Salamague Port, in the Philippines province of Ilocos, is a newly enlarged port and the jumping-off point for a trip to the Spanish colonial town of Vigan, often referred to by the locals as Vigan City.
Welcome to Salomague Port
Off to the side, Security was present.
While Salomague Port can accommodate large cruise ships, it is still very much a fishing port.
Honoring the crews expanding the port
Opting not to take a big bus excursion to Vigan City, we engaged the services of a private cab. Our young driver made up for his weak English language skills with enthusiasm over the trip. As the trip progressed, we found out his wife is a math teacher at the local High School, planning to pursue her Ph.D. in the near future (one of the reasons he was driving a cab).
On the way to Vigan
Wilson posing for our driver
Vigan is “the most intact example in Asia of a planned Spanish colonial town, established in the 16th century.” A rich blend of Chinese, Ilocano, and Filipino influences enhances the city.
As an active rebuilding project was underway, many structures in and around the city were surrounded by scaffolding.
Fountains in the center of the old town
Gift of God
House that Fried Chicken built (as if a drunken chicken could build something)
Shopping
“What beautiful artifact tops the building undergoing renovation,” you ask.
Hmmmmm…
Wending our way back to the port
Typical small business with transportation available.
‘I’m not entirely sure why this old plane sits beside a provincial government building, but it has been there for a while. The trees have grown up around it.
St. William the Hermit Church in the municipality of Magsingal
This Reminiscence of World War II was in front of the building next to the church.
“The killing of a Japanese soldier fixing the telephone lines northwest of the Catholic Church from the bullet of a Filipino soldier of Magsingal Constante Acebedo whose body could not be retrieved not until the 3rd day triggered the ire of the Japanese to jail the Military Officers & Townspeople in this building, formerly the South Central School Building, where they were tortured, suffered the watereure <sp?> & threatened to death. An appeal made by a townmate, Adela Tolentino, to the Japanese Provincial Commander, saved the people from being massacred & the town from being burned.”
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