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T&J Travels #1: Corregidor (Apr. 4-5, 2014) (Part 2)

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The Malinta Light Show wrapped up early (inspite of travelling the entire island the entire day) but as told and teased, we planned to get the 250 php (per person) tour. It includes: Tour starts around 5PM 1. Sunset Viewing 2. Hospital Visit 3. Malinta Tunnel aka Ghost Hunting -NEXT DAY- 4. Sunrise Viewing 5. Early Hike to Japanese tunnel I slept for a while to regain strength for the night tour and woke up hungry. We ordered spaghetti, which is already good for two and two plates of churros. I wasn't able to finish my plate and the rest the next day. Spaghetti is okay (Pinoy version, reeally sweet) but the sauce is too runny for my taste. We both enjoyed the churros especially the crispy bits. The EveningTour Going to the tail, we have enough time to visit the old hospital that was bombarded by the Japanese back in the day. We learned that as war goes, hospitals, orphanages and the likes are supposed to be spared. The Japanese can't even cl...

T&J Travels #1: Corregidor (Apr. 4-5, 2014) (Part 1)

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Hooray! Thank heavens, we're now travelling! I don't know what have made le bf finally agree, but yay finally! For our first ever trip, we've decided to go to the nearest tourist vacation spot near the Metro: Corregidor. We would have gone the Baguio route like most couples on their first out of town vacation would, but I didn't bother suggesting it since that's a holy week and city dwellers practically move there at that time. Research Time We've done a really quick research and have found that the most convenient, quickest, safest and possibly the cheapest way to go there was via SunCruises . Based on what we've found, Corregidor island is under the monopoly of Sun Cruises (they are also responsible for the Manila Bay Cruises) so there's no other form of cruise en route. Unless of course you count the private bancas that can take you there which is really expensive* especially if there's just two of us. Prices can start for 4k up. I was abl...