Caliraya Chronicle: Church Crawl

Saturday was Visita Iglesia day. So at 4.00 a.m, yes 4 in the morning, we assembled at Cavinti Church and set off to visit 7 churches in Batangas in a convoy. Most people were wearing The T-shirt, I don’t know if they had one my size but neither Grace or I had them on. The Mayor was wearing hers though!

Now driving in a convoy is a skill, apparently not much practised here, where the usual rule is every man for himself. We managed to stay in convoy until we got on the motorway, then due to poor lane choices by the 2 cars in front of me, we lost our guide. Luckily I knew where we were headed and we arrived at Church 1 well before everyone else.
Encouraged by that success, I stopped at Starbucks for a coffee and sandwich for breakfast, so we arrived at Church 2 AFTER everyone else!

For Church 3 the convoy seemed to work and so we set out for Church 4, faithfully following another car until he pulled off the road, not knowing where to go. we pulled off too and then the Mayor’s car rushed past, so i shouted that she must know where to go and set off after her. Her driver drove very fast and it was a challenge keeping them in sight, but finally we arrived at the church only to find we had missed one church out completely!! Hey ho, nothing for it but to have lunch. For the next two churches we followed Fr. Rico’s car and made them safely. And so home.

Here are some pictures:-