Showing posts with label Burgos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burgos. Show all posts

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Ilocos Norte: Cape Bojeador Lighthouse

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Cape Bojeador Lighthouse is the cultural heritage structure of Burgos, Ilocos Norte. It was built during the Spanish Colonial period in the Philippines. Situated on a hill, it is the most prominent structure that can be seen thru its vicinity.
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The gate closes at around 5pm so we have to hurry taking photograph of the place. It’s a little bit crowded when we got there, we just got lucky that other tourist was on their way down already, and we’re able to shoot the structure without extra being that’s roaming around.
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The structure has a lot rusts and signs of oldness in it, but from my point-of-view it’s still very capable. The walls that built the structure are very thick and still look very durable even after 100 years.
There’s a museum inside, sadly it was closed when we’re there… At the end of these closed doors is the staircase leading to the tower, where there’s plenty of space for those tourist who loves taking pictures.
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Some tourist I saw there, sit down for a while have a quiet talk, while enjoying the view beside the proud structure. And aren’t that a cool way of enjoying the place, other than just taking pictures? Hehe
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Ilocos Norte: Cape Bojeador Point, Burgos

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Despite the heavy rains brought by tropical storm Ambo. We’ve manage to sneak in to photograph this magnificent place. We stopped here for merely 10 minutes, as every shot must be a perfect one. I didn’t even bother to look at the results of my shot, as I move quickly to another foreground due to time pressure, as a model shoot was supposed to be held at Bangui Windmills.

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I told myself that even an hour in this place wouldn’t be enough. No, even half a day. The foregrounds here were endless. The wind was blowing hard and the skies were filled with raging clouds, and sea was furious, which is perfect for a long camera exposure.

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I don’t know what comprises of the ground here, but it looks like it’s made of dead corals and limestone. The colour of the foreground has a nice contrast with the sky, especially when the rain ceases when we took a stop here.

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