Puerto Princesa City Tour - Extended

PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN. Because our flight was still at 1:50PM, we decided to roam around the city one last time. We planned to go back to the museum but it was (yet again) closed. The tricycle driver was just nice enough to bring us to other place free of charge (nakakahiya naman po...para bumalik kayo). We insisted to pay additional though, which he later accepted willingly.

We went to Plaza Cuartel instead. And since beside the plaza is Palawan's cathedral, we also stopped by to pray and be amazed with the colorful interiors. Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral in Puerto Princesa is a modern gothic style (I think) and is predominantly blue and white, which is very true of how we perceive Mary, Immaculate Concepcion.

Church Facade

Interiors

Plaza Cuartel, on the other hand is a site of history. In its marker, I quote:

Sa pook na ito na dating tangulang militar noong ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig naganap ang pagsunog ng mga sundalong hapon sa humigit kumulang 150 Amerikanong bihag ng digma noong  14 Disyembre 1944. Ilang nakaligtas ay lumangoy sa dagat patunongong iwahig. Ang mga __ nasawai ay dinala at inilibing sa St. louis county sa isang panlahatang libingan sa Jefferson Barpacks National Cemetery, Missouri, Estados Unidos, 1952.

Plaza Cuartel Entrance Gate

One of the 11 who survived the massacre returned to the Philippines in 2009 for the unveiling of this memorial he built. This and the landscape of Plaza Cuartel occupied our trip. We enjoyed the shades generously given by the tall, towering trees as we sat on the benches.

Benches are all around

Memorial Marker

All of this plus an early lunch at Robinsons Palawan and a quick stop at the Provincial Capitol occupied the last day of our stay in the city.

Robinsons

Provincial Capitol

This culminated my Puerto Princesa trip. And I must say, this won't be the last. I will have to experience the firefly watching in Iwahig and catch an island hopping adventure in Honda Bay.

Related post: Day 1: Puerto Princesa City Tour
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