SOMETHING NEW: PART II

II.

Black Saturday

(On the road; 4 AM)

We left Manila at 4 AM and arrived at Nueva Ecija 2-3 hours later. Again, I sat at the passenger seat and took as many photography-worthy pictures of the road as I can (I also took a bunch of obligatory 'looking out the window' photos for a sort of dramatic effect or for a cover art for an 8tracks indie + chill + roadtrip playlist)

Our main destination that day was Minalungao but we did a stopover at my cousins' house. We had breakfast then left a few minutes later.

There are two things that you should know about Minalungao: the crowd and beauty of the river and limestone walls. 

We arrived at 8 AM and we had to park our car 100 meters away from the main site because it was already filled with cars and tricycles and, of course, people. If you don't believe me, here's a picture of how the place looked like when we arrived:

Then by 12 noon, it looked like this:

I wasn't exaggerating when I said that the place was crowded. I can just imagine those who owned the cars in the picture above having a hard time leaving the place. The heat that time was also insane. While some of my family members roamed around and traveled to the other side of the river, I willingly stayed in our cottage with fear of getting severely sunburned. Also, I wasn't able to bring slippers so I didn't want to make my shoes filled with sand either.

But because I wanted to do some photography mojo, I went outside and took some photos of the river and the limestone walls.

After lunch, my family left and my dad and I stayed in the cottage. I read some Archie comics and ate watermelon to pass the time.

We left at 2 PM and here is the continuation of my road pictures.

PHEW! And there we have it. Again, I need practice with photography and editing. I want to shoot portraits so if anyone's willing to be my model, contact me through any of the links in my 'connect' page. I will reward you with love and food.