Bustos, Bulacan tour with the Philippine Heritage Conservation Society

I joined this tour last Saturday and it was very interesting. We travelled by minibus from Quezon and arrived in Bustos about an hour later. The people of Bustos are very proud of their town and are keen to promote it to increase tourist numbers. To this end, the mayor welcomed us in person, joined our tour and lunched with us at the dam (no restaurant there, it was a catered lunch). It was a good day!

 Bustos Municipal Hall

Bulacan Military Area

Minasa are cassava cookies shaped with old wooden moulds

Lopez House, Bustos, Bulacan

Another old house near the Mercado House (can you spot Sydney?)

Mercado House (stonework on first and second floor)   

Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam originally built in 1926, (reconstruction work done in 1997 and 2001)

 Bahay at Yaman ni San Martin de Porres orphanage. Houses are inspired by the Ivatan style of houses seen on Batanes Island (which is far north and often hit by typhoons).