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A Quick visit at St. Augustine Church and Bell Tower, Bantay, Ilocos Sur

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St Augustine Parish Church... From Vigan City comes the next place to see, the Bantay, Ilocos Sur's St Augustine's Church and it's surprisingly quite distant Bell Tower as compared to the usual tandem which they dubbed as the Sinking Bell Tower. *** The Church's entrance. *** *** The shrine of our lady of charity. *** Our lady of charity. *** *** Looks like a castle in the air but this is a bell tower... *** Getting on top of the tower is rewarding as the Ilocos breeze is refreshingly felt in contrast to the heat outside. This must be dubbed as sinking considering the structure is inside is just supported by planks and and the way up is by the installed wooden stairs... I can see the prominent cracks. In years time, the visitors may not be allowed to go up given this condition of the tower. *** There are many steps to take before going inside the bell tower.  *** Well, missing the Ilocos breeze s...

Baluarte, a breathtaking wildlife zoo in Vigan City

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Snaps of the wildlife in Baluarte brought an immense joy to this computer-all-day and always-in-four-wall creature! Here are the happy moments with the wildlife, especially the moments with real Ostriches, not-smelly-luckily reindeers which are with and without horns, and "dwarf" horses that sure look like donkeys but surely look like no donkeys at all. Hahaha, a zoo-ignoramus I am indeed. Parrot moments... Parrot-lings trio! Here's the snap of what i meant with:  "dwarf" horses that sure look like donkeys but surely look like no donkeys at all.   Tamed and photograph ready tiger??? I'm not sure. And they call it Pony Horse... My family posing in front of Baluarte Signage. The Dinosaurs are not real, of course. My first sighting of Ostrich!!! Rusa Deer... the hornless type... Guess what, these are geese... snake... Ostriches, great o great! colorful birds and there are a lot of them in there... ...