in the procession is known as "dapit". Many believes that this celebration of the Feast of Saint Joseph plays big part from the town's safety against nature disaster specially typhoons. It has something to do with the church history where those saints served as protector along the region. Devotees of St. Joseph now turns the old "St. Joseph Parish" into "Prelature Shrine of St. Joseph" as ordered by the Bishop of Infanta, Bp. Rolando J. Tria Tirona, OCD. DD. year 2010 under the leadership of Fr. Noe Ramos, former Parish Priest of the Town. Travel Getting to Polillo from Manila takes around six hours of travel by land and by sea. The first segment of the trip involves travelling to Ungos Port in Real, Quezon via the Pililla-Famy-Real road. The recently opened Marcos Highway(Marikina-Infanta Highway) is also another route to Ungos Port. Raymond Bus with its terminal located in Legarda, Manila, has regular scheduled trips to Real, Quezon. There are two regular boat trips from Real to Polillo. The first trip usually leaves at 7:30 AM as the bus passengers coming from Lucena and Manila try to catch it up. The next boat leaves at 10:00 AM. The boats are outrigger types powered with a surplus truck engine. The return trips from Polillo are at 5:00 AM and 1:00 PM. The trip from Ungos Port to Polillo usually takes three hours. There are passenger ferries that depart from Dinahican Port in Infanta to Barangay Macnit in Polillo. There are also boat trips to Balesin Island and Polillo from Atimonan's port. See also Polillo Islands References External links Polillo Profile at PhilAtlas.com [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information Local Governance Performance Management System Quezon Province Community and Web Portal Municipalities of Quezon