Trip to the World's Smallest Volcano

Last Holy Week, husband and I celebrated my birthday with our first Visita Iglesia in Batangas. He also gave in when I said that I wanted to go to see the crater of the Taal Volcano. We have been in and out of Tagaytay but we never really had a chance to visit the actual site and so, despite not being ready with a trekking outfit (read: sneakers), we decided to go. 

From Tagaytay City, it would take you around 45 minutes to an hour to go to Talisay. This is where the "departure" area is going to Vulcan Island. 

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Tampuhan Cafe and the Secrets of Taal Town

In the quiet, unassuming town of Taal, Batangas, lies the biggest Catholic basilica in Asia, the Basilica de San Martin de Tours. This has been my third time in Taal Town and me and the husband have always been awed by the old, Hispanic houses and the antique vibe of the place.

This stop is our last leg for our Visita Iglesia. We haven't had lunch yet and it was around 2:30 in the afternoon already when we arrived at the town. I was so excited when I saw a cafe near the Church of Our Lady of Caysasay, another place for worship here in the small town of Taal. The place is called Tampuhan Cafe.

Now, I don't know where the owners got the name of the place but there was no tampuhan (best translation: sulking from a lovers' quarrel) going on around the place at that time, hehe.

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Batangas Churches : Visita Iglesia

 

I have slipped in and out of my faith. When I was younger, I was a devout Catholic by default. My dad would command us to pray the Rosary every six in the evening for as long as I can remember. When I was in secondary school,  I joined almost all religious organizations -- I was part of the choir, and I was a lector and commentator. I read the liturgies; I memorized the Holy Mass.

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