CNY2008


	CNY2008


Ornate caramel craftsmanship	Chinatown prepares for Chinese New Year	I think I missed a turn...	Stuck in traffic, in the wrong place	Dead end on the Laguna de Bay	People gathering along the shores of the lagoon	Passengers in a jeepney	A local church	Anilao Outrigger Resort	On board the outrigger

Heading for the dive sites	Dive Master Dennis	A local fishing boat	Night view from my Anilao room	Morning view from my room	A jeepney drives past	A colourful jeepney	Colonial architecture in Taal	Taal church	Schoolgirls heading home

The impressive Taal church	Students leaving on a small transport	Fantasy World	Taal volcano	Boats on the Taal Lake	Taal lake and volcano	An inviting sign	I took the wrong turn...	Students posing in front of Lapu-Lapu	Silhouettes on the Intramuros wall

Entering Intramuros	That way...	San Augustin	Inside San Augustin	The San Augustin altar	Saint on the main door	Facade of San Augustin	Manila cathedral	Tourists passing by Manila cathedral	Getting photographed with portraits of former presidents

Fort Santiago entrance	Display of Spanish colonial power	Inside the Fort Santiago	Japanese tourists visit the old jails used during WW2	Bronze statues of a WW2 US soldier	A US soldier statues looks over the river	Game of the popular basketball, Intramuros	View from my Renaissance Hotel room	Preparing a Chinese New Year street dinner	Funky restaurants in a mall of Jalan Bukit Bintang

Masjid Jamek at the river crossing	Masjid Jamek for Friday prayers	MS Ally Company, pharmacy since 1909	Sze Ya Temple	Burning incense during Chinese New Year	Stacks of incense	Incense spirals everywhere, Sze Ya Temple	Prayers during CNY	Near the Central Market	Entrance of the Guandi Temple

Incense spirals in Guandi Temple	Guandi Temple decorations	Spinning for good luck	Touching a spinning ball	About to bang the big pole for luck	Incense burning	Offerings for CNY	Walking around the temple for prayers	Burning all the way to the roof	Incense spirals

Sri Mahamariamman Temple	Close-up on the main gate	Streets of Chinatown	Making jasmine garlands	Men busy at a temple entrance	Preparing jasmine for garlands	The open kitchen of Prego	Dining at Prego	Jalan Bukit Bintang during CNY