Fort Santiago: A Historical Place

One of  Manila's oldest fortification is the Fort Santiago. Fort Santiago is more popularly known as the Walled City of Manila, the Intramuros. This is also where Jose P. Rizal was imprisoned before his execution at Bagumbayan, now the Luneta park.

I got the chance to visit the place because of my daughter Kyla's School Educational Field Trip. Admission price for Adults is P75.00 and P50.00 for children.

A feeling of tranquility, it is a nice place to relax, do some soul searching, aside doing school projects.

Places to go...

Rajah Sulayman Theater

Rizal Shrine

Jose Rizal Vertebrae

The Mi Ultimo Adios written in Spanish and Chinese

Last Walk to Martyrdom Trail

 Final Resting Place

The Dungeons

Baluarte De Santa Barbara

Intramuros Wall

Pasig River

Jose Rizal

Fort Santiago?...more fun in the Philippines.

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Fort Santiago
Intramuros,
Manila

It's a small world after all!~

It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all

It's a small small world!

We used to sing this song when we were little. We also loved to play. So when I happened to see this place, all of the sudden, it reminded me of all my childhood memories. Dolls, dolls and lots of dolls, dressed-up in different costumes that represents their countries and some are dressed-up as Disney  Princesses and other characters. 

I felt sad because I remembered my baby Kyla. She would be very happy if she were here. I vowed to myself that I would bring my children here at Hong Kong Disneyland, for sure, no matter what. 

Enough of those emo thing. I deliberately make a separate blog for this because I felt that this is a little special. Not only for those cute 'lil dolls but for the relaxing musical boat ride that goes around the Fantasy Land. The ride features over 300 brightly costumed audio-animatronic dolls in style of children of the world, frolicking in a spirit of international unity, and singing the attraction's title song, which has a theme of global peace.  (source: Wikipedia)

I also wanted to share these pictures  so that you can also feel the magical whimsical small world experience.

The Small World Entrance 

Dolls by Country/Region

The Artic/North Pole Dolls

European

Caribbean

Denmark

Germany

Saudi Arabia

Africa

South America

Mexico

India

Japan

Korea

Thailand 

Hawaii

Africa

and our very own Philippines

Dolls by Disney Characters/Movies

Christmas Story

Circus

Cinderella and Prince Charming

Pinocchio

The Clock Dolls

Alladin and Princess Jasmine

Princess Jasmine

Lion King

Toy Story ~Woody and Jessie

Pocahontas

Lilo and Stitch

The Little Mermaid~Ariel

Kung-Fu Panda

Cute Animals under the rain

Carousel 

I was not in the picture. I was the one who took this photo. Enjoying the rides from left~Dhang, Dina and Jane.

I hope you all enjoy the journey as much as I did. The last part of the tour was something makes me proud of~saying goodbye in different languages including this...

Our very own goodbye ~ Paalam!