This is an entry in my Philippines 2010 travel diary. This travel diary is written as one, so it may be long winded at times and include references to things that are not general knowledge. Thanks for reading!
Saturday I left Borongan, Samar and headed south toward my next destination, Guiuan. The road south (and north) of Borongan is terrible. Pete, the owner of Pirate’s Cove, told me that back in the 80s the road running along the east coast of Samar was new and claimed that corrupt officials have been pocketing all the money to fix the roads. In any event, the road was terrible.
There were a few beautiful views but I couldn’t capture them because my camera battery was dead. I made up for it on my next ride though, as you will see below. Something terrible happened though, something that I am hesitant to write down because putting it in words causes me intense pain and it’s something I’d sooner forget than relive.
This is an entry in my Philippines 2010 travel diary. This travel diary is written as one, so it may be long winded at times and include references to things that are not general knowledge. Thanks for reading!
Thursday I finally left Tacloban. My pants won’t be ready until Monday the 10th. I left Tacloban and headed north up to the San Juanico bridge. It’s a pretty amazing bridge, I’ll get more photos of it when I cross back over on Monday.
This is an entry in my Philippines 2010 travel diary. This travel diary is written as one, so it may be long winded at times and include references to things that are not general knowledge. Thanks for reading!
View Bogo to Tacloban in a larger map
I left Bogo Sunday morning to go to the wharf where I would catch my ferry. I arrived there around 10 AM so that I could catch the 11 AM ferry. But when they said 11 AM they really meant 1 PM, so I sat in the shade, drinking a couple sodas and talking with some of the guys that worked at the wharf.
When I start talking to the locals this is usually how a conversation goes:
This is an entry in my Philippines 2010 travel diary. This travel diary is written as one, so it may be long winded at times and include references to things that are not general knowledge. Thanks for reading!
Into The West, performed by Annie Lennox
This is an entry in my Philippines 2010 travel diary. This travel diary is written as one, so it may be long winded at times and include references to things that are not general knowledge. Thanks for reading!
I left my room in Toledo around 10 am Saturday morning. I woke up around 7 and had a somewhat lazy morning. The place I stayed in, Toledo Traveler’s Inn, was pretty nice, albeit a little pricy at 800 php. Here are a couple shots of my room and outside the hotel.
