PHOTO: Traditional Dances of the Coastal Area of
Peru Performed at Parque de la Muralla in Lima

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Manila: Rowing the Pasig River with Manila Boat
Club (Sta. Ana)

post from Ivan About Town | Tourist Spots in the Philippines | Philippine Travel Blog on 28 April 2012 01:23:31 PM. © Ivan About Town | Tourist Spots in the Philippines | Philippine Travel Blog

Have you ever considered rowing? Now that the Pasig River is getting cleaner, you might want to try rowing there one of these days. The historic Manila Boat Club in Sta. Ana, Manila encourages interested individuals and groups to try rowing as a sport. I've actually visited the club twice already. And I definitely enjoyed the rowing experience.

Founded in 1895, the Manila is said to be the oldest existing club in Manila. The building at its current site was opened in 1932. But some of its boats date back to its early days (when the club was located on Manila Bay and later Nagtahan and Isla Provisor) and are thus over a hundred years old. Indeed, the club has a rich heritage.

Inside the Manila Boat Club are squash courts, which in 1970, were the very first to be opened outside military bases.

The new officers of the Manila Boat Club are slowly reviving interest in rowing and are encouraging interested individuals and groups to try it out by visiting the club. Of course, you might want to consider becoming a member of the club if you're interested in the sport. It's best to arrive before sunrise or late in the afternoon to avoid the heat of the sun, especially this summer. They have instructors who can teach you the basics of rowing.

Rivers provide a different view of the city. In fact, most cities around the world consider their rivers as showcases of fine architecture. Manila used to have its most beautiful buildings by the Pasig River. And rowing is one way to see the city in a different light.

If you're interested to try out rowing at the Manila Boat Club, please contact the club president Quintin Pastrana at qvpastrana@yahoo.com. Row, row, row your boat!

Manila Boat Club
2442 Havana Street
cor. Del Pan Street, Sta. Ana
Manila, Philippines

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Singapore: Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
along Jalan Besar

post from Ivan About Town | Tourist Spots in the Philippines | Philippine Travel Blog on 28 April 2012 12:24:04 PM. © Ivan About Town | Tourist Spots in the Philippines | Philippine Travel Blog

Jalan Besar is a street in Singapore that has been gazetted as a conservation area. I actually enjoyed walking along Jalan Basar from my hostel along Lavender Street, admiring the old but colorfully-painted buildings that have been adaptively reused for modern needs.

Here are some photos from Jalan Besar showing the many things you can do with a heritage building. As can be seen from the photos, old buildings need not be torn down to be economically viable. Despite the scarcity of land in Singapore, they have strong heritage conservation rules, especially since their preserved ethnic neighborhoods bring in the tourists.

Many of the buildings have restaurants, hawker stalls or even KTVs and night clubs.

I noticed there were also many hardware stores, stores that specialize in home fixtures and interior design including lighting and paint shops. One even had an Internet shop.

Regardless of what businesses are there today, the important thing is that these buildings will continue to survive because of strong heritage laws in Singapore and the new lease to life these new enterprises have brought to these buildings. And note that this is just one street. Singapore has many conservation areas. Those in Manila who say land is too expensive for heritage conservation should make a trip to land-scarce Singapore and see how its done.

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Early Morning Alms

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I am not a morning person and waking up early can be such an effort. Laos somehow has managed to get me up at the crack of dawn, and for good reasons. When we snuck out of our hotel?s gate … Continue reading →

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Inca Trail Day 2: Dropping Down into the Valley

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Go-Travel Leura: The Colours Are Glorious

post from Leura Blue Mountains Guide on 28 April 2012 03:40:55 AM. © Leura Blue Mountains Guide

April 27: Leura has fully made the transition — trees are in their richest autumn array. If possible, make your mountain trip this week — pray for dry, sunny weather and bring your cameras. We suggest that you turn off of Great Western Highway at the first entrance into Leura (Scott Avenue), Scott becomes Railway [...]

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London Underground style map for Scotland's
Munros

post from Going Underground's Blog on 28 April 2012 03:23:51 AM. © Going Underground's Blog

A new map of Scotland's highest mountains has been inspired by the layout of the London Underground map.
Peter Burgess, a former geography teacher from East Ham, created the MunrOverground after the success of Tubular Fells, a topological map of England's Lakeland Fells.

The map shows Munros - mountains higher than 3,000ft - and landscapes such as Linn of Dee in Aberdeenshire.

Detail fom MunrOverground by Peter Burgess
On the map, as with a Tube map you can see Scotland's mountains grouped into a number of lines, including the Skye Line, the Knoydart, Skye and Affric Line and the Southern Hills.

Peter said "I've thoroughly enjoyed mapping Scotland. It's a place with a great heritage and landscape to boot. I've not climbed many Munros, but a tally approaching 40 isn't too bad. In creating this map, I've not only learned a lot about Scotland and its fantastic mountains, but like the Tube map itself, it begins to make sense."

The John Muir Trust and Scottish Mountain Rescue will receive a donation from every map sold. John Hutchison, chairman of the John Muir Trust, said: "The MunrOverground is hugely inspiring, I'm sure that anyone who loves Scotland's wild places would be glad to hang it on their wall."

Thanks to Jon Allen for alerting me to this.

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Exploring Don Khong

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Bang Phli Floating Market and Bang Phli Temple

Bang Phli Floating Market is perported to be 155 years old or built in Year of the Lord Buddha 2040 or 1857, making the trip interesting. The market is built along Klong Bang Phli. Klong is the Thai word for canal. Just as a side note: floating markets in Thailand do not float. They are built along a canal or water way and Bang Phli is built along a fairly large klong. They do have floating aspects to them like selling food and products from small boats along the edge of the klong. To get to the market you must search out the Bang Phli Big C, go to the rear of the building and there is a bridge made of two boats tied together across the klong. Please be careful crossing and it costs 1 baht for the crossing.

boat bridgeklongmarketWat Bang Phli is found the east end of the market and I recommend you take a walk about the temple. When I was there there was a lot of activities and food to partake. Please enjoy.

I am including the Google link below so if you have your smart phone, use it to make your life easier. :)

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