The National Museum of the Philippines finally opened another museum — this time here in our city, Cebu City! I’ve been following the development of this as I’m a museophile and I was super excited to learn that FINALLY the museum opened to the public last Aug. 1. The museum is in the Malacanan of the South building, at the historic Plaza Independencia.
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Casa Gorordo is a heritage house-turned museum and one of the most popular tourist destinations in downtown Cebu City. Even as a local, I still enjoy visiting Casa Gorordo because it transports me to the Spanish colonial period, and I always imagine myself a donya in the big house.
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Our introduction to Chiang Mai came in the form of a museum. Come to think of it, this was the only museum we visited in our Thailand trip, and we were only compelled to do this because a local, Joy, the owner of our Chiang Mai guesthouse, recommended we make such a visit. We had time to burn while waiting for our 2PM check-in time and Joy suggested we visit the Lanna Folklike Museum, which was just one big block away from her guesthouse at the West Gate of the Old City.
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Prior to flying to Vietnam, I made a list of “museums to visit” and there were about 10, most of which were related to the country’s war with the Americans. But because I was more interested in checking out the cultural side of the country, and not on their war history, I decided to just narrow my list of “museums to visit in Hanoi” down to one — the National Museum of History in Hanoi. I had no expectations of the museum, which is why I truly enjoyed our time here.
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What I find more interesting in Cambodia other than Angkor Wat is how its people coped up after the Khmer Rouge regime. It was a horrific time, at least in accordance with the books (and movies) I read. I am not very interested in wars and war paraphernalia, but I am interested in military tactics and effects of conflict to civilians, especially women and children. After our tour of Ta Phrom, which ended our Angkor Archaeological Park tour, we asked Kim to take us to the War Museum. Continue reading “Siem Reap War Museum”
Psyche Castillon 