Museo Pambata Tour

Philippine Culture and History is one of my favorite subject when I was in high school. I've noticed that most of the children nowadays are not familiar with our history and most of the kids we know barely speaks Tagalog. It made me sad that my kids also didn't know some words in Tagalog because their previous school taught them only in English. Its a great thing that I was now in charge of their education.To give them an idea I bring them to my favorite place which is Manila.

I remember when I was a child, we used to go to Rizal Park, Manila Zoo and Fort Santiago. As a child those memories were unforgettable to me because the place was full of story to tell. To be able to educate them better of our history we went to Museo Pambata located in Roxas Boulevard There they were able to see some old stuffs we used to have at home when we were little like the old type writer, telephone, flat iron, baro't saya, bakya, sewing machine and a lot more. My seven year old daughter was fascinated with the old things she saw at the museum. She appreciates those old stuff which I think is rare for most kids in this generation.

This was the Binondo Church found in China Town near Carriedo Station. We normally roam around here whenever we craved authentic Chinese cuisines. Manila has a lot of old but authentic restaurants as well.

The old meat store that can only be found now on wet markets but kids don't normally get to experience these because supermarkets already replaced these traditional way of selling, And most of the time when we shop we don't normally bring them to wet market anymore instead we bring them to airconditioned supermarkets like Landers and S&R which is way too different from these stores which is normally manage by an individual.

This place is a must try for everyone. I really recommend this place like I've said before you can actually experience what is it like to live in the old days. What do I mean by that? In the old days our great grand parents and grand parents were able to support their family and bring their kids to a decent school by selling meat, vegetables and fruits at the market, running their own tailor shop, farming, a sari sari store or neighborhood sun dry store and more. There we also found a very interesting way of how people from the old days treat illnesses by using herbal plants as a substitute which I think is very popular nowadays.

If you want to visit the Museo Pambata make sure to visit their website first and print their coupon to get a 50 peso discount. You should print one coupon for each person. Museo Pambata is open from Tuesday to saturday 8AM to 5PM and Sunday 1PM to 5PM. Admission fee is 250/ head.