Media Category: Philippines 2025

While the rain has stopped for a few minutes, we continue our pedicab ride through Manila’s Chinatown or Binondo passing a view of the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge, a modern steel bowstring arch bridge with four lanes that connects Chinatown to Intramuros. (Sept. 12, 2025)

The large and colorful Filipino-Chinese Friendship Arch that leads into the residential and business section of the Chinese in Manila’s Chinatown or Binondo, with a view of another form of transportation in Manila and throughout the Philippines, the Jeepneys. These decorated, World War II-era US military jeeps are a quintessential Philippine public transport option, providing a cheap and local way to get around the city and its districts, including Chinatown. (Sept. 12, 2025)

Driving, in our pedicab, along Ongpin Street considered the vibrant heart of Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, known for its bustling atmosphere, authentic Chinese cuisine, jewelry shops, and traditional goods along with the tall residential buildings where the Chinese live. (Sept. 12, 2025)

Driving, in our pedicab, along Ongpin Street considered the vibrant heart of Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, known for its bustling atmosphere, authentic Chinese cuisine, jewelry shops, and traditional goods along with the tall residential buildings where the Chinese live. (Sept. 12, 2025)

Driving, in our pedicab, along Ongpin Street considered the vibrant heart of Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, known for its bustling atmosphere, authentic Chinese cuisine, jewelry shops, and traditional goods along with the tall residential buildings where the Chinese live. (Sept. 12, 2025)

Driving, in our pedicab, along Ongpin Street considered the vibrant heart of Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, known for its bustling atmosphere, authentic Chinese cuisine, jewelry shops, and traditional goods along with the tall residential buildings where the Chinese live. (Sept. 12, 2025)

Inside our jeepney ride from Manila’s Chinatown or Binondo into Intramuros. The seats are narrow and slippery but there’s a bar overhead to grab. And, payment is in cash to the two people up front. To get off the jeepney, just tap the roof and go in and out thru the rear entrance. And, by the time we arrived in Intramuros, just a short distance, the jeepney was full. (Sept. 12, 2025)