In December 2003, Cindy (my wife) and I travelled to the Philippines. We have documented our experience through the photos you see here.
You can view the photos chronologically or by the categories below.
Bacolor
Driving from Subic Bay, we just happened upon Bacolor -- and we're glad we did. It's an amazing little town with a lot of history. We didn't stay there long, just long enough to get a good look at the church and talk with some locals about their experience in 1995 when the lahar flowed through Bacolor and took out most homes.[From the The official website of PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA]Bacolor, known also as Baculud, the Athens of Pampanga was the capital of the Philippines during the British occupation of Manila in 1762-63 when the Spaniards under Simon de Anda retreated in this town. It was also the original provincial capital and remained as the seat of provincial government for more than three hundred years. The Spaniards founded the oldest Philippine trade school in Bacolor which was the forerunner of Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades.
Many people from this town who lost their homes and properties due to the occasional flow of lahar during the rainy seasons since the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 fled to other municipalities and resettled there through the help of the provincial and national governments. Bacolor with a population of 77,255 has twenty one barangays.
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