Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2014 4:53:01 GMT 8
Our 2014 Corregidor trip.
Went there on Feb. 2, a Sunday, and stayed till Tuesday. We decided to stay with the day tour until lunchtime. We're exploring Engineer Ravine later in the afternoon anyway, so might as well enjoy the bus ride...
Shot a few pics while with the day tour...
BATTERY WAY
TOPSIDE
BATTERY GEARY
MAGAZINE #1 - 12" MORTAR ROUND
MAGAZINE #1 - Rescue Hole
MAGAZINE #3 - 12" MORTAR ROUND
BATTERY "A" MORTAR WITH LIVE ROUND
CABALLO ISLAND
At around 2:30pm, we were able to book our room, rest a while, and at 3:30pm we began our trek...
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DAY 1
ENGINEER RAVINE
POWER PLANT
Notice the newly erected electrical posts on the left. One of the workers ( probably the foreman ) told me these posts will be installed from Corregidor's new power plant all the way to Corregidor Inn.
OIL TANKS
Remnants of concrete steps between the Oil Tanks and the Diesel power plant
FRESH WATER TANK #9
PISTOL TARGET RANGE
VIEW OF CORREGIDOR BAY
JAPANESE AA GUN
ENGINEER DOCK
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DAY 2
Gun Block by the road from Bottomside
Another Gun Block (?) - a few steps up the road and you'll see through a break from the trees that it's facing Cavite.
MIDDLESIDE BARRACKS
BATTERY WAY
ORDNANCE
Pvt. Lloyd G. McCarter
BATTERY HEARN
Collapsed entrance
The other side of that entrance
View from the inside of the magazine
The 12" Gun
BATTERY SMITH
The trail
The magazine entrance
The 12" Gun
X-F-1
Structure on the left-side of the road to X-F-1. Its walls are too thin to be a bombproof...a shed maybe?
At another angle
GUN POSITION #1
GUN POSITION #2
CENTRAL MAGAZINE
Passageway on the floor of the magazine
VIEW OF CONCHITA ISLAND ON GUN #2
BATTERY GRUBBS
GUN #1
GUN #2
QMC DETACHMENT BARRACKS
TOPSIDE BARRACKS
Topside Barracks swimming pool
THE CINE
BACHELOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS
PACIFIC WAR MEMORIAL
ADMIN BUILDING
SENIOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS
SWIMMING POOL
BATTERY GEARY
We went up Geary's Pit B - as per fots2's instructions, to find one of the missing mortars.
And here it is on the ridge behind Geary's Magazine #3...
Fire Control Stations
BATTERY CROCKETT
GUN #1
GUN #2
BATTERY RAMSAY
GUN #1 carriage
Barrel of GUN #1
We weren't able to visit GUN #s 2 and 3, clearing the thick vegetation proved too much for the karambit knife I brought with me.
Besides, our camera's battery pack is drained, so we headed back to the Inn.
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DAY 3
One of the buoys
The 12" Barrel near the Hostel
Went there on Feb. 2, a Sunday, and stayed till Tuesday. We decided to stay with the day tour until lunchtime. We're exploring Engineer Ravine later in the afternoon anyway, so might as well enjoy the bus ride...
Shot a few pics while with the day tour...
BATTERY WAY
TOPSIDE
BATTERY GEARY
MAGAZINE #1 - 12" MORTAR ROUND
MAGAZINE #1 - Rescue Hole
MAGAZINE #3 - 12" MORTAR ROUND
BATTERY "A" MORTAR WITH LIVE ROUND
CABALLO ISLAND
At around 2:30pm, we were able to book our room, rest a while, and at 3:30pm we began our trek...
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DAY 1
ENGINEER RAVINE
POWER PLANT
Notice the newly erected electrical posts on the left. One of the workers ( probably the foreman ) told me these posts will be installed from Corregidor's new power plant all the way to Corregidor Inn.
OIL TANKS
Remnants of concrete steps between the Oil Tanks and the Diesel power plant
FRESH WATER TANK #9
PISTOL TARGET RANGE
VIEW OF CORREGIDOR BAY
JAPANESE AA GUN
ENGINEER DOCK
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DAY 2
Gun Block by the road from Bottomside
Another Gun Block (?) - a few steps up the road and you'll see through a break from the trees that it's facing Cavite.
MIDDLESIDE BARRACKS
BATTERY WAY
ORDNANCE
Pvt. Lloyd G. McCarter
BATTERY HEARN
Collapsed entrance
The other side of that entrance
View from the inside of the magazine
The 12" Gun
BATTERY SMITH
The trail
The magazine entrance
The 12" Gun
X-F-1
Structure on the left-side of the road to X-F-1. Its walls are too thin to be a bombproof...a shed maybe?
At another angle
GUN POSITION #1
GUN POSITION #2
CENTRAL MAGAZINE
Passageway on the floor of the magazine
VIEW OF CONCHITA ISLAND ON GUN #2
BATTERY GRUBBS
GUN #1
GUN #2
QMC DETACHMENT BARRACKS
TOPSIDE BARRACKS
Topside Barracks swimming pool
THE CINE
BACHELOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS
PACIFIC WAR MEMORIAL
ADMIN BUILDING
SENIOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS
SWIMMING POOL
BATTERY GEARY
We went up Geary's Pit B - as per fots2's instructions, to find one of the missing mortars.
And here it is on the ridge behind Geary's Magazine #3...
Fire Control Stations
BATTERY CROCKETT
GUN #1
GUN #2
BATTERY RAMSAY
GUN #1 carriage
Barrel of GUN #1
We weren't able to visit GUN #s 2 and 3, clearing the thick vegetation proved too much for the karambit knife I brought with me.
Besides, our camera's battery pack is drained, so we headed back to the Inn.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DAY 3
One of the buoys
The 12" Barrel near the Hostel