I have been working more than a hundred kilometers away from home for so long. Although I regularly visit my loved ones, there are times—and they’re quite often—when I yearn for home especially when there’s so much stress in the workplace and the pressures of life seem to drive me crazy.
The last time I went to Gapan City for a brief sojourn and to unwind, I brought my digital camera with me and took photographs of the downtown area and other places I found interesting to visit. I thought it would be useful to have pictures of my hometown in Olongapo so as to lessen the effect of homesickness once it strikes me.
Let’s take a walk…
La Virgen Divina Pastora, Patroness of Gapan City
and the province of Nueva Ecija
Downtown Gapan (Tinio St., Sto. Nino)
Junction of Cagayan Valley Road and Olongapo-Gapan Road
Bucana (San Vicente)
Tinio Street, San Vicente
Downtown Gapan (San Vicente)
A portion of Tinio St., San Vicente (in front of
Gapan South Central School)
Tinio Street (Gapan City's main thoroughfare)
The almost-complete two-storey Gapan City Public Market
Tinio Street in front of Public Market
A building opposite Jollibee
San Vicente near Public Market
Jollibee in front of the city plaza
The Three Kings Parish Church
Church's interior
La Virgen Divina Pastora National Shrine
Divina Pastora College
Delos Reyes Street leading to the Church
A slice of Vigan
The city plaza
Henry Lowee, my nephew, standing in front of our house
Our neighbors in the subdivision
Walter Mart Mall on National Highway in Bayanihan
Walter Mart's interior
Walter Mart Mall
Goddy (2nd from left, standing) with former classmate Mayor Eto Natividad (center, seated beside Mrs. Natividad) & other classmates at a reunion
The Penaranda River separating Gapan City from the adjacent San Leonardo town
