A Walk Within the Streets of Binondo ~ Backpack Adventure Diaries

Binondo is the "Chinatown" district in Manila. It became the center of commerce during the American occupation.

Located across the Pasig River from Intramuros, Binondo has typified a small Chinese town, and is referred to as the local "China Town". The district is the centre of commerce and trade for all types of businesses run by Filipino-Chinese merchants. Given the historic reach of Chinese trading in the Pacific, Binondo was already a hub of Chinese commerce before the first Spanish colonisers arrived in 1521.

My first photowalk in Binondo was during the Chinese New Year celebration a year ago. It was a quick one and never got to taste any dish in the area.

Luckily, I was invited to take part of Western Digital's photowalk in Binondo. It's not just any photowalk but also we got to taste some of Chinatown's authentic Chinese cuisine. I got to meet Rolly Magpayo (a professional travel photographer), famous travel bloggers/writers - Enrico Dee (byahilo.com) and Melo Villareal (outoftownblog.com).

Professional photographer Rolly Magpayo providing tips on how to shoot for travel.

And not to forget the participants got try WD's cloud technology via WD My Cloud EX4. WD My Cloud EX4 is a storage device directly connected to a WD MyCloud account that you can access anytime, anywhere via Wi-Fi. Just download WD MyCloud app via Google Play or iTunes.

Smartphones plus WD MyCloud technology

Now back to our photowalk..

Backpacking in Binondo (photo courtesy of WD)

There were a lot of first time experiences during the event. First time to eat frog legs (and they do taste like chicken).. First time to eat a couple more of Chinese food like their chicharon, bamboo shells and oyster cake (to think that I don't eat oysters).

Oyster cake

Frog legs

More food...

Capturing moments via smartphones was the main goal of the photowalk. Then upload them directly to WD MyCloud app. Photos stored real time.. It was as easy as 1, 2, 3..