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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Evoking the disappearing Spanish past of the Philippines


Ivan's post extolled the pork lechon and chicharon of Carcar in Cebu but more evocative even than the food he wrote about was this photo of a Spanish-era house where he and his friend stayed, the Noel House. The ground floor was stone and used for storage; the family lived upstairs with abundant light and air streaming in through the huge, tall windows with two kinds of shutters: for rain and wet weather, for the humid summer nights.

Posted via web from Duende Arts

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