Fort Santiago

Our first actual stop where we went down from the jeepney was Fort Santiago. It’s a beautiful place. I wish we could do more things to liven up this place. The only tour inside is the Museum of Jose Rizal. The other tour just shows remnants of World War II which is quite sad. I fear that if we tour Japanese and Americans here it would not be so nice to tell them – “This was where the Japanese imprisoned the Americans.” It feels bad enough that not many good memories were left in this place, so they should turn it into a happy place now in the future.

I wish they would just give a brief explanation as to what the place was and talk about more positive things. Or Just take them to the Museum and walk around the place. Maybe have a nice cafe where they can sit and enjoy the place since there are very few historical sites in our city. Maybe have some cultural shows and have nice quaint shops selling Philippine products and antiques

This is a happy sight for me 🙂 The guards look so elegant and reflects the past

The place would be beautiful without having to dwell too much on the war

There are some shops here which use to be prison cells – It would be nice to expand this and maybe upgrade the shops so more people will come and shop

I was with Americans while doing the tour and I felt so akward when they had to hear all the horror stories of American being imprisoned 🙁 But look it’s beautiful here

This description would have been enough. I will be sending my comments and suggestions to the tour operator 🙂

This was a beautiful part of the tour – when they showed us Binondo. Binondo is the oldest Chinatown in the world!!! You can see this from Fort Santiago