Corregidor was my favorite part of the field trip. The island was just so scenic and peaceful, despite the fact that it had seen the blood sheds of wars. The island was the color of autumn and the scent of summer. The trees and the ambiance felt like I was someplace else, outside the country, experiencing fall for the first time. The sea and the waves gave out a summery effect to the place. The half day wait to ride the ferry to the island was all worth it after seeing only the port.

The island was full of ruins and canyons everywhere, which reminded me of how things were in the past. It just made me thankful that we are not experiencing what they had to go through before. With the wars, and the bombs and people fighting for their lives and for the country, you just can’t help but secretly thank that you are living in a peaceful era.

Our last stop was the Malinta Tunnel. We experienced the lights & sounds and sculptural show. It was my first time to be in a tunnel, and given the fact that it had been a hiding place during the war, I expected to have goosebumps. Good thing though, the running and fast tracked show kept me too occupied to notice anything out of the ordinary. The show was good and like the lights and sound show in Luneta, it was made possible by the efforts of the highly esteemed National Artists.  Perhaps, it was their way of making people pay attention to and appreciate our history, without the typical boring and sleepy lectures in history classes.

I was glad that Corregidor and its beauty are preserved. It still had that historic feel even after all the years that had passed. To me, the whole island felt like a museum, rich in history and stories to tell.

Credits: Thanks for Elmark, Lecza and Jessel for the pictures of me and the rest of the group, as well as the Malinta Tunnel and MacArthur :)