It has been almost more than half a century since the last great war ripped off the bridges, destroyed every building and spoiled the beauty of Philippine nature. Since then, a lot has been done to recover from the great loss. One of the places who greatly suffered from the fall of the American soldiers to help defend the country from the invading Japanese is Subic Bay in the province of Zambales.
Now called the Subic Bay Freeport Economic Zone, is formerly the site of the US Naval Base in the Philippines. It is where most of the Americans generally stayed prior to the World War II. After major efforts to regain the stability of the place, the local government ordered to shut down the base that during that time threatens many of the investors. Their actions proved effective.
In just a few years, Subic Bay has established itself as one of the major economic districts of the country. The Bureau of Customs is also located here that is why the big taxes of the imported goods that docks here everyday, which reaches millions of dollars a day, also helped the local government in improving and rebuilding Subic.
Occasional military joint exercise by both Philippines and the US as well as other foreign groups are still being held in Subic. Regular port visits are also allowed just like what's on the photo. It is the USS Oklahoma City as it enter Subic's port for their routine port visit.
Subic is also known as the melting pot of the country where majority of its inhabitants are foreigners, most of them are Americans. Some of these foreigners are part or member of the US Navy who decided to stay with their family after the base was lifted. Some even have Filipina wives and now are living peacefully.
Subic have been shattered to dust. It was rebuilt. It was created again, prooving the immortal beauty of the place will always be on the top.
