The Idul Fitri Weekend was also a long weekend here in the Philippines. In Indonesia, this would be a time of homecoming, with thousands of people moving across the country to reach their hometown to spend the holiday with their families.
For various reasons, we did not join the rush.
But we still have the long holiday, which we used to explore the island a bit.
Not too far from our place, there is this Shrine on top of the mountain, built to commemorate the soldiers who died on the Bataan Death March. The shrine was recommended to Mama by this kindly American who just recently visited the site, and so.. with the holiday and a break in the clouds... why not?
The weather cooperated nicely that day, cloudy (which means that it was not too hot) with no rain. In fact, if you see the top of the cross, it was kind of foggy up there. I think those fogs got Kecil a bit worried. Especially since her parents might have mentioned that we might be going right up into the clouds.
It was a bit of a climb. Look at how far we were from the parked cars! But at least it was a good climb. It was not as if we had to go through bare trail and all.
Once we were at the bottom of the Cross, I couldn't get the whole cross inside a frame. Ha!
Then we took the lift up to the observatory floor (the hands of the cross, yikes!). It was really foggy up there, with wet walls and floors thanks to the said fog. Kecil got really nervous up there, what with all the water, fog, height and all.
Soon it was time to go (especially because Kecil was getting antsy to go). By the way, I know that the shrine is military related, but Kecil's dress was pure coincidence.
Anyway, we had our lunch at nearby town.
The mall was actually newly renovated to look like old-style hotel or palace.
And across the mall was the city church, complete with a row of statues in front.
All in all it was a pretty interesting weekend trip. We look forward for more such a trip in the future.
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