this little island is located in ambulong, san jose, occidental mindoro, philippines. :)
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SAN JUANICO BRIDGE
The bridge is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway). It crosses San Juanico Strait, bridging the islands of Samar and Leyte. It connects Tacloban City on the Leyte side and the town of Santa Rita on the Samar side. It takes approximately 10 minutes to cross from Tacloban City by passenger jeepney, bus, or private vehicle.
San Juanico Bridge was built during the Marcos administration. The actual construction of the bridge was commissioned to the Phil. Nat’l. Construction Corp. (formerly known as Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines) along with Japanese engineers in 1968. It was designed by engineer Arvin Valderrama and Christian Meynard Barnaland constructed over San Juanico Strait from Cabalawan, Tacloban City to the municipality of Santa Rita, Samar in 1969. It was completed in 1973, with a final budget of 21.9 million dollars.
- wikipilipinas
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Tops View Point, Cebu, Philippines
(c) Andrea Hannah Valencia/2010
Taken with a Nikon D40.
“I have told our countrymen of our mistakes, our vices, our faults, and our weak complaisance with our miseries there. Where I have found virtue I have spoken of it highly in order to render it homage; and if I have not wept in speaking of our misfortunes, I have laughed over them, for no one would wish to weep with me over our woes, and laughter is ever the best means of concealing sorrow.”- José Rizal
^ Amen to this.
Harana was a traditional form of courtship in the Philippines wherein men introduced themselves and/or wooed women by singing underneath her window at night. It was widely practiced in old Philippines with a set of protocols, a code of conduct and a specific style of music.
