“the world is full of beautiful places,let your heart be one of them”
Location: Santa Rita,Samar and Tacloban, Leyte.
Started construction of San juanico bridge : 1969
Opened : July 2,1973
Other name(s) : Philppine -Japan friend- ship highway Bridge,Marco Bridge
Total length : 2,200m
Longest span : 192m(630ft)
San Juanico Bridge (Filipino: Tully ng San Juanico and Spanish :Puente de San Juanico) is the part of the pan- Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San juanico strait in the philippines.Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers.and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.Constructed during the Marco Administration using Japanese official development Assistance.
If you look at the bridge from arial or bird’s eye view ,You can make out of shape of the letter”L” on the part near Leyte and “S” on the part going Samar province.
Dont miss the chance of setting foot on the historic and longest bridge in the philippines .And i dare you to walk from end to end.Fell the sea breeze,experience the bridge shake,enjoy Samar and Leyte.
Mac Arthur Landing Memorial National Park
Location : Palo,Leyte
Nearest city : Tacloban,Leyte
Established : July 12,1977
Area : 6.78 hectares(16.8 acres)
Finally came face to face with Gen.Mac Arthur.his statue that is.The statue of Mac Arthur and his supposed to be soldiers and aides are in small pond(no fish). I wonder if it was cleaned regularly against mosquito larvae.for years,i have thought that Mac Arthur’s statue is just man sized but when some kids and American girl and filipino guy walk to the middle of the pond to have their pictures taken it was then realised that the height of statue is two times the height of a regular Filipino. There was a man on the side offering to take pictures for 100php with free use of boots for tourist to walk to the center of the pond. Behind the memorial site is the ocean with the view of Samar and other parts of Leyte.
Yolanda Memorial
Location : Barangay Anibong, Tacloban City
Unveiled on November 7,2015.This is the actual bow of the M/V Eva jocelyn made into a memorial is in honor of the resident of barangay 67,68,and 69 who died in that spot when this cargo vessel was swept ashore by gigantic storm surge that was caused by the strong wind that reaches 375 miles per hour…..
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Thank You.
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