We had a great show-off today! I won't go into detail anymore since I've said so much about Pampanga already in this blog. So I invite you to visit Our Awesome Planet's detailed account of the trip: Part 1 - 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Part 2 - 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.; and Part 3 - 4:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
There were a lot of surprises we did not mention in our announcements. Aside from lunch at Claude Tayag's Bale Dutung, we gave each participant a bayong with our favorite Kapampangan goodies such as Imang Salud's ensaymadas, turrones de casoy from Santa Rita, Aurely's Special which is an inverted brazo de mercedes, Junjun's barbecue and puto pao from Nathaniel's. On the bus, we also served five gallons of the legendary buko sherbet of Brgy. San Jose in San Fernando!
I guess the biggest surprise for the group was that Among Ed Panlilio joined us for lunch at Claude's! The Giant Lantern Festival was as spectacular as always. And it was a great thing they returned the marching band tradition. Watch out for our upcoming tours. We don't plan on repeating tours so the next one will definitely be different. It was all smiles for everyone after 16 hours in flamboyant Pampanga.Thanks to Bikoy and Anton for the photos! The video of Giant Lantern Festival 2007 was taken by Bikoy too.
looks like your guests had fun that day.. your lantern shots are a lot better than mine. i've taken the liberty of grabbing them :)
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ReplyDeleteAll photos are from Bikoy. You can see the rest in his album: http://vvillanueva.multiply.com/photos/album/114
ReplyDeletemissed the event this year. so wanted to come,unfortunately, couldn't find anyone to tag along with... anyways, quick question, will the lanterns be on display somewhere? if so, where and when? thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteThey will be in Paskuhan Village before Christmas. I think they will charge P60 for entrance.
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