Last Saturday night, together with my Mom and Nico, we went to Vigan. The bus left Cubao at 9pm, and we arrived at our destination at 5:30am.
The small town was still sleeping when we arrived, so naturally, I was bored and wanted to go home right at that moment. My mom said, "Yan na nga ba ang sinasabi ko eh, dahil hindi ninyo pinaghirapan ang pera na ginastos ninyo, kung mag-aksaya kayo parang wala lang." Of course, I felt guilty, so we walked in the city, looking for a place to eat breakfast. We just finished eating
breakfast in a small carinderia, when the lady who owns the said carinderia said, "Punta kayo sa Heritage Park, un ang malapit na pasyalan dito eh." So we set foot for Heritage Park.
When we arrived there, it was beautiful. It is the street where all houses are colonial. Antique and Souvenir shops are everywhere. We were taking picture when a Kuchero offered us a ride around Vigan for 150 an hour. Since we didn't know where to go, we accepted the offer. But the Kalesa was high, and Mom had troubled going up and down the Kalesa, so we changed Kalesa, we go Aling Norma, Calesa # 133.
Here are the places we went to, in order:
[1] we already went to St. Paul Cathedral, and [2] Plaza Salcedo opposite the church.
[3] the Bell Tower, where Manang Norma said FPJ shot his Panday movie.
[4] we passed by Padre Burgos's house. It is a museum but since it was Sunday, its closed.
[5] the place where jars are made.
[6] Hidden Garden, where plants are for sale, and where we ate yummy empanadas.
[7] Baluarte of Chavit Singso, where I saw camels, Siberian Huskies and horses that are small but cute. The lions and tigers are huge!!!! (FYI, me and my brothers want Siberian
Huskies but Dad said it would not survive the tropical environment here in the Philippines, in addition to the fact that we cannot afford to have one). Another good thing is the Butterfly Garden, where my Mom really adored the place, and is now thinking of starting her own mini-butterfly garden (hehehe it would only have three or four butterflies, because of our "garden's" size).
[8] we passed by the place where Carmina Villaroel filmed her film Maruja.
[9] we went to a place where aling Norma said we could buy Bagnet. Cyrus loves it.
Aling Norma mentioned [10] the Crisologo Museum and the [11] former President' Elipidio Quirino's house, which we opted not to go, because it was already nearly noon.
We left Vigan via the 12noon Viron Bus trip back to Cubao. We arrived back home at 9:30pm, tired and happy of our new memories.
The small town was still sleeping when we arrived, so naturally, I was bored and wanted to go home right at that moment. My mom said, "Yan na nga ba ang sinasabi ko eh, dahil hindi ninyo pinaghirapan ang pera na ginastos ninyo, kung mag-aksaya kayo parang wala lang." Of course, I felt guilty, so we walked in the city, looking for a place to eat breakfast. We just finished eating
breakfast in a small carinderia, when the lady who owns the said carinderia said, "Punta kayo sa Heritage Park, un ang malapit na pasyalan dito eh." So we set foot for Heritage Park.When we arrived there, it was beautiful. It is the street where all houses are colonial. Antique and Souvenir shops are everywhere. We were taking picture when a Kuchero offered us a ride around Vigan for 150 an hour. Since we didn't know where to go, we accepted the offer. But the Kalesa was high, and Mom had troubled going up and down the Kalesa, so we changed Kalesa, we go Aling Norma, Calesa # 133.
Here are the places we went to, in order:
[1] we already went to St. Paul Cathedral, and [2] Plaza Salcedo opposite the church.
[3] the Bell Tower, where Manang Norma said FPJ shot his Panday movie.
[4] we passed by Padre Burgos's house. It is a museum but since it was Sunday, its closed.
[5] the place where jars are made.
[6] Hidden Garden, where plants are for sale, and where we ate yummy empanadas.
[7] Baluarte of Chavit Singso, where I saw camels, Siberian Huskies and horses that are small but cute. The lions and tigers are huge!!!! (FYI, me and my brothers want Siberian
Huskies but Dad said it would not survive the tropical environment here in the Philippines, in addition to the fact that we cannot afford to have one). Another good thing is the Butterfly Garden, where my Mom really adored the place, and is now thinking of starting her own mini-butterfly garden (hehehe it would only have three or four butterflies, because of our "garden's" size).[8] we passed by the place where Carmina Villaroel filmed her film Maruja.
[9] we went to a place where aling Norma said we could buy Bagnet. Cyrus loves it.
Aling Norma mentioned [10] the Crisologo Museum and the [11] former President' Elipidio Quirino's house, which we opted not to go, because it was already nearly noon.
We left Vigan via the 12noon Viron Bus trip back to Cubao. We arrived back home at 9:30pm, tired and happy of our new memories.
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