The 7-year-old girl squirmed. Tears welled. All her twisting and wriggling didn't loosen the matriarch's resolve and grip around her wrist. “You’re going to need this when you are older,” were the stern words before she found herself, still in a fit of post-tantrum hiccups, amidst girls her age in ...
For 333 years, the Philippines was a colony of Spain. The most prominent reminders of that period of our history are the churches that dot our provinces. Cebu, particularly, has its share of colonial Spanish structures.
When asked what every tourist should do when in Taiwan (assuming that they're staying in Taipei), my almost immediate suggestion would be to visit Ximen (西門).
