Corregidor -- April 2008
Corregidor is a small rocky island in the Philippines about 48 kilometers west of Manila which is stragetically located at the entrance of Manila Bay. This island fortress stands as a memorial for the courage, valor, and heroism of its Filipino and American defenders who bravely held their ground against the overwhelming number of invading Japanese forces during World War II. And it is also known as "the Rock" it was a key bastion of the Allies during the war.
Sun Cruises offers Day Tour and Overnight Packages. We decided to avail the Overnight package to maximize the Corregidor Invasion. (Inclusions: Roundtrip ferry trnasfers; shrine, entrance and terminal fees; Guided island tour, (1) buffet lunch on day 1 and overnight accomodation at; Corregidor Inn)-- PHP2,000 + Lights & Sound Show - 150.00 Php and 300Php/head for the guided lateral tour/ghost hunting inside Malinta Tunnel, with sidetrip at the Army Hospital, also includes: Sunset and Sunrise viewing plus early morning easy hike going/passing through Japanese Tunnel.
Day Tour
Day Tour Tram
Day Tour is a guided Tour riding in the Tram -- and drop-off to the ruins of the WWII
Here are some of the highlights on our Corregidor Tour
The Big Guns of Corregidor
The Battle's Ruins
The Middleside Barracks
us @ Cine Corregidor
Cine Corregidor
Me @ one of the big Guns
The Lights and Sound Show inside Malinta Tunnel
Around 2-3PM the Day Tour is done - and the Day Tour peeps will sail back to Manila. And for the rest who got the Overnight pass, we stayed at Corregidor Inn until the next morning.
And like I mentioned earlier on this post, we paid extra to maximize our experience in this historical island.
us @ MileLong Barracks
After the day tour, we rest for a while, and the call time for our extra tour is before 5PM -- we're not able to catch a good shot of sunset since it was a bit cloudy that time. Then, we dropped-off at The Army Hospital's Ruins, where I can felt goose bumps, we haven't seen any ghost in there, but.... I can feel them.
Me @ one of the big Guns
The Spanish Lighthouse
Around 2-3PM the Day Tour is done - and the Day Tour peeps will sail back to Manila. And for the rest who got the Overnight pass, we stayed at Corregidor Inn until the next morning.
And like I mentioned earlier on this post, we paid extra to maximize our experience in this historical island.
The MileLong Barracks
us @ MileLong Barracks
After the day tour, we rest for a while, and the call time for our extra tour is before 5PM -- we're not able to catch a good shot of sunset since it was a bit cloudy that time. Then, we dropped-off at The Army Hospital's Ruins, where I can felt goose bumps, we haven't seen any ghost in there, but.... I can feel them.
The Army Hospital
And we headed up to the Main Event that night -- The Night Lateral Visit at Malinta TunnelThis is done inside the tunnel's unexplored side. A 1,000-bed hospital area during World War II. A walking tour of the tunnel's unexplored side.
Our experience inside Malinta Tunnel that night was really FUN and scary at the same time. It was just the 5 of us plus 1 tour guide.
It was cold inside, not just because we're inside the tunnel, but it really feels like the someone was walking along with us aside from our tour guide
...and yet, it was an Experience!
We went back to the Hotel and grab something for dinner.
TIP: If you are going to get the overnight package to Corregidor, it's better to bring your own food, atleast like cup noodles,biscuits, or chips.... because there are only few stores in the Island, and their Cafeteria foods is quite expensive.
The next morning.... we were up really early to catch the sunrise
sunrise @ Corregidor
the tail of Corregidor Island
We also invade the Japanese Tunnel
some of our pics inside Japanese Tunnel
we found this Marine Boat docked in the Island that day
Of course to max out the Corregidor experience... we spent the rest of the morning under the sun and enjoyed the Beach in the island.
Overall, the Corregidor Invasion is worth it.
It feels good that somehow we're able to see and feel the Battlefield of WWII
...from our History
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