Sunset Series - Renmin Square - Dalian, China



Sunset at Renmin (People's) Square, Dalian, China
Photo was taken through Iphone

DALIAN, Liaoning, China - To continue with the photo of sunset series.

4. Sunset at Renmin (People's) Square - Dalian, China. I was walking around Dalian city during the cold winter season in January 2013 when I came across the sunset at People's Square. It was very cold at -11 degrees during that time but I was still manage to stay for a while and take photos of the sunset.

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Interesting Places in the World - Part 1



Merlion at
Singapore Changi Airport 

SINGAPORE - Interestingly, I've been to several cities and countries that are considered top performing in their own areas. However, Singapore, was one of the countries included in all the three categories of world's top airports in 2012, most expensive cities in the world - 2013 and least corrupt countries -2013.

1. The World's Top Airports 2012 according to

www.worldairportawards.com. The results are based on 12 million passenger surveys completed during a 10-month survey period, covering over 385 airports.
The survey evaluates the total passenger experience across 39 airport service and product features, from arrival at an airport, through transit and departure processes to the boarding gate. Based on the results, I've been to 5 out of the top 10 in the list.

1. Incheon (Korea) International Airport

2. Singapore Changi Airport

3. Hong Kong International Airport

4. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

5. Beijing Capital International Airport

6. Munich Airport

7. Zurich Airport

8. Kuala Lumpur International Airport

9. Vancouver International Airport

10. Central Japan International Airport

2. Most Expensive Cities to Live in the World - 2013 - The Economist ranked the cities included based on the cost of products and services, such as gas, food, rent and transportation. The whole report was published at www.huffingtonpost.ca. I've been to 4 out of the 10 in the list. 

Tokyo Japan
Photo was taken while on the way
to Narita Airport



1. Tokyo
2. Osaka
3. Sydney
4. Oslo
5. Melbourne
6. Singapore
7. Zurich
8. Paris

9. Caracas (almost, when I was still in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

10. Geneva 
3. The Corruption Perceptions Index (www.transparency.org) ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 - 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean.


Wellington, New Zealand
Photo was taken through Iphone

A country's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories included in the index. This year's index includes 176 countries and territories. Certain countries have the same scores with other countries on certain spots. I've been to 5 out of 15 countries in the list.

1. Denmark

1. Finland

1. New Zealand

4. Sweden

5. Singapore

6. Switzerland

7. Australia

7. Norway

9. Canada

9. Netherlands

11. Iceland

12. Luxembourg

13. Germany

14. Hongkong

15 Barbados

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Intramuros, Manila - Philippines' Historical city

 

Fort Santiago Gate
Intramuros, Manila, Philippines



INTRAMUROS, Manila - My idea was to have nice-looking, fascinating and historical structures as background on our pre-nuptial pictorial so pictures would look like they were taken from Europe. Intramuros, Manila's oldest district, was the perfect place that is within the metro. The place is a Spanish-style walled city with plenty of nice architectures that I are truly appreciate. Thanks to these Spanish-era structures that are still standing the test of time, we were able to take great-looking photos for our wedding.

According to wikipedia.org, Intramuros is the oldest district and historic core of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Known as the Walled City, the original fortified city of Manila was the seat of the Spanish government during the Spanish colonial period. The walled part of Manila was called intramuros, which is Latin for "within the walls"; districts beyond the walls were referred as the extramuros of Manila, meaning "outside the walls".

Guardia Civil inside Intramuros

Construction of the defensive walls was started by the Spaniards in the late 16th century to protect the city from foreign invasions. The 0.67-square-kilometre (0.26 sq mi) walled city was originally located along the shores of the Manila Bay, south of the entrance to Pasig River. The reclamations during the early 20th-century obscured the walls from the bay. Guarding the old city is Fort Santiago, its citadel located at the mouth of the river.

Intramuros was heavily damaged during the battle to recapture the city from the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. Reconstruction of the walls was started in 1951 when Intramuros was declared a National Historical Monument, which is continued to this day by the Intramuros Administration. I hope the government would give enough attention in preserving historical places like Intramuros.

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