#throwback: Pahiyas festival with the besties

Since we are staying home for long (quite longer than we expected, tbh), I though going back to my travel memory lane is the least I could do as a “sabik sa travel” person. I went through my tumblr page and realized I have travel posts there that I wasn’t able to share here in my not-so-new-now blog. Maybe it’s not too bad if I just share them now even after yeeeaaaars ago. First travel post I forgot to move here is our trip to Quezon for the Pahiyas Festival.

Actually, no. The plan was to go for a weekend trip to Kwebang Lampas, but we knew we won’t enjoy the camping experience because of the unexpected rain (still feeling the “sayang moment”) so we decided to pass through San Isidro, eat there, take pictures, and spend few hours at the festival to get back from our “sayang naman” trip. *sigh*

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Pahiyas Festival

Pahiyas Festival (also called San Isidro Pahiyas Festival) is a colorful celebration of bountiful produce. Through decorating their residences, peopel in Lucban showcase their plentiful plant produce. To advertise their creativity, prizes are to be given to the most inventive and original designs. Know more about the festival and visit thier website: Pahiyas Festival.

The most common decor we see was the Kiping, which is made of ground flour shaped to a leaf. I honestlly didn’t know it can be eaten, thanks to my friends, I learned something new. LOL We also had the famous pancit habhab for breakfast, yum with pieces of siomai and of course, softdrinks. I actually miss this combo!

Our Kwebang Lampas Experience

There are blog comments I have read that says the place is already ‘napabayaan’ of some kind. Well, I think, compared to many other places like this, Kwebang Lampas is a bit uhmm… disappointing. Ah, no. The people who ruined the place are disappointing. That little cave which is supposed to be the best thing at Kwebang Lampas, unfortunately, was almost full of vandals and smelled super not okay. It’s been five years now since this visit, and maybe (sincerely hoping) that it’s now healed and maintained well.

By the way, it’s called “Kwebang Lampas” because it’s literally “lampas” or beyond the shore. You will need to swim a little to get to the cave opening. Since it was raining when we went there, the tide was a bit high and waves were a bit strong, so I think it’s better to go there during mid-summer.

The beach is a little crowded as well. Maybe the management can limit the number of goers especially for the night, since the camping site is a little small for huge group. We still enjoyed the beach anyways. It rained, that our tent didn’t make it so we stayed in the van for the night. More fun than tent, tbh, because we have more space for food. LOL

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