Flashbacks - Bagac, Bataan
High school classmate and friend Rey Vergara has mentioned this place where his boss dismantles old houses and reassembles them in a huge property he bought in Bataan. Rey works for The New San Jose Builders, a construction company in Metro Manila and it's his boss's passion to develop this place in Bagac. So one day he text'd me saying if Donna and I are free he'll pick us up and he'll take us there.
Long story short - we went, along with his wife, son Roberto, another high school classmate Mike, Donna and Lilibeth!
It took us about a couple of hours in his Ford Expedition, from our place in Pampanga to get to Bagac. I imagine my friend must be loaded to be able to afford gassing up that huge monster. Anyway, the place was just gorgeous! They've reconstructed about ten structures I believe. As we walked along, Rey mentions, "This was an old house in Candaba and this one was my grandparents' ancestral home in Mexico, etc."
He said the houses sit on a 50-60 hectare property acquired by his boss, Mr. Acuzar - and it's right next to the beach!
One of the buildings they restored was the original UP School of Fine Arts and that day the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts students and faculty came for its inauguration. Rey delivered a short speech right before the priest performed the formal blessings.
We had lunch and dinner there. They served a small ray fish for lunch (sting ray or manta ray?) and it didn't taste too bad and a whole lechon for dinner, among others.
There were four students from the UP College of Music who provided the entertainment after dinner.
I took way too many pictures of the place for me to post here. So here is the link for all the pictures of Bagac, Bataan.
Long story short - we went, along with his wife, son Roberto, another high school classmate Mike, Donna and Lilibeth!
It took us about a couple of hours in his Ford Expedition, from our place in Pampanga to get to Bagac. I imagine my friend must be loaded to be able to afford gassing up that huge monster. Anyway, the place was just gorgeous! They've reconstructed about ten structures I believe. As we walked along, Rey mentions, "This was an old house in Candaba and this one was my grandparents' ancestral home in Mexico, etc."
He said the houses sit on a 50-60 hectare property acquired by his boss, Mr. Acuzar - and it's right next to the beach!
One of the buildings they restored was the original UP School of Fine Arts and that day the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts students and faculty came for its inauguration. Rey delivered a short speech right before the priest performed the formal blessings.
We had lunch and dinner there. They served a small ray fish for lunch (sting ray or manta ray?) and it didn't taste too bad and a whole lechon for dinner, among others.
There were four students from the UP College of Music who provided the entertainment after dinner.
I took way too many pictures of the place for me to post here. So here is the link for all the pictures of Bagac, Bataan.
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