Early in the morning, I prepare my self and decided to leave the dorm right after things has been set. Digital Camera, Tripod, extra shirts... all are ready. With so much excitement, I leave Lipa City and took a trip to Sto. Tomas, Batangas. From Sto. Tomas, I have to ride a bus up to Sariaya, Quezon for the rendezvous.
On the bus to Sariaya, my friend send me text message that they are already there waiting for me. Unfortunately, I was stock on a heavy traffic. They told me its because of the festival held at Sariaya. They don't have any choice but to wait for me since I don't know any alternative route. Ha! ha! ha!
In God's grace, I reached the meeting place 10:30 am. We ride a jeepney right after I arrived. With all the luck that we have, we ride a trip to Tayabas, Quezon. A trip directly to Lucban is not available. From Tayabas, we ride another jeep to Lucban.
Under the intense heat of the sun, we reached our destination past 11:00 am. The main road is almost full of other tourists and locals as well, celebrating these colorful festivity.
We decided to have our brunch (breakfast and lunch) in an old restaurant serving the most famous Pancit Lucban and longanisang lucban.
After the delicious meal, we decided to roam the area looking for an interesting subject of the place. Our tired feet brought us to the historical church of Lucban. The age of the church is so distinct though there are some modification done to preserve it.
Feeling exhausted, we look for a convenient store to buy some drink. Thanks God there is. Now that we are re-energized, we took our next destination, "Kamay ni Hesus Shrine". I have heard beautiful stories about it and I'm so excited to witness it with my eyes. We take some rest for a while inside the church within the area. The place is so calming and relaxing.
We explored the whole area after the short rest. The life size images of the biblical characters, the known Noah's Arc and so much more. The place is really beautiful. There is also place for the wishes, lighting candles of several colors depending on wish that you have.
Finally, we climb the top of the hill where the shrine has been erected. Passing the several hundreds of steps at last we're on top. It's so wonderful looking at the base of the hill, seeing the colorful mainland, watching the sun slowly fading away through the clouds! So wonderful!
It's time to go back home. The problem is the transportation going back! We push our self on our jeep hanging at the back because there are no seats available. It's an adventure anyway. We agreed to drop by the resto along the way. "Kamayan sa Palaisdaan", it's one of the famous restaurant at place. We did our dinner as fast as we could to catch up the last trip to the city.
It was fun.. so much fun!! :)
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