Showing posts with label liloan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liloan. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Bridges Connecting Leyte

Leyte is the only island in the Philippines which is connected to three other islands, two of which are provinces.



The majestic San Juanico bridge at sunset.

A view of the San Juanico bridge from the Eagle's Peak of Samar overlooking the mountains of Leyte.




Aerial view of San Juanico Bridge.
A favorite picture taking spot for tourists.

The Biliran Bridge connects Leyte to the island province of Biliran in the north.







Wawa Bridge in Liloan, So. Leyte, connects Leyte with Panaon Island in the south.


A view from the bridge in Liloan. Liloan is derived from the word "lilo" meaning whirlpool of which there are many in this narrow strait.

From the poblacion of Liloan, one has an exquisite view of the Wawa Bridge.

The most famous and the longest bridge in the Philippines is the two kilometer San Juanico bridge which connects Leyte to Samar. It connects Tacloban City on the Leyte side and San Rita town on the Samar side. It offers many picturesque views, especially of the San Juanico Strait with its thousand whirlpools as well as the islets of the province. It is approximately 10 minutes from downtown Tacloban City and is accessible by passenger jeepney, bus, motorcab or private vehicle.

The Biliran Bridge connects Leyte to the island province of Biliran. Completed around 1975, this bridge is about 150 meters long and its central span, held in place by an arched steel structure, hovers above a short and narrow channel of water measuring about 40 meters wide at low tide.


The third other bridge which is in the south is the Wawa Bridge in Liloan, Southern Leyte. This bridge connects Leyte to the Panaon Island which has four towns, the biggest of which is Liloan. It is from Liloan where buses take on the ferry to cross over to Mindanao.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

San Remegio, Cebu

San Remegio is a town in the northwestern part of Cebu, which is 109 km from the capital city. We were invited by Mar and Jane, the shepherd couple of the Bukas Loob ng Diyos in Ormoc, to visit their beachouse there named Villa Elisea. With us were Frs. Allen and Benz and Brod Ben Lagado and his wife. After a long travel from Cebu where we passed by the churches of Liloan, Danao and Bogo, we had such a very restful stay in the tranquil white beach of San Remegio.


You can have all the beach to yourself in this very peaceful part of San Remegio


I had the grand time of kayaking through the calm waters of the sea.

Frs. Benz and Allen doing a paseo along the beach of San Remegio.
Brod Ben, Mar, Frs. Allen and Benz having a quiet conversation by the beach (below). Just above is the Villa Elisea beach house.
During low tides, the sea becomes a great expanse of shallow water. Sea urchins, shells and other sea creatures become ready for the picking. A girl, above, with a plastic bucket in tow searches for sea shells. The sunset in San Remegio is spectacular. Here fishermen on a boat are getting ready to go out fishing.
From the balcony of Villa Elisea we had a wonderful view of the sea.

ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE OF SAN VICENTE (F-1850)
Bogo City, Cebu





STO. TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA PARISH (F-1742)
Danao City, Cebu



SAN FERNANDO EL REY PARISH (F-1845)
Liloan, Cebu