention the name Imelda Marcos and, predictably, the first response is...SHOES. Shoes, shoes and more shoes, size 8 1/2. So many, they fill a museum in the town of Marikina, the shoe manufacturing...

Destinations: Manila | Philippines
Topics: People | Performing Arts | 20th Century History

The velvet sky paints itself a thousand breath-taking sunsets that can be seen at the Baywalk. During night fall colorful lights carried by majestic lampposts line up the area. Vehicles bound to or from the airport treat the eyes of their passengers as they speed along Roxas Blvd.

MANILA

Philip Ace Falcon - falcon1 [260]

MANILA is the capital of the Pearl of the Orient Seas. Tracing its history, several occupations such as Spanish, Japanese, and American ruled over the historic city. The battles to win power over...

Destinations: Manila | Philippines
Topics: Culture | Economy | Travel | People | National Parks | 20th Century History | Traditions

Habagats Bad Winds

declan hearne - dhearne [145]

The month of August 2006 in Davao Gulf, Philippines has been one the most active monsoons for some years. Vast stretches of coastline were altered by the storm waves with many coastal communities...

Destinations: Manila | Philippines
Topics: Economy | People

Ifugao women, wearing a wraparound skirt called the ampuyou or tolge. The ordinary tapis consists of a blue cloth with narrow white horizontal stripes and two broken lines of red triangles, and is worn just above the knee. Ifugao girls begin to wear the tapis by the time they are five or six years old. There are five kinds of Ifugao skirts. The inggalgalletget is worn just above the knee. It is full of narrow stripes and is made of two pieces of cloth joined together. This skirt is for working in the rice paddies, but is not in fashion at present.

Ifugao: Continuing the 2,000 year old tradition

Melo Villareal - melovillareal [287]

The origin of the Ifugao's is derived from the term Ipugo which refers to the rice grain given to them by their god Matungulan. Until the present day, this kind of rice grain is cultivated by the...

Destinations: Manila | Philippines
Topics: People

5 items found, displaying all items.

Sort by

	All Related Destinations:
	Philippines