Named after Mena Crisologo, Ilocos Sur’s 1st governor and patron of Ilocano art, Calle Crisologo displaces visitors a century into the past: not too incendiary a displacement, in fact. It’s even prettier at night. Just imagine the street lamps are gas-lit, ignore modern machinery and don your camisa de chino. Empanada Note my inability for proper gastronomic critique. Keeping…
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Water Bending near Plaza Salcedo
Got to love a mix of the old and new. After you’ve taken a quick stroll around Vigan’s Calle Crisologo, head to the town center. Hard to miss Plaza Salcedo, it’s right in front of St Paul’s Metropolitan Cathedral. Juan De Salcedo first built St Paul’s in 1574. Earthquakes damaged it back in 1619 and…
