November 20, 2011 A Walk on History at Corregidor
So what's the story? Amazing race style travel from Alabang to CCP Complex. Earlier in the week, Sir Ian suggested that we visit Corregidor by the weekend. So he made an online reservation for three persons with Sun Cruises. Having been re-assigned in an Alabang engineering office, I got to have five working days only in a week as compared to the six day shifting schedule previously. There's so much time to explore places. The day of our visit coincided with the Run for Pasig 2011, an annual marathon event for environmental cause primarily aimed in rehabilitating the Pasig River. So Dexter and I had to travel as early as 530AM just to avoid the traffic it will cause as soon we arrive in Manila. We took a jeepney from Madrigal Business Park to the Starmall near the Alabang market. From there we rode a bus heading to Fairview/Cubao and got off at Magallanes MRT. Then we rode the MRT going to Taft station, then transferred to the LRT train getting off at Ocampo St. On the MRT and LRT rides, we saw some participants for the marathon which made us worry a bit. We might get caught in a sea of people when we arrive in CCP area. We were supposed to take the jeepney from the corner of Ocampo St, the ones that go around the CCP complex but we were not lucky to find one. Perhaps they had been rerouted for the days event. Considering that I am more familiar of Manila than Dexter, I suggested that we would just walk the lengths of the street. By then, we were walking along with some marathoners who were making their way to Roxas Boulevard area. It was an early exercise for the two us. Soon we were on the starting point of the marathon by 630AM. We saw the sea of people preparing for the first event at the starting line. There were also people jogging on the grounds of CCP. Some had their bikes too. Armed with DLSR cameras, Dexter and I looked like media men covering up the event. We took photos here and there. Haha. Talked about nuisance for the event.