4 December 2012
Manila Hotel 1
We’re taking a
research trip to downtown Manila, staying at The Manila Hotel. Grace found a
great deal online so we decided to live it up a bit. The Manila Hotel was built
in 1912 and was a center for dancing and jazz during the 1920s so I’m writing
about the building in my dissertation. We figured it would be interesting to
stay there for a night or two. The building was pretty much completely
destroyed during WWII but was rebuilt to match the old building.
The hotel is next
to all the major sights and places of downtown Manila. Tomorrow we’re actually
going to do some sight-seeing in Manila: we’re going to do a tour of Intramuros
and walk through the Luneta, the old park where the Philippine Constabulary
Band gave public concerts two times a week. This is a completely different
scene than Marikina and many of the other areas of metro Manila that we’ve
seen. Should be an interesting day tomorrow.
We took a few vides of the Manila Hotel lobby. There was a band playing Christmas music in the evening: Video 1, Video 2.
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| our room view: Manila Bay and port |
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| port of Manila |
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| ambulance ready to go? |
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| Manila Hotel facade |
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| brass band outside but they were done playing when we got there |
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| lots of incredible chandeliers |
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| hotel lobby, note the many 10-foot tall nutcrackers |
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| playing Christmas tunes and other songs all afternoon |
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| view from the pool, rain coming |
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| old Manila Hotel on the right, new addition is on the left |
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| beautiful capiz chandelier |
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| taking wedding photos in lobby |
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| gingerbread house in lobby, inside is a bunch of candy and chocolate for sale |
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| famous sunset over Manila Bay, a bit cloudy tonight |
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| sunset over Manila Bay |
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| room view at night |
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| full band playing Christmas tunes |
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| angel tree-topper is a bit interesting... |
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