Plaza Garibaldi is a famous square located at the historic centre of Mexico City named after the Italian revolutionary Guiseppe ‘Jose’ Garibaldi II who played an important role in the Mexican revolution during the early 20th century. The plaza is now known as the home of Mariachi music. Mariachi musicians roam the plaza serenading customers and soliciting gigs.
Category: Wandering
The 7-Day Nature Photo Challenge
I think almost everyone of us with social network accounts have received menacing chain messages telling us that we will have an eternal bad luck or burn in hell if we do not spread the message to other people by either private messages or by posting it on our accounts’ wall. This was however not the case with the challenge I received recently through my Facebook account. The challenge is that to post pictures of nature for a week on the FB wall and nominating other people to do the same. It is much like the ice bucket challenge without the ice, the bucket and the money donations (lol!). Actually, I was already invited to do this challenge five times and this is the only time that I gave in to the challenge.
Trajineras Of Xochimilco
Located 28 km south of Mexico City, Xochimilco is a former independent city established during the pre-Hispanic period. These early settlements at the Valley of Mexico were connected by an extensive lake and canal system. The settlers built artificial islands called “chinampas” or floating garden where flowers, fruits and vegetables were being raised. The canals were constructed as a navigation route for the “chinampas” which help feed the Aztec empire. The importance of Xochimilco to the Aztecs has made it worthy of its designation as a World Heritage Site in 1987.
Ciudad Universitaria Of Mexico City
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico) or UNAM was founded in 1910 and has been recognized as a leading Spanish-speaking university in the world. It also has the most number of Nobel Prize laureates among its alumni and faculty in all the universities in Latin America with Alfonso García Robles for peace, Octavio Paz for literature and Mario Molina for chemistry. Most of the old buildings that the university are using came from its predecessor, the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico which was established in 1551 and closed in 1867.
St. Louis Cathedral Of New Orleans
Facing the Mississipi River, the triple steeples of the St. Louis Cathedral towering over the historic neighborhood the heart of the old city. Being established in 1720 as a small wooden chapel, it was actually used in the same year by the French engineer and cartographer Adrien de Pauger as the center of the street grid when he was appointed to draw the original map of the French Quarter. New Orleans was just established two years prior and the French Quarter was then known as the Vieux Carre.
Leaving Miyazaki
The viewing deck is called the Miyazaki Airport Park where a small airplane Beechcraft C90A King Air JA8850 can be seen. The aircraft belongs to the Civil Aviation College which is based in Miyazaki City.
Mystical Banahaw
Mount Banahaw is considered by many as a “holy mountain” and is a popular traditional pilgrimage site among the locals. Many spiritual groups and mystics consider the mountain sacred with over a hundred specific places they identified as “puestos” or holy sites that should be respected and even venerated.
My Last Visita Iglesia
It’s Good Friday and at this time, I should have been going to some churches and do the prayers along the stations of the cross. This is the Catholic’s tradition of doing “Visita Iglesia” every holy week. I have started doing it since the late 90’s with my sister. When I had to leave Philippines and study in Japan, I have never done it for many years until 2014. Since I was in the Philippines at that time during the holy week, I went out with my friends to do the “visita iglesia”.
Regina RICA
Regina RICA was built on a hill with a 13.5 hectare land. At the heart of this spacious land is the 71-foot statue of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Inside the statue is a place called “Sanctuary of Universal Love and Devotion” or SULOD where one can go to a deeper meditation.
Mythical Gods Of Miyazaki: Umisachi Yamasachi Limited Express
The Umisachi Yamasachi train is not a regular train but a sightseeing train. It travels along the scenic Nichinan coastline between Miyazaki city and Nango in Miyazaki Prefecture. The train starts from Miyazaki Station at 10:06am, spends 4 hours in Nango, and returns to Miyazaki by 5:15pm.
Mythical Gods Of Miyazaki: Miyazaki Jingu
Considered as the most important shrine in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Jingu the oldest which is said to be established over 2600 years ago. According to legend, the place where the present shrine stood formerly housed a palace enshrining the spirit of Emperor Jimmu. The present structure was built in 1907 with the main shrine built with only Japanese cedar from Sano.
Mythical Gods Of Miyazaki: Aoshima Island
Aoshima is a small island measuring 1.5 kilometer in diameter and a surface area of 4.4 hectares. There are more than 200 varieties of subtropical plants fluorishing on the island, particularly the 5000 palm trees with some of which are 350 years old. It was assigned as one of Japan’s National Special Natural Monuments.
Amoj In Wanderland 