Our holy week in Mariveles, Bataan (2011)

It has been a tradition of my sister and I to walk from our home (Caloocan) to Lourdes Grotto during Holy Wednesday and attend the mass. We normally spend 6 hours to get there by foot.  For some reason, we stopped after I got married. For the last 3 years, during this season, my husband and I would just stay home, watch movies, and rest.

Magalawa Island 041611 (Summer Getaway 2011)

Of all the islands we have been to, this sure tops the list of most recommended. 

We left MLA by 5AM, stopped at Shell NLEX for breakfast and left around 5:30AM. By 7:30AM, we're already in Subic. We failed to turn left at "Ulo ni Apo" shrine, no signs at all %^$#. We ended up going back to Subic and retraces our way. Arrived at Iba, Zambales around 8:30am. Stayed there for about an hour or so to buy food supplies. By 9:30am, we found the Radyo Veritas rough road. Literally, ROUGH!!! we decided to take the trike and left John and JM in the car as we are not sure how far we are from the port and how rough it will be along the way. FINALLY, by 11AM we're already in MALAGAWA island. LO and BEHOLD! It's really breathtaking.