September 4, 2011 is the day for our tour in Bataan as well as Pampanga and Subic. We had this tour for our History subject wherein every class that has this said subject must join the trip.
As early as 3:30 in the morning, I have to wake up and prepare for the trip as we're supposed to meet in the campus at 5:30. I rode a bus for about 45 minutes and arrived at the meeting place on time.
About 6:15 in the morning, we departed from Intramuros and headed to our first destination: San Guillermo Church in Pampanga. We travelled for more or less 2 hours. Actually, I have been to that place before because we also had an educational tour there in my third year of high school. As we have arrived, I again saw the a famous church sunken into the ground leaving half of the structure accessible. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in Zambales was so drastic that all the provinces near it is filled with meters of ashes.
San Guillermo Church
After visiting the Church, we then headed to our next destination which is another Church named Abucay Church after having a bus stop in Double Happiness. However, I did not take pictures because I did not find it extraordinary and interesting. To our next stop, is I guess the best place we visited in this trip- "Ang Dambana ng Kagitingan" or "The Shrine of Valour" located in the peak of Mt. Samat, Pilar, Bataan. The Shrine of Valour is a memorial shrine complex built to honor and remember the gallantry of the Filipino and American soldiers who fought during World War II. The memorial shrine complex was started in 1966 with the laying of the cornerstone on April 14, 1966 by President Marcos.
The Shrine of Valor
