Fort Santiago - The Walled City of Intramuros, Manila
After a good night out, I got up at lunchtime and headed out with Bryanboy to Intramuros, the walled city and Fort Santiago.
The location of this site was also once the palace and kingdom of Rajah Suliman, chieftain of Manila. It was destroyed by the conquistadors upon arriving in 1570, encountering several bloody battles with the Muslims and native Tagalogs. The Spaniards destroyed the native settlements and erected Fuerza de Santiago in 1571.
Intramuros is considered the 'real' Manila.
Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig River, is the oldest among the districts of the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Its name, taken from the Latin, intra muros, literally "With in the walls", meaning within the wall enclosure of the city/fortress, also describes its structure as it is surrounded by thick, high walls and moats. During the Spanish Period, Intramuros was considered Manila itself.
A historically interesting site where we also learnt about the National hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal.
It was 40 Pesos to get in.
And we didn't have much time so we took a guided took with a horse drawn carriage, this cost the princely sum of 1000 pesos, which helps support the site and staffing it, keeping it clean, repairs etc.
Sunny Manila & A Night Out With Bryanboy (AGAIN!)
Got to KLIA nice and early, even with the horrific traffic near Sierramas (stupid flyover has to be torn down).
Had an interesting breakfast, and started on my book, Midnight Cowboy (will review seperately later).
Arrived in Ninoy Aquino without any trouble and passed through immigration fairly fast.
I IZ BACK!
Loads of things to do tho, have to run out now.
Will update properly soon, here's a quick pic for now 
