The Beautiful, historic churches of Ilocandia

posted by: Prime Sarmiento I love to travel around Southeast Asia if only because I'm on a temple tripping kick. The region after all has a rich Hindu-Buddhist tradition. The kind that produces the magnificent Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia. You can't see these structures in my country. We debated the reasons behind...

Visita Iglesia 2010: A short tour of some of Manila’s historic churches

posted by: Prime Sarmiento Growing up in a devout Catholic family means spending a lot of time hearing mass in any place where there’s a Catholic church. And in a predominantly Catholic Philippines, that’s very easy as Filipinos don’t only go to church on Sundays- the traditional day of obligation. For people like my mother,...

stumbling on the rock of cashel

Going to dublin from cork, it’s hard not to notice the castle atop the hill, we were wondering how to get there, it took us another trip to get the glimpse of the name:The Rock of Cashel. Standing on the limestone rock, the castle’s presence dominates the whole town .The Rock of Cashel is apparently...

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