A seven-page album of snapshots taken in the
hot summer of 2001.
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To walk through streets of old
Vigan is to let spirits of centuries past brush through the senses, like layers of gauzy abel
iloko in the breeze.
Each ancient, dilapidated house
seems to be whispering, ah, I wish you would have seen me then, in my prime, when the I
was not yet so burdened by memories and musty odors and rickety sounds.
Some of the buildings look
absolutely stooped by the weight of history. Imagine the stories the walls have heard. I'd
like to try living in one of those someday.