Comments on: Touring Manila’s Cemeteries

By: nina

nina — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:11:02 +0000

Christina! Omg, long time no hear!

Yeah, we felt the same way when we were there. Looking back at it now, they do have a point. A lot of people live within the cemetery compound and it’s a huge place.. you can easily get lost inside.

By: Brooklyn Christina

Brooklyn Christina — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:27:09 +0000

Hi Nina. I stumbled on this old post because of your new one you just posted. This is really instructive…

I had a really uncomfortable situation when I went to this cemetary with a friend last summer. We didn’t have a guide, we just wanted to walk around and photograph some of the architecture of the tombs. The guards were hostile to us taking pictures and talked about us on their walkie-talkies. Then we got a very strange vibe from some of the cemetary dwellers, just glaring at us as we walked around. I’m glad to have read this and to understand a little more of how we could have done it differently. Sounds like it’s just unsafe to be walking around alone there, potential muggings/gangs.

By: A walk down Main Avenue | justwandering.org

A walk down Main Avenue | justwandering.org — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:47:47 +0000

[...] the Manila North Cemetery. After getting reprimanded for taking pictures without getting a permit last time, I was eager to have not just a reason to go back, but to take photos as well. We were there for [...]

By: Rommel

Rommel — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:49:56 +0000

sana mailagay lahat ng mga famous tomb pictures dito dyan sa Manila North Cemetery. ang gaganda lahat. madals kong puntahan at tanawin yan…

By: Day 14: From Vientiane to Bangkok | justwandering.org

Day 14: From Vientiane to Bangkok | justwandering.org — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:28:38 +0000

[...] is one of the Couchsurfers I met at the walking tour of the Chinese and La Loma Cemetery. That time, we had been talking about our plans on visiting Cambodia and Thailand. Luckily, he read [...]

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:24:07 +0000

wow beautiful pics!

By: ajay

ajay — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:44:26 +0000

Ang ganda ng pics. I do take cemeteries for granted. Now, I will not look at them in the same way again…..

By: bleue

bleue — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:53:29 +0000

great pics and entry nina! chinese and north cemetery indeed have striking architectures! and i hope the city government do more to improve especially the north cemetery (please relocate the illegal settlers! )

kudos! i actually live four blocks from the cemetery and only go there during all saints day!

By: Ivan Man Dy

Ivan Man Dy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:08:13 +0000

In terms of tourist infrastructure, I say the Chinese Cemetery is was better than the Norte, for one, the streets are better organized (cleaner) is better laid out. Also it is more historic (about 30 years older than Norte) and is probably as close as you can get to a famous ‘tourist’ cemetery as Arlington is to Washington, Pere Lachaise is to Paris or La Recoleta in Buenos Aires.

Btw, the Montervede mausoleum is not the tallest of the biggest in the lot (its only two stories) there are much taller and grander mausoleums in the older section. And if youre an Art-Deco architecture groupie like me, you’ll seriously love this place to death!

By: nina

nina — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:57:15 +0000

The last five photos were taken at the North Cemetery

By: eric

eric — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:00:03 +0000

wow ang dami ko pang hindi napuputahang mausoleum! like that ube colored tomb di ko pa nakita yan an.. tara balik tayo!

By: GeoRge

GeoRge — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:58:10 +0000

I’ve never been to any cemetery in Manila yet. I’m intrigued by some of the designs like the pyramid one. I also stayed in Manila during the Holy Week since I didn’t feel like squeezing myself into crowded beach resorts. At the very least, we were able to enjoy the peacefulness of Manila.

By: Jasper Jugan

Jasper Jugan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:27:40 +0000

chinese and north cemetery has some good architectures worth seeing!

By: nina

nina — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:20:13 +0000

I don’t think we have night tours here I’ve seen some of those tours advertised in Sydney, but there’s none that I know of there in Manila, specially since most of the places here are closed once the sun sets.

By: bchai

bchai — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:36:36 +0000

Those are some intriguing pics—I’m definitely heading to the cemetery the next time I head to the Philippines. Good thing you and your friends were warned about the picture-taking thing: it’d be a nightmare to get robbed.

Nevermind the night-ghost-hunting thing I mentioned, it’d probably be best to do that with a sponsored tour group instead of individually. Now that you mentioned it, I’d definitely look into some night tours, especially on holidays there. They say that the spirits are fond of coming out when there are celebrations going on.

I’m still laughing over the sari-sari store…