Pagbilao: Papag at Bilao

I passed by the town proper of PAGBILAO in QUEZON PROVINCE more than a hundred times already since it is the link by land travel between CAMARINES SUR (my home province) and METRO MANILA. Since I was a kid, I was regularly travelling from BICOL REGION to MANILA and vice versa either by private or public vehicle but never had the chance to stop over at any part of PAGBILAO until last year when we met a vehicular accident while traversing a sharp curve road in between the town proper of ATIMONAN and PAGBILAO. That unfortunate accident happened within PAGBILAO. 

PAGBILAO is situated in between LUCENA CITY and the municipality of ATIMONAN.

I was also able to visit some parts of PAGBILAO including Barangay Bantigue when we had the chance to visit SILANGANG NAYON PARK AND RESTAURANT and the BAYVIEW ACCOMMODATION. I was also able to visit Barangay Talipan (Barangay near Lucena City) when I conducted research and interview at DEPED QUEZON PROVINCE when I was doing my MANAGEMENT RESEARCH REPORT (MRR) for the MASTER in MANAGEMENT at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). MRR is the equivalent of THESIS in other schools.

But today was my first very time to step and roamed around the town proper of PAGBILAO.

PAGBILAO comes from the words PAPAG and BILAO. It is pronounced as PAGBILAW.

To reach PAGBILAO from LUCENA CITY by public transportation, take a JEEPNEY bound for PAGBILAO from either LUCENA GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, SM CITY LUCENA TERMINAL or PACIFIC MALL TERMINAL for 15 pesos fare for about 15 to 20 minutes travel time. There are also buses and jeepneys bound for other municipalities of QUEZON PROVINCE such as PADRE BURGOS, UNISAN, MULANAY, AGDANGAN, CATANAUAN, CALAUAG, GUMACA, ATIMONAN, TAGKAWAYAN and all vehicles going to BICOL which will all pass-by the TOWN PROPER of PAGBILAO. From the town proper, there are many beach resorts, island resorts, waterfalls and other interesting places to go that I will discuss in my other blogs.

For the moment, enjoy the pictures of my short JOURNEY at the town proper of PAGBILAO in QUEZON PROVINCE.

the MUNICIPAL HALL is located along the national highway

the Roman Catholic church at the town proper

still the church, at another angle

inside the church

the church signage

located within the compound of the church

this catering service situated at the town proper unfolds the origin of the name of the town

PAGBILAO is 139 kilometers south of Manila

the signage that reveals the distances of other municipalities of Quezon Provinces from PAGBILAO

a river crossing the highway at the town proper

a convenience store where I bought something to drink after an hour of roaming around the town proper of PAGBILAO

PAGBILAO is 9 kilometers away from LUCENA CITY proper

buses bound for southern municipalities of Quezon, for BICOL, for VISAYAS, and for MINDANAO pass-by the town proper of PAGBILAO

the Barangay at the town proper of PAGBILAO

...one of the main street at the town proper...

the marker at the PAGBILAO small town plaza near the church

the marker description is already almost faded...signifying how old is the marker and the town

the RIZAL monument inside the plaza

..the road going to LUCENA CITY and METRO MANILA...

I will certainly come back to explore the different islands, beach resorts and other interesting places in PAGBILAO...