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MALABUYOC
St Nicholas' Church, dating back to the early
Spanish period, and very well preserved. |
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Grotto of our Lady of Fatima |
Portrayal of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,
just before his betrayal and arrest. |
Not the leaves of the tree, but epiphytes
covering the branches! |
The old Spanish era watch-tower, later used
as a dungeon for local malefactors, now houses the Malabuyoc
Museum |
The museum houses a range of local historical
artefacts. |
Municipal Hall |
Monument to Jose Rizal, Philippine National
Hero, outside the municipal hall. |
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Venue for local special events, gatherings
etc ... double as a basketball court! |
Road towards the watch-tower, grotto and
public market |
The convent, a very old foundation
attached to the Church. |
Ivy's old elementary school |
Ivy's old high school |
Mainit Spring .. a medicinal spring, with
three pools: hot, medium and cold! The hot spring is volcanic in
origin, and is hot enough to boil an egg. Above the spring are the
seven falls, a cascade of waterfall which is very picturesque but
difficult to access without proper hill-climbing equipment. The
children acted as Ivy's guides ....
Charles enjoying the spa |
Peter trying to boil his feet! |
Judy-Ann |
Jessa and Judy-Ann |
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The sunset in the early evening
Misc. photographs with friends and family.
Ivy's father's cousin with his
family |
Ivy's father's brother and his
wife |
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On the last day, we went to the house
near Ivy's uncle's house, where there is a videoke machine. We
have never come across these in England except with a couple of
Ivy's Philippine friends, but they are widespread in the
Philippines. They play some popular music, and some things which
modern teenagers inaccurately describe as music. To Western
ears, they are always played far too loud and with the bass far
too dominant, thus guaranteeing a severe headache. The machine
plays just the tune (if there is one), and displays the words on
a screen, to be sung (or shrieked) by someone who, believe it or
not, has to pay for the privilege. Ivy's uncle gave an extremely
impressive rendition of a Beatles song, and there were a couple
of nice ballads sung by the girls, but also some truly awful
noises made by a few people we didn't know. Then there was a
power cut, and the entire machine stopped working. Philippa
beamed and said, `There IS a God, after all!' Shortly afterwards
we settled down to another glorious meal at Ivy's Godmother's
house.
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