Pahiyas

Bucket List
* attend at least one local festival

May 15 was Pahiyas Day for me and my dad.

We opted to to take a bus (Jam Liner in Cubao) bound to Lucena in Quezon and a huge jeepney to get to the town of Lucban (I read that traffic during Pahiyas is the worst and that would have been hell for driving so during that moments, leave it to the bus driver).

I have to say it's like the longest roadtrip I had after a while (nothing beat's all-dayer Ilocos). Fares cost P218 each for the bus, P30 each for the jeepney. The trip lasted for three hours, thank gawd for the early morning view of Mt. Makiling and Banahaw.

Lucban is a quiet little town. It feels weird that the houses were small but it doesn't feel crowded at all like Vigan.

I must have missed all the festivities (we got out of Manila around 5:30 am or 6am, I suggest a much earlier departure) coz we only got to see the decorated houses.




We also tried the Pansit Lucban or popularly called "habhab" which you must eat without utensils. Killing the experience though, my dad got too excited and ordered one in Mustiola's, an old style restaurant, instead of the cheaper version on the street which was only P7 for each order. Mustiola's version costs P70 but good for at least 4 people.

Also a must try is Lucban's longganisa, I find it much better than Vigan's.



small variety sells for P65 while the big ones sell for around P130 (I don't know if that's per kilo though..)

A P30 ride on a tricycle also got us to Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center.



It's like a grotto (it probably is). We wanted to go up the huge Jesus Christ Statue but my dad and I both have vertigo, and there won't be anyone to save us, so we just stayed on the ground.

Going home was the worst, since SLEX= heavy and I mean HEAVY traffic and for that I'm so loving living in the North. It took us four hours plus the bus kept stopping.

But I must say, I'll come back again and visit other sites in Quezon (Viaje del Sol anyone?)

PAHIYAS PICTURES