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      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Posts – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Posts – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Galleries – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Galleries – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Main Album » Vigan, Ilocs Sur, PH
Unesco plaque
Buildings in vigan 2
Building next door to our hotel
Souvenir shops line the pedestrian street where our hotel is located
Plaque on our hotel
Cafe leona
Leona florentino a filipina poet
Kalesas horse and buggy
Title photo
In a square near our hotel
These are found in many towns
Typical church building at plaza burgos
Statues of saints around the square in front of the church
Mcdonald s building trying to blend in
Joseph rizal a filipino hero
A pond with non working fountains
View across plaza salcedo
Mango trees line the square
Decorated pottery in the pond
View cross the pond to the church
This was on the corner of the plaza but had no sign
Unesco sign in vigan
Some buildings under renovation
Some reno d buildings with nice balconies
Check out the lane divider
I heart ilocos sur
Our hotel s building
I heart vigan
Nicely reno d hotel
Another reno d hotel
A few tricycles
A nice courtyard
Pottery factory was closed
We could see these through the fence
Collection of hats at the crisologo mansion museum
Election sign for congressman crisologo
Office in the crisologo mansion museum
His wife s shoe collection
Part of a closet of his wife s clothes
Dining table
In the crisologo mansion museum
Kitchen appliances in the crisologo mansion museum
In one of the bedrooms in the crisologo mansion museum
Collection of chairs and photos in the crisologo mansion museum
Gold panning bowls
Map of the philippines
Buildings in vigan 3
Buildings in vigan 4
Buildings in vigan 5
Buildings in vigan 1
Inside the hotel 1
Inside the hotel 2
Very steep staircase inside the hotel
Inside the hotel 5
Floorboards in our room
Ceiling in our room

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