"A Step Back To the Past"

How would you like to go back a few centuries to the past? Not just a few days, or months, but rather, a glance of hundreds of years back to your own roots? Wouldn't it be a bit interesting to you if you were given like a chance to see your history? :)

I would take that opportunity if that chance WOULD really be possible; and in my case, it really DID. But, how? 

Okay, so I certainly am not talking nonsense here. My mind is not going off to somewhere else, but I am just going to share to you what happened to me last March 27-28, 2013. 

It was the start of Holy Week in my country. It's a very religious custom for roman catholics here in the Philippines,and so it was always declared a holiday by the president. It's usually a 3-day holiday for all citizens, I think. Oh well, we usually go out of town during this short vacation, and this year, our family decided to go into a resort in Bataan. It's called "Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar". Located somewhere in Bagac, it's a 3-hour drive from Lagro, minus the traffic. What made my family choose this resort for our vacation is that this place is quite different from all the resorts that we have been through. It has a touch of Philippine History to it. The rooms were purely antique from the outside, you would feel like you have just travelled back into time. But it's not only that. The sites are the things that would really take you into a historical adventure. If you would just join the guide there dressed like in a native Filipiniana costume, she will tour you to the different structures and houses that go way back into Spanish Era. She'll tell you different stories of some of our heroes, along with the facts that she is going to share. Allow me to share you some of the cool sites that we saw there: 

Historical Houses again

Just some of the rooms- they're called "casas"by the way

Antique Radio 

Old Philippine Cannon (just a small model)

Historical wall bridge

Mga "Iskolar ng Bayan"- The original first seal of University of the Philippines

Houses were still made of wood and stone back then. There were also no appliances before! Haha. There are just a lot to see there, but I don't want to fill my blog with all of those stories. It would just be too long. :P

To complete this historical adventure, we decided to "pretend" to be a part of it- by wearing old native Fiilipino costumes. HAHA! see this:

My costume. (still appears a little too modern, though)

Sepia Type 

My Family

This wonderful journey has been amazing. Spending time with my family and relatives is what made this moment memorable. I am so blessed that I get to experience this with the ones I love, and we all get to share this kind of happiness even for just a short while.  ^____^