I was thankful to Joel Marquez, a heritage enthusiast that I befriended during the Paletada seminar a few months ago for inviting me to join him in Ricky Jose’s UST class for their Intramuros walk last Sunday.

And frankly, I was just too willing, obliging and happy that the one who will be conducting it is one of the country’s foremost authority on colonial simbahan (church, specifically Catholic).

I should confess that I’ve not been around much of Intramuros except for frequent visits at San Agustin while doing the museum’s book project, passes along Manila Cathedral and visiting the places where the formerly main churches of the religious orders were standing but were totally destroyed during WWII and never rebuilt.

I should also confess that despite having seen many photos of the entrance of Fort Santiago, I was hardpressed before of its real location as I didn’t know that this premier fort is only found at the far end of the walled city.

Well, with Ricky’s walk tour, Intramuros is now familiar to me including its many secrets.

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