Locals in La Union living in the coastline are usually fishermen. Early in the morning you can see them already selling their catch at the beach. It's very amusing to watch the everyday lives of the locals. You get to learn their culture and somehow understand their life.
Since La Union is a province in the sea, the place has some encountered with pirates in the past. Our ancestors built a watchtower in the town of Luna to which is used as a vantage point to look-out for pirates.
From San Fernando, the capital city of La Union, it will take an hour ride to get to Luna. The drop-off point to Luna by jeeps and buses are at the Church. From the church, you may ride a tricycle to bring you to the watchtower. You may ask the tricycle driver to wait for you because tricycle seldom goes to the place.
The watchtower is also known as the Baluarte however the sad thing is the locals are not familiar about the watchtower. We have asked some locals on how we can get to the place and they all said that they don't know about the watchtower. It's only when you get to the town of Luna where locals can give you directions to reach the watchtower.
The watchtower is situated just near the beach. There are also some houses built near the watchtower. It is very evident that the watchtower is a very old structure. Since the watchtower is on a public place, it has been neglected. There are a lot of trashes inside and outside the structure of the watchtower.
Aside from the watchtower, the beach has beautiful colored pebbles. Locals sell the pebbles in a transparent bottle that cost for P30-50.00. Below are other pictures of the watchtower or Baluarte.
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