Tricia the Explorer! :D Proud to be a Filipina!: September 2012

Nov 4, 2011

Morong, Bataan!! :D

As part of my Mom's birthday celebration... we decided to have trip to Bataan!! :DD

Our trip started early in the morning..so as the wheels are rolling we tried to sleep to have a fully charged body for that trip...for the 1st stop over

Then off to another long trip to Bataan Proper... My eyes open wide when I saw markers of the death march beside the road... also different markers and landmarks that reminds me how Bataan became a huge part of the Philippine History... :D

It's about 12 noon and it's time to fill in our stomach...So before going to our 1st destination we stopped over a small restaurant.. while waiting for our lunch me and my cousin martin decided to roam around the area to seize up the moment!! haha

We are now ready and fully charged to invade Mt. Samat to go up the famous " DAMBANA NG KAGITINGAN"

Signage before entering Mt. Samay

1st we entered through a gate were in we need to pay 10 php per head... The area is manged by the Philippine Veterans and Department of National Defense.... Thick Fogs all over the place! bbrr!! XD

1st step at Mt. Samat!

Me and bea my cousin!:D

Cant reach the tip of the cross due to thick fogs! :D

We need to pay Php 10. 00 for a ticket to ride an elevator that will bring us all the way up to the tip of the cross or the viewing deck! :D The elevator is quite old and kinda creepy wahaha!! only 8-10 persons can occupy it.. wahh!! XD

Creepy elevator!:D

A view from the inside of the cross! :D

woala! XD

A visit to the "Dambana" is not complete without a picture of this famous window.. :DD After few minutes we went down to go inside the museum where different World War II evidences can be found!! :DDD

A view from the top!! :D Need to walk all the way down! XD

Great wall!! you can read about the WWII :D

See the stairs on the left side?? woohh!! XD

Nice one! I can feel something while standing beside this one!

Unfortunately, Cameras are not allowed inside the museum... as expected so what I have here are pictures from outside the museum only... :DD ENJOY! XD

Then on our way to our Morong, Bataan to stay at a friend's house.. we stopped over huge surplus shop and look what I've found! waahahha XD

What a big boots! XD

What a big directors chair! wahah

Atlast we are here at our friend's house, fixed our things, cleaned our selves, rested for a while.. then HELLO MORONG BEACH!! :D

My mom and dad having sweet moments! :D Happy Birthday Mom! XD

Me with my cousins!! :D

Nice one! :D

Nice sunset of bataan! :D

Peace everyone!

After this we are so exhausted!! woohh before dinner time we left the beach and travelled another 10 min to the house where we are staying... :D We pitched our tents while others are preparing are dinner ate fast and slept in no time due to tiredness....

then as we woke up!!

Hello to yummy breakfast!! yum!! Dried fish, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, scrambled egg.. and fresh papaya!! yum!!

Then another whole day of swimming!! don't have so much pictures of it!! coz its raining that time!! :D

As we went home... Another yummy dinner for us!! " Tinolang Manok! XD

.. After that me with my cousins played our family's favorite card game.. "Red dog" wahah!! XD Then watched some movies and retired to bed around 12 midnight..

Im winning! XD haha

Good Morning!! :D Enjoying the Morning Sun!! :D

Jump shot! XD

After that!! we said Good Bye to our friends who adopted us for few days!! :DD Then off to Aeta village!! :DD

We 1st tried to pass through the hanging bridge.. but for us to go ta the main Aeta Village its another 2 hrs of walk so we decided to just take a dip on this clear cold water river... :D

The hanging bridge woohh!! XD

new friends!! :D

bbrr so cold!! :D

Say hi to my AETA friends! :D

Done refreshing ourselves!! Now we need to go home for our class the other day!! :D

We passed through "The Mangrove" inside the Subic Freeport... also passed through a road where there's a lot of monekeys!! waahh!! the nerve!!! so excited to feed them!

I'll go back to invade this one! XD

I missed my pet monkey hannah! XD

A fruits or bats?

So amazed that numerous bats can be found in the area... of course the areas is well protected.. people are very concern with our environment.. :D You can't even smoke inside the area... :D