This blog story is already past due, and I'm trying to make a run for it before the month of love bids farewell.
Work brought me to Tacloban City on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2012 (like I had a choice?) It was just a one-day activity but I spent two days for traveling because of the limited number of flights to and fro Cebu-Tacloban City.
But it was all worth it because I was able to step on Tacloban City for the first time.
It was like a review of my history subject when I went to MacArthur's Park in Palo, Leyte, and saw the statues of General Douglas MacArthur and company on the beach site where he landed on his return to the Philippines at the height of the World War II.
Considering it was Valentine's Day, seeing and crossing San Juanico Bridge became the most significant experience. Aside from the fact that San Juanico still holds the record as the longest bridge in the Philippines. The 2.16-kilometer bridge connects Tacloban City in Leyte to the municipality of Sta. Rita in Samar, and spans the San Juanico Strait.
Because of the story behind San Juanico Bridge, I call it as the Bridge of Love, a token of love of the Philippine's late "strong man", President Ferdinand Marcos, to his love and wife, Imelda R. Marcos, who is a native of Leyte. It was so timely for me to be at this place on Valentine's Day.
We were billeted at Leyte Park Hotel: there was love all around, minus the drizzle -- the decorations and the Valentine party that the hotel put up in celebration of the Day of Hearts. What's good about it was that we were given free tickets to the party. Oh, goody!
Work brought me to Tacloban City on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2012 (like I had a choice?) It was just a one-day activity but I spent two days for traveling because of the limited number of flights to and fro Cebu-Tacloban City.
It was like a review of my history subject when I went to MacArthur's Park in Palo, Leyte, and saw the statues of General Douglas MacArthur and company on the beach site where he landed on his return to the Philippines at the height of the World War II.
Considering it was Valentine's Day, seeing and crossing San Juanico Bridge became the most significant experience. Aside from the fact that San Juanico still holds the record as the longest bridge in the Philippines. The 2.16-kilometer bridge connects Tacloban City in Leyte to the municipality of Sta. Rita in Samar, and spans the San Juanico Strait.
Because of the story behind San Juanico Bridge, I call it as the Bridge of Love, a token of love of the Philippine's late "strong man", President Ferdinand Marcos, to his love and wife, Imelda R. Marcos, who is a native of Leyte. It was so timely for me to be at this place on Valentine's Day.
We were billeted at Leyte Park Hotel: there was love all around, minus the drizzle -- the decorations and the Valentine party that the hotel put up in celebration of the Day of Hearts. What's good about it was that we were given free tickets to the party. Oh, goody!
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| Entrance to Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City |
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| Valentine ambiance inside the hotel |
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| Hotel cottages |
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| Paintings inside the hotel's function room, Apollo 108 |
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| Afternoon snacks: dinuguan, puto and vegetable lumpia |
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| Snap shots of San Juanico Bridge |
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