From Tabaco City, I travelled to Legazpi since I had no choice. If I were to arrive in Naga the soonest, I have to take the Legazpi trip since the one via Tigaon is not frequent. When I reached Santo Domingo, I was just devastated. While the damage in Tabaco and Catanduanes were limited to property and infrastructure, I was never prepared with what happened in this area as well as in Daraga.
Left, walking through the streets of Tabaco City, I saw this lineman busily repairing an electric post. During the time I was there, the city was still without electricity. Fortunately, the hotel I was staying had a standby generator.
The destruction of Reming in Tabaco City. This was a warehouse destroyed.
Two weeks after supertyphoon Reming struck Bicol on 30 Nov, and I was on my way to Catanduanes for the Bicol leg of my photo assignment. At first, I was worried that the devastation would be too great as to bring much discomfort or, gasp, would not allow me to do the shoot of around five churches. Anyway, I just have to go, cross my fingers and hopped on an evening bus trip.
Two weeks after supertyphoon Reming battered Bicol last 30 November and I found myself in this devasted region. From my recent trip to Bicol, these photos document the utter destruction that befell these beautiful region now at Binary Silver.
Obviously, I was not prepared for what I saw in Sto. Domingo and Daraga in Albay.
The last time I was in Caraga, I wasn’t actually able to go to this place due to time constraints. However, in the middle of 2004, I was fortunate enough to travel here which is considered the eastern most point of the Philippines.
During the start of the current millenium, this was touted as the must be place at that time here in the Philippines. With many going there to see the first sunrise of the millenium, many were just disappointed since it was just cloudy and not the best weather.
The point with its rugged features. It would be advisable to visit this place during the summer months.
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