Ride Philippines 2006


On the ferryboat to Samar.


Paradise Inn - Allen, Northern Samar


Entrance to Biliran Island - Biliran,  Leyte (Northern Leyte)


Marvin's Seaside Inn - Naval, Biliran, Leyte


A day later we're in Padre Burgos - Southern tip of Leyte


Road delay due 2 landslide. We had 2 wait 1-hour or so while they punched a temp road 4 travelers 2 continue.
Note: this area has an extended rainy season. 6-weeks later and just 15kms away in Guinsaugon there was a
major landslide which killed more then 1100 people.

This was emailed to me: Following weeks of heavy monsoon rain, a massive landslide hit the barangay (village) of Guinsaugon in the Province of Southern Leyte in eastern Philippines on 17 February 2006, burying 281 houses and a school packed with elementary students under four metres of mud. The official number of confirmed dead stands at 154, while 972 people are still reported missing, including 240 staff members and students from the local school. Rescue operations have ceased and the actual death toll may never be known. There are only 410 recorded survivors from Guinsaugon's original population of approximately 1,500 people. Final figures are still being compiled but about 8,000 persons were estimated to have been affected. This figure includes people from six barangays spread over the three municipalities of Liloan, St. Bernard and San Francisco, who have been evacuated due to imminent and permanent threats from unstable hillside foundations.


San Juanico Bridge - Linking the Islands of Samar and Leyte.


Just on the Samar side of the San Juanico Bridge - Western/Northern Samar go left, Eastern Samar go right.


Just East of Basay (toward Eastern Samar).


Lunch Stop - Fortune Restaurant - Catbalogan, Western Samar.


Passing through Calbayog, Western Samar.


San Isidro - Northern Samar.


Catarman, Northern Samar


Back at Paradise Inn - Allen, Northern Samar
In the morning we'll catch the ferry from Allen to Matnog to the southern tip of Luzon.


On the ferryboat again, we're heading back to Luzon.


Land Ho.... Matnog, Southern Luzon.


Lunch Stop - Sorsogon, Southern Luzon.


Coconut Grove


Acasian Hotel - Gumaca, Quezon Province, Southern Luzon.



It's Autograph Time!

Yep it's true... Jean Claude Van Dam was spotted in one of those girly bars in Manila. Evidently Mr. Van Dam was in town with the "World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Raw Live Tour" event back on Feb 24, 2006. This autographed 20peso note was done at the request of one of the dancers. Jean Claude you little devil :-)



Here catch...it's candy time!


Anything can be considered transportation...


Do you like what I've done with the place?


Hum   :-)


Easyrider Cafe - Angeles City, Pampanga


There goes the neighborhood!


In route for Maddog 12 Celebration


45" Fathead


Dalton Pass, Nueva Ecija


Santa's Ride - Laoag, Ilicos Norte


Rose Bowl Restaurant - Baguio, Benguet


Dalton Pass, Nueva Ecija (Christmas Eve)