Wednesday Walk - Wandering around in one of the historical places in the Philippines - Luneta Park.
A week ago, I shared about A tourist spot to visit in the heart of Manila, Philippines, if you have a limited budget.. Yes, it was Rizal park or also known as Luneta Park. Thus, I only highlighted the dancing fountain but was unable to share other details during the walk.
Let us start at the entrance;
Before reaching the gate, outside, these beautiful flowers were planted. Looking at it, I could see it was cared for well. There was even probably one of the staff that maintains the park watering all the plants.
Same subject at a different time
As you enter the gate, you will see this old house with the Philippine flag on the left side! It took me a while to figure out what this building is for. It was a small canteen of information/admin. Yet, none of those at it was a guard house.
The park was wide and spacious and could accommodate a number of people who wanted to visit the place. What I loved was seeing a lot of trees and not only that! There were some birds' houses hanging on the twigs! Did you spot it?
Trivia
Above the photo was the monument of the Philippines' national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. Why was it built in here?
On December 30, 1896, he was executed through a firing squad in Bagumbayan, which is the Luneta park now. Yes, this place! The statue honored his martyrdom, leading to freedom from the Spanish invasion in 1898.
Many people were taking pictures as they didn't want to miss the chance to save a memory of one historic place.
Have you noticed something? I mean the building at the back of the monument? That caused debates among lawmakers and government officials about why it was allowed to be built. It became a trending topic for months and was tagged as photobomber.
My feet were already sore from walking, wandering around, making sure I saturated the whole area! So we decided to go back to the fountain area to wait for twilight. We were both starving so we did try to look for food.
There was a lot of fast food outside the park, but the entrance and exit were too far from it. The other gate was still closed in order to maintain the crowd.
Delighted and made us smile upon seeing the food stalls sign only to be disappointed as the area was empty. Kiosks were already set up but aside that it was nothing.
The management may be still working for it.
Left with no choice, we headed back but this map on the ground caught my attention.
Map of Laguna Province as this is where Dr. Rizal was born and raised. Perhaps next month I will be visiting the house when my husband arrives.
Map of different countries he traveled back then.
That's it, I am really tired and exhausted so we continue walking and find a bench to sit on to have some rest. Few minutes were spent enjoying the dancing colorful fountain.
After, we decided to go home but again we were stopped by this;
Whoever idea was this, all I can say it was brilliant! It became one of the places at the park where people spent time to take some photos. The ambience gives a nice vibes. As we wanted to join the trend, we also strike a pose!
That's me and my walk buddy for the day.
Before I forget, you can ride in that carriage to tour around the park, just outside, along the road.
Thanks for reading, and that's all for this week's entry in Sir @tattoodjay Wednesday walk in collaboration with @elizacheng to make me smile. I hope I made you 😊.
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Wow! I always here about Luneta park even in television but I don't know when I can visit that place. I am stuck only in our municipality, how I wish to travel outside our province and outside this Mindanao island.
Hehe, Sabi nila before , di mo masabi narating mo na Manila, if di ka nakagala Ng luneta
Kelan pa kaya Ako makapunta dyan? Hehehe
Baka paglaki Ng mga kids mo, hehe
For the meantime tour na lng kita
Atleast my idea na din Ako what Luneta park looks like. So kapag pupunta dyan dapat magpa picture talaga sa statute ng ating bayani na si Jose Rizal
Oo may guard naka duty diyan na sword drill Minsan.
Tapos nood ka dancing fountain 😁
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Looks a great park to walk and explore
Thanks for joining the Wednesday, its always fun for me to visit the walks from all around the world, getting a feel for communities where people live and what they see on their daily walks
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The last time I was in Luneta I don't remember these things! So much has changed over the years. Love the map on the ground!
Ako those lampost wala pa the last time I visited and maybe something was new again next time as the other part was under renovation.
So mas malawak siya at nakakapagod 😁🤣
Good for exercise talaga hahaha
Looks like there are some things to see around this park. Are those red taxi is tuk tuk? that looks like a tuk tuk :D
I am not familiar with tuk-tuk so I asked google 😁.
Yes, it was but we called that here ebike. It was in trend now here in my country, starting the pandemic I guess..
Instead of pedicab.
The park was too wide to explore and also there were a lot of tourist attractions nearby.
I thought it was an illuminated giant chess set!
Glad to see you post this now, love the bird houses hanging from the twigs!
Hehe that was a great idea 💡💡, those lampost. Actually I saw a baby feeding bottle on the ground. I guess the mother was engrossed in taking pictures that I didn't notice.
Oh there were some birds actually, I just couldn't find the perfect time to photograph .
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Looking at it from a distance I actually thought it was part of the monument.
This park right here is filled with a lovely ambience. I really liked the poles with light. A perfect spot to take memorable pictures.
It was a condominium building and as for me, it should not be built in there too 🤣
Exactly, it took away the beauty and 'epicness' of the Statue 😂😅