Pampanga Vacations, Pampanga Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

July 26, Town Fiesta of Sta Ana, Pampanga. Obviously, they are celebrating the feast of St. Ann (or Sta Ana), the town's patrol saint. Fiesta, normally to celebrate the feast day of each town's patron saint is integral part of Filipino Community Life. Spain has brought fiestas to our shores when they occupied our land for 300 years. However, it is notable that our fiestas (and also true to other practices) were mixed with our indigenous practices - best example is Sin…

It's just 2 days after the meetup when ted332, kickassstunner and me went on a trip to Clark Airfield in Pampanga for the Hot Air Balloon festival.   The slogan for the Hot Air Balloon Festival was "everything that flies" and it was supposed to be a "weekend full of everything that flies" according to writeups.  It was true that most of the things that fly were there, but they were mostly on display.  The skydiving was too far from the people watching, …

Giant Lantern Festival  (San Fernando, Pampanga) The San Fernando lantern industry evolved from the Giant Lantern Festival of San Fernando.  The festival, which is held every December, finds its roots in Bacolor where a much simpler activity was held. Following the transfer of the provincial capital from Bacolor to San Fernando in August of 1904, this parul event followed as well.  "Ligligan Parul" was said to have started in San Fernando in the year 1904.  But some say t…

Heavy traffic is the last thing you want to be trapped in when you’re in a hurry, and here I was inching my way toward the Omni Airfield behind a pickup truck blasting a Journey tune over its stereo. Time again for the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, the 12th since 1994 when then-tourism secretary Mina Gabor put up the first one. It was a bit past five and dawn was breaking to the east, a fine Saturday morning and the third day of the event. Traffic was already hell.…