To join, just “like” the JustWandering page on Facebook. Once you’re a member, you have to answer this simple question: When did I join Ivan ManDy’s Big Binondo Food Wok Tour? Once you found the answer (it’s in my blog!) post it on the page’s wall. Only members with the correct answer gets included in the raffle draw. You can post several answers, but only the correct answer will count.
Mechanics:
1. The contest is open to all Philippine residents.
2. Join or Like the JustWandering page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Just-Wandering/114520365248393
3. Search JustWandering.org for the answer to this question: When did I join Ivan ManDy’s Big Binondo Food Wok Tour?
4. Post your answer in the Page’s wall. You can post as many answers or guesses, but only the correct answer will be counted towards the raffle. The date can just be the month and year.
5. All the members who posted the correct answer will be included in the raffle. The winner will be picked through Random.org’s List Randomizer.
6. The contest will run from April 28 to 11:59pm, May 4, 2010 (Manila time, GMT +8)
7. Winner will be announced on May 6, 2010.
The Prize:
The winner will be able to join the Big Binondo Food Wok tour with Ivan ManDy of Old Manila Walks. The winner must avail of the free tour within 3 months upon the end of the contest.
Huge thanks goes out to Ivan for offering to sponsor my anniversary contest! Old Manila Walks conduct walking tours of different parts of Manila. For tour descriptions and schedule, visit www.oldmanilawalks.com.
]]>The Big Binondo Food Wok Map and Ang Tunay Beefhouse’s mixed beef soup
He led us through Ongpin, Binondo’s main street, and down other smaller streets like Nueva and Salazar. He took us to the best places to dine in Chinatown, but I wasn’t really familiar enough with the place to remember where most of the places are.
A couple more trips to Binondo helped. Without Ivan to guide us through, I explored Chinatown with friends and family, discovering new restaurants and getting a hang of the street’s orientation. Of course, the problem with getting familiar with one place, it gets hard to give directions to those who haven’t been there before. Well, not anymore.
Ivan has recently come out with his Big Binondo Food Wok Map, a beautifully made guide through Manila’s Chinatown. It features Binondo’s interesting buildings, temples and of course, food places!
The corner right across #67 is where you buy kiamoy
I love how the streets are marked with big bold letters, attractions with cute illustrations and establishments with a star, a colored circle or a square so you can easily distinguish between different kinds of restaurants. The map is certainly not to scale, but it’s still a great companion when exploring Chinatown. Of course, this means that the cafe you’re looking for might be a lot farther than you think.
The map is given free to joiners of Ivan Man Dy’s Big Binondo Food Wok tour or you can buy the map at Bahay Tsinoy Museum (Intramuros), La Monja Loca Store (Intramuros) and Silahis Arts and Crafts (Intramuros) in Manila, the Libros Filipinos Bookshop (Filipinas Heritage Library) in Makati and Popular Bookstore in Quezon City. Or you can get one for free here!
Tell us what your favorite restaurant is in Binondo (and what you always order!) and you get a chance to win one of three Big Binondo Food Wok map! Contest runs from January 24 until January 31, 2010. Winners will be the top 3, as listed by Random.org and will be announced on February 1.
Contest Mechanics
- Contest is open to Philippine residents only.
- Contestants can join the contest by posting a comment stating their favorite restaurant and favorite dish in that particular restaurant in Binondo.
- One comment is equivalent to one entry. Multiple comments from one user only counts as one entry. I know your IP, don’t try to cheat.
- Contest duration is from January 24 to 11:59pm, January 31, 2010.
- Names of contestants will be listed and randomized using Random.org. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 will be the winners.
- Winners will get one copy of Ivan Man Dy’s Big Binondo Food Wok Map.
Are you interested in seeing more of the Philippine’s many wonders? Then prepare your wallets for the Philippine Travel Mart happening on September 4-6, 2009 at the Megatrade Halls in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) is the biggest travel, tourism and trade show in the country. It is spearheaded by Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA), the biggest association of tour operators and agencies that promote exclusively domestic and inbound tourism. Through the years, the PTM has carved a niche in the international market as a prime venue for foreign buyers as a must-see, must-be event held in collaboration with the Department of Tourism.
The highlight of the event is the Grand Vacation Sale ng Bayan, where exhibitors and participants will offer attractive discounts and special offers to consumers during the 3-day event. Reservations for travel and tour, hotel, transport (sea and air) can be purchased at lower rates and should be availed of or completed on or before November 15, 2009.
Eco-tourism is one of the main pillars of this year’s efforts of showcasing beyond the usual in Philippine tourism and encouraging consumers to experience the Philippines in unusual ways. For this year, we have proposed to partner with ABS CBN Foundation for their Kapit Bisig sa Ilog Pasig project in launching another new innovation in Philippine tourism –thru the Pasig river travel cruise. The intent is to promote the Pasig river cruise as a tourism vehicle that ends in Escolta tying it in with a walking tour of Binondo, cuisines galore from street foods to fine dining and tiangge shopping are what we can input into the program.
With “Beyond the Usual…” as conference/exhibition theme, the main highlights of the 20th PTM will include beyond the usual regional culinary fares, beyond the usual exciting destinations, beyond the usual travel and tour experiences, and beyond the usual events and festivities that are the hallmarks of our unique Philippine culture.
Source: Philippine Travel News
I’m so glad this is not happening in September, since I’m so broke right now (and will be in the next two months). Hopefully, by September, I’d have recovered from debt and will attack go crazy with the great travel deals to be had.