The Backpack Adventures

Available only to those who will remain overnight in the island of Corregidor, the Malinta Tunnel Night Lateral Tour allows visitors to see and enter the laterals which is off-limits to the day tour visitors.

The tour usually starts at around 6/7 PM. Visitors who availed the Night Lateral Tour will assemble in the lobby of the Corregidor Hotel and will be picked up by a tramvia (a replica of the trams used during the Colonia Era.) Each tramvia is manned by its operator and a tour guide. The tramvia will then bring the visitors to the East Entrance of the tunnel for the start of the tour.
This is how my adventure went...

At the mouth of the tunnel, the guide briefed us regarding the safety precautions. Then he ushered us inside the tunnel where we were required to wear the provided safety hats. We then walked towards and entered the second lateral on the right side of the tunnel. We then walked northward toward the North Entrance. At that point the guide stopped to explain about the histo…

All found in the province of Quezon and mostly along the Pan-Philippine Highway, these man-made landmarks of Quezon provincesurely makes your trip to or through the province an exciting I-Spy game. 


So what are you waiting for? Try to look for these landmarks on your next travel to Quezon province:


1. Welcome to Quezon Arch - This landmark is located at the boundary of San Pablo City, Laguna, and Tiaong, Quezon. This arch is the very first of the man-made landmarks that you'd see when entering the province by way of the Pan-Philippine Highway.



2. Walang Tamad sa Quezon Statue -This landmark is located in Sariaya, more specifically at the left side of the Pan-Philippine Highway if you're coming from Laguna and vice versa if you're from Albay. This statue serves as an icon and reminder to everyone that laziness is not encouraged in the province.



3.Ate Monang Statue -This landmark is located in the Zigzag Park which is situated in the Atimonan part of the Quezon National Forest P…

Our adventure today takes us 48 kilometers west of kilometer 0 in Manila. Corregidor Island is a strategically located island at the mouth of Manila Bay. Its name came from the Spanish word corregir which means to correct. The Spanish require all ships to stop and have their documents checked and corrected in this island, much like what the Bureau of Customs does today. Corregidor was garrisoned by the Spanish and later by the American forces. The tadpole-shaped island of Corregidor is popularly called "the Rock" by the American and Filipinos who defended it during the Second World War.

The island became the last defensive position of the American and Filipino defenders after Bataan fell into Japanese hands during World War II. After 27 days of valiantly defending the island, the sick and hungry defenders finally surrendered on May 6, 1942. The island was retaken by the Americans two years later, but the once proud island fortress and its big guns would lay in ruins and would …