The tour we had of the Acosta-Pastor Ancestral Home became the highlight of our road trip last Sunday. Below are some of the photos taken by me and Tito Andoy to document the tour we experienced:
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| A look above the entrance of the home.. |
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| leads to a room for the kalesa's and the like, followed by a landing made of original White & Black Italian tiles. |
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| Did you know that "patibong's" were implanted to homes even then? The first step of this home has one! |
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| View of the left side while on the landing... |
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| ...leads to a Php 5,000,000.00 Grand Piano owned by Ka Tonying. |
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| Here's a view of the Ante Sala from one of the rooms |
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| The "player" still works! I heard it play! Weirdddd sounding.... |
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| There was no such thing as a bathroom before... This structure is directly perpendicular to the room's bed |
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| A view of Batangas City from one of the rooms on the Second Floor |
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| Ka Tonying loves to sing & play classical songs on his piano.. He loves to showcase his talent so with us being 15 in total.... |
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| ...we became his instant spectators! :) |
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| You can see how passionate Ka Tonying here is in this picture...as well as how our younger group members felt the gap between their type of music and his....zzzZZZ.... |
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| After the private concert, merienda awaited us.... |
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| Mhmm... Delicious tamales and kakanin! |
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| Before we left, Ka Tonying gave each one of us a CD compilation of his songs! Not for sale though...hehehehe |
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| After checking out the home, Ka Tonying led us to his bachelor's pad... |
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| ..and told Dad that my great grandfather may be in the photo! |
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| View from the Pad |
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| Followed by a trip to Ka Tonying's office |
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| ...and finally a quick snap of the signage on the fence as we drove by. |
Other details on the house may be found in my previous post!
Toodles!
Cathy
