No research now, please. Pretend you are face to face with a 40-year old male American traveling to the Philippines for the first time. And he asks you he wants to see Luneta, but asks you about it first for him to decide whether the trip to Luneta is worth his time.
2007-10-22 18:50:39 · 8 answers · asked by boyplakwatsa.com 7 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
I'll tell him about office workers, trapped in their airconditioned buildings, and who felt like drying of pneumonia, suddenly escapes from the boredom of it all - and finds Luneta. How a walk by the sea (Baywalk) could reinvigorate a soul. How finding the Manila Hotel, still standing there after all it's gone through in our history, could somehow summon up feelings of pride and purpose. How, just to see children playing in the grass in this park, could infect you with their contentment and laughter. And their joy in living. How to avoid talking to vagabonds (grease man/woman) who somehow found in the Chinese garden a particularly fine people's hotel, but whom somehow I identified with, and thus struck friendships - cuz there will be a heartbreak when tomorrow they are either gone or arrested. How memories of grand parades in front of the Stadium by the sea would fade in the back of your mind, once you see a sole pigeon take off from the asphalt grounds and you follow its flight in a magnificent Manila Bay sunset.
2007-10-22 20:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Aref H4 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would say it would be worth his time if he brought his sweetheart along.
seriously though, I would tell him about the historical aspects of Luneta. As well as some trivia like all roads are measured starting from Luneta.
Catching the sunset in the nearby manila bay.
The nearby seafood restaurants.
2007-10-23 02:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by TraderJoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't describe Luneta to anybody. It's an experience! Each person has a different one each time. I would just tell them to go see for themselves and exprience it.
2007-10-23 06:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by summerrain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd tell the foreign visitor that this is Luneta Park. this is where our hero, Jose Rizal was killed and was laid to rest. this is the common Filipino's mall and means of recreation. this is where we stroll, take walks and meet friends. and to us Filipinos, this does not only symbolizes us as a nation but it symbolizes our in depth and ingrained desire to conquer oppression social conflicts and adversaries, peacefully and amicably.
2007-10-23 06:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by jargon blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A beautiful park at heart of Manila. You will find Quirino Granstand, Chinese Garden, playground for kids/lovers. This park is well maintained and has a guard posted near Rizal's statue. A guard that doesn't move. I would tell him it is worth the trip.
That's hard.
2007-10-23 04:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will tell him it is part of the pHil. History. He can take a walk around the area or just breeze through the place. Bring him to boardwalk for the new developments. Heard they are not building a mini oceanarium there. Suggest Fort Santiago in Intramuros and chinatown in ongpin
2007-10-24 08:21:48 · answer #6 · answered by sandra y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's an open opera house there that helds foreign classical music and cultural filipino songs. sometimes they do theatrical plays too about philippine legends and historical events.
dont go there alone though. bring friends or relatives.
2007-10-23 02:54:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I want to know!
2007-10-23 02:25:33 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋