Corregidor in Pictures, Part 1

Corregidor is a tadpole-shaped or spermatozoa-shaped, depending on your gender (kidding!), island west of Manila and strategically positioned at the mouth of Manila Bay. It was a key base for the American and Filipino soldiers who tried to fend off the Japanese invaders during World War 2. It fell into Japanese control after months of combat. Three years later, it would be re-captured by the Americans, and the Japanese would finally surrender and end their invasion of Asia.

The series of posts about Corregidor display pictures taken during my first trip to the island with my officemates last August 12, 2007.

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The cruise liner left its Manila Bay/CCP station around 8AM. Travel time to Corregidor would be an hour and a half. Owing to the choppy waters, I puked twice. Once on the island, the sights were enough to dispel my dizzy spell.

Below: the boat we came in on and some of the cable-car looking "buses" tourists ride on to go around the island.
Our group was assigned Bus #1. I don't know if that's why we were the first to depart the port.
Below: what's left of a building.
Below: view of the only hotel where we'll be having our lunch from the bus on our way to the first stop.
Here's our bus and our tour guide seated in front.
Our first stop: the Middleside Barracks where the single soldiers stayed.
Upcoming in Part 2... Cannons!