Balut The Slapsoil Wanderer

I call it the “church in the woods”. Our Lady of Victory Chapel in Malabon City, Philippines - the first church I visited during my Vicita Iglesia for this year (2012).  I promised to make a separate post for each beautiful churches that I visited so here's the first installment to start with.  It was a real BIG surprise finding this church in the heart of one of metro’s busiest city.  The perfect adjective to describe the place and the church is “serene”.   The view of the church with the belfry partly hidden by the thick green plants and trees.  This shot is taken diagonally across from left.   Closer shot of the belfry.  Unlike old churches where the belfry is usually built as an extension part of the main church and in tower-like structure, this belfry is built separately and is rooted from the grounds.     Green vines , an old-fashioned designed lamp post and a tree intertwined together, created a beautiful arc in the pathway leading to the church main en