Monday, May 24, 2010

Ilocos Trip 2010 -Vigan Heritage Site/ Baluarte


Vigan, Ilocos Sur is the hometown of my late Grandfather Roberto. It is also the home of Unesco Heritage site--several streets paved with cobbled stones, where old houses, at least as old as five hundred years old are still standing to this day.


Me in a calesa in Calle Crisologo. This Calesa is a 1-HP-wheeled vehicle.
One horsepower, 1 HP, get it?


This is my cousin Gullian and me, buying pasalubong for my sister.


My Mom and me =) WE look alike!


Then we went to Baluarte. It is a park created by the governor, and it is in his front garden. He had dinosaur diorama all over the place. And entrance is FREE.



My cousin, Guillian and Kayla, on a calesa-donkey ride.


Me, on a donkey, or is it a small horse? Because that's already fullgrown according to the caretaker. Looks like a pony to me, don't you think.

Deer = Usa

Iguana = bayawak

Kids = mga bata,
and at the back, a sheep = tupa


The controversial one-man submarine. Yellow submarine...
The one I am holding is a few centuries-old canon, fished out from a treasure dive
a few years ago.


A very old turtle, or is that a tortoise?


Ponies and horses, the governor loves horses. There was supposed to be camels,
but it was their bath day. Yuck.

Tiger belat. We stuck our tongue out, and do did he.


Bambi's baby.

See, there's the dinosaur...



Bye, bye dinosaur. I'll see you next summer. May 2011. (See that white house up there? That's Chavit Singson's house. He's the Governor of Ilocos...



Takipsilim, meaning, 'sunset.'


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