Tuesday, May 13, 2014

MAKATI CITY

Location: Makati City, NCR, Philippines
Coordinates: 14°33′N 121°02′E
Elevation: 15.4 m (50.5 ft) City Land Area: 21.57 km2 (8.33 sq mi)
Metro Land Area: 638.55 km2 (246.55 sq mi)
No. of Districts: Two Districts
No. of Barangays: 33
Time Zone: PST (UTC+8)
Zip Code: 1200 to 1299
Dialing Code: 2
Date of Cityhood: January 2, 1995
Income Class: Highly-Urbanized City

Descriptive Summary: Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration of multinational and local corporations in the country. Major banks, corporations, department stores as well as foreign embassies are based in Makati.


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The skyscrapers along Ayala Avenue of Makati City


Makati being a highly-urbanized, modern and world-class city has all the amenities, luxuries and hotels where local and international tourist can enjoy. For booking your hotel accommodations and other relevant information, this link Makati hotels will be useful to you.

The busy street of Ayala Avenue late in the afternoon


The high-rise condominium residence towers along Ayala Avenue


Glorietta 4 with the Ascott Towers


Makati Nightscape courtesy by jan shim photography


Part of Glorietta Right Wing and Glorietta 5


The picturesque Greenbelt Park


Chain of restaurants, cafes and coffee shops at Greenbelt


The RCBC Plaza Tower (center) located in the corners of Ayala Avenue and Gil Puyat Avenue


A closer glimpse of RCBC Plaza Tower


The tallest tower is GT Tower International


The prominent Insular Life Building in the corners of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas


A shot taken from the Enterprise Tower in the corners of Ayala and Paseo de Roxas


Along Ayala Avenue with Enterprise Tower (left) and Philippine Stock Exchange Tower (right)


The glass-walled Zuellig Tower in the corners of Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue just opposite Mandarin Oriental Hotel


Lapu-Lapu Monument erected in the corners of Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas


Along Makati Avenue from the corner of Paseo de Roxas to Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue


Taken from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the corners of Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas


Photo of Zuellig Tower (left) and Mandarin Oriental Hotel (right)


The centerpiece is the One Roxas Triangle Tower in the corners of Paseo de Roxas and Cruzada Street


The Development Bank of the Philippines building (left) and on its back is the Pacific Star Building


Zuellig Tower


Along Paseo de Roxas


Along Makati Avenue


Manila Peninsula Hotel


Ayala Avenue from Manila Peninsula Hotel


Shangri-La Hotel - Makati


The Ascott Twin Towers and Glorietta 4


A green park fronting Glorietta 4 and 5


Glorietta 5 Shopping Mall


Uniqlo at Glorietta 5


Glorietta Activity Center


Still a part of Glorietta


The Greenbelt Park and its malls


Sto. Nino de Paz Chapel at the heart of Greenbelt Park


The interior of Sto. Nino de Paz Chapel


Greenbelt Park and the posh hotels around it


An open, stylish and classy restaurant at Greenbelt


Seattle's Best Coffee at Greenbelt


A busy evening at Greenbelt


Lavish shopping at Greenbelt 5


Peeping thru the glass windows of Greenbelt 5


Shoppers rush before the mall closing


Dusit Thani Hotel


AYALA TRIANGLE GARDENS

Location: Bel-Air, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Operating Hours: 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Coordinates: 14°33'25"N 121°1'26"E
Total Land Area: 20,000 square meters
Nearby Cities and Municipality: Quezon City, Mandaluyong City, Pasay City, Pasig City, Taguig City and Pateros Municipality
Descriptive Summary:
Ayala Triangle Gardens is a sub-district of the Makati Central Business District between Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas beautifully landscaped park and shaded with a hundred of trees of different variety including rain trees, golden palms, fire trees, kamuning and podo cerpus. It also showcases inspired public art pieces from some of the country’s leading artists. Formerly, this strip of land was the runway of the former Nielsen Field, Metro Manila’s main airport in the 1930s.

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The lush green Ayala Triangle Gardens Park


This park is a part of Makati City, one of the 16 cities and one municipality consisting Metropolitan Manila. Makati City is the financial capital of the Philippines where it hosts most of the main offices both big corporate companies, government offices and some multi-national companies. Metropolitan Manila is the capital of the Philippines and is also known as the National Capital Region (NCR).

This place is a refuge of the residents within the city of Makati for fitness and recreational activities like jogging, brisk walking, sports training for basic mountaineering course and even for purely people-watching. Others would just like to visit the place to unwind and to get close with nature in the midst of a metropolitan city.

The Philippine Stock Exchange Tower at the backdrop


Accessibility is one of the reasons why people come and go to this park where it is just adjacent to the busy street of Ayala Avenue, the Wall Street of the Philippines. Public transport is never a problem to get to this place.

The Philippine Stock Exchange Tower - The Gateway to the Park


The park has also the following attractions, namely: The Filipinas Heritage Library, Gabriela Silang Monument, Ninoy Aquino Monument The Sultan Kudarat Monument. It is also the venue of some events and activities.

The vibrant Ayala Triangle Gardens at night


The park is most busy starting early in the evening till it closes at 10:00 P.M. as the corporate populace and fitness-conscious people flock to the place for some to dine in the 14 restaurants serving of an array of delectable cuisines, namely:

* Amici
* Banapple
* BreadTalk
* Bon Chon Chicken
* C.B.D.
* Caramia Gelateria
* Chef Laudico's Bfast
* The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
* Golden Spoon
* Kanin Club
* MoMo Cafe
* Omakase
* Poco Deli
* Wee Nam Kee

The skyscrapers along the Paseo De Roxas side of the Park


No wonder the park is visited by a lot of people early in the evening as it is being surrounded with a lot of corporate offices housed in the skyscrapers visible in the picture above. The area has also Wi-fi hotspots which can be used for residents and employees, meetings or simply when hanging out with friends.

The dramatic landscape of the park as it almost closes at 10:00 P.M.


Tourists and nationals from the developed and highly-industrialized countries love to stay in this part of Makati as its world-class amenities give convenience to them.

HOW TO GET THERE

Ayala Triangle can be accessible through buses and taxi cabs from any point of Metro Manila. For public transport like buses, coming from the North of EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue), they should have a signboard of LRT/Ayala/Leveriza and lift in front of the Philippine Stock Exchange Tower along Ayala Avenue. Coming from the South or Baclaran, one has to take buses which has a route of Gil Puyat Avenue, which will pass through Gil Puyat LRT Station and has to lift in front PNB or formerly Allied Bank Corporation building and has to use the underpass to cross to the Philippine Stock Exchange.

On the other hand, it is just a walk away from Greenbelt and Glorietta Shopping Malls. It also across the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the corners of Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas. Likewise, it is just across Manila Peninsula Hotel in the corners of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

BACOLOD CITY

Location: Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Coordinates: 10°40'N 122°57'E
City Land Area: 162.67 km2 (62.81 sq mi)
Metro Land Area: 578.65 km2(223.42 sq mi)
No. of Districts: Lone District of Bacolod
No. of Barangays: 61
Time Zone: PST (UTC+8)
Zip Code: 6100
Dialing Code: 34
Date of Cityhood: June 18, 1938
Income Class: First Class

Descriptive Summary:Bacolod is dubbed to be the "city of smiles" because of its people's friendly faces. It being famous of its yearly Masskara Festival and the home to the prestigious Bongbong’s Piyaya, Inasal na Manok Bisaya


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This is a part of my April 11 – 15, 2014 Mount Kanlaon – Negros Occidental Trips which includes: Mount Kanlaon Climb; Mambukal Mountain Resort; The Ruins of Talisay; and Balay Negrense.

The Lagoon at the forefront with the Negros Museum at the background