So first up...let me introduce to you our single friend, Maryan. The effort on the emphasis has a purpose.
We had so much luck that for the first time, Sun Cruises scheduled 2 tours to Corregidor for the day. Normally, the boat leaves the CCP dock at around 8am and returns to Manila at 2pm. We, however, got the 11am schedule which returns at 5pm.
There was plenty of time before boarding so we had a bite of our breakfast and savored our coffee.
When it was time, a shuttle brought us from the Sun Cruises office to the dock, which was not so far away. Alpha was really excited about this trip...after her wrestling match with the bank that ate her money from the ATM!
Boarding was really an event for this 2!
The boat fired up its engine and we were off.
Since the crew on this tour were excellent, there was no need to worry...which gave our models time to show their stuff.
After an hour, we finally touched down at Corregidor Island, Bataan!
Naturally, first order of the day (as if we landed in another planet with a time difference equivalent to a gazillion hours) for Alpha would be this...
I guess I'll be forced to say that the trip was really tiring (which of course is not) and will make any human being hungry! (I just had to get that out of the way...)
After eating, we walked around while waiting for the shuttle to take us to another shuttle.
Finally, our ride has come...
Here's the first of several ruins in the Island...
This was supposed to be an old theater during the 1900's.
No, we are not part of the ruins...but notice the extra-terrestrial that managed to appear in the photo!
There's also the Pacific War Memorial, dedicated to our Filipino and American fallen soldiers.
At the far end of the Memorial awaits this beautiful sight...
Now that we're done with the beautiful and serene, let's proceed to satisfy your dreams. Off to the Battery!!!
See how Maryan is touching the base of the canon? Hmmm....a penny for your thoughts Maryan!
Just to get her thought away from the big, hard and long cannon, Maryan decided to explore the dark, eeerie sanctuary where most of the short but hard metal rounds were stored. Spooky yet exciting???
More of those cannons....they are very beautiful.
Now, if there is anything worth seeing in Corregidor for Maryan...this is it....
This is pretty much the history that Maryan will be writing about this small island! After this, she forgot all about the canons! This is now her new Freudian dream and this photo is the only historical artifact left of her Corregidor experience.
However, Alpha and I continue to see the splendidness of our surroundings.
Maryan, nevertheless, still managed to snap out of her revelry from time to time...
After fighting off the remnants of her addiction...
We're proud that she finally snapped out of the dream and returned to her old self!
Go and visit Corregidor and be part of history...or, at least, of Maryan's dreams :)
