An Afternoon of Wonder Around Mambajao
I think my guide knows what places visitors want to see! Like this first fly-by...
This is one of the smallest I have seen in this country! It is even obviously already spruced up and expanded, but still “cute”. Yeah, I don’t know why it looks attractive to me! Probably their keeping that main structure intact. But look at the roof gutter, it’s disintegrating. Somebody please help them. Can you?!
No one will probably bother anymore as they have a new one up across the church!
Next we made a u-turn to also just make a fly-by at their church.
An Old House. There are many of these in Camiguin!
Like everywhere else, most of the ground level areas of these old houses are already being converted to concrete. But I like it that the general olden look of the upper floors are are still maintained. Not for long I suppose, since wood can only last so many years. And these houses were probably up in the 40s, 30s, 20s or even earlier.
I wonder if our recent architects and engineers have thought of designs and/or building materials that are sturdy and long-lasting but can emulate those kinds of look or designs. Would be great, 'no?!
Another Old House. They call this Landbank - for obvious reasons!
Still great and can even still house a bank! Therefore secure as a bank needs it to be, right?! But I wonder, is the second level floor still wood? Hmm, then one can easily get into the bank or its vault! Ah, they probably wouldn’t have made this their branch if they thought it was not that safe enough!
More Old Houses. Same fate as the others. Ground level gets to be concreted first.
Yet Another Old House!
Oh, where that maroon era-looking jeep and the motorbike are parked? I think that would have originally been just the "side" of this house - since there is a balcony on the (right)side facing that smaller road. Now it looks like they seem to have switched, since the bigger road (provincial highway) is this one on the left. Side became front!
Let's move on...
THE Provincial Capitol of Camiguin. Yes, really!
Imagine, Camiguin was already a sub-province in 1958. It became a province in 1966. And this is their capitol? If those guys told me this was a police station, a clinic, a museum or a barangay hall I would have believed them pronto!
They did tell me that actually, their 'old capitol' is somewhere downtown (near the church), but they assured me it is no bigger nor grander! They say it is now occupied by TESDA. I itched to see it, but we were still going upland. Maybe next time.
Anyway, let's get moving even more...
And here is One More Big Old House (of the rural type, that is)
Yep, surely cool fresh mountain air since this one is a bit on the outskirts I saw as we were fording a fine road going towards the Katibawasan Falls.
Uh-huh, Katibawasan Falls! But let's do that next!
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This is one of the smallest I have seen in this country! It is even obviously already spruced up and expanded, but still “cute”. Yeah, I don’t know why it looks attractive to me! Probably their keeping that main structure intact. But look at the roof gutter, it’s disintegrating. Somebody please help them. Can you?!
No one will probably bother anymore as they have a new one up across the church!
Next we made a u-turn to also just make a fly-by at their church.
An Old House. There are many of these in Camiguin!
Like everywhere else, most of the ground level areas of these old houses are already being converted to concrete. But I like it that the general olden look of the upper floors are are still maintained. Not for long I suppose, since wood can only last so many years. And these houses were probably up in the 40s, 30s, 20s or even earlier.
I wonder if our recent architects and engineers have thought of designs and/or building materials that are sturdy and long-lasting but can emulate those kinds of look or designs. Would be great, 'no?!
Another Old House. They call this Landbank - for obvious reasons!
Still great and can even still house a bank! Therefore secure as a bank needs it to be, right?! But I wonder, is the second level floor still wood? Hmm, then one can easily get into the bank or its vault! Ah, they probably wouldn’t have made this their branch if they thought it was not that safe enough!
More Old Houses. Same fate as the others. Ground level gets to be concreted first.
Yet Another Old House!
Oh, where that maroon era-looking jeep and the motorbike are parked? I think that would have originally been just the "side" of this house - since there is a balcony on the (right)side facing that smaller road. Now it looks like they seem to have switched, since the bigger road (provincial highway) is this one on the left. Side became front!
Let's move on...
THE Provincial Capitol of Camiguin. Yes, really!
Imagine, Camiguin was already a sub-province in 1958. It became a province in 1966. And this is their capitol? If those guys told me this was a police station, a clinic, a museum or a barangay hall I would have believed them pronto!
They did tell me that actually, their 'old capitol' is somewhere downtown (near the church), but they assured me it is no bigger nor grander! They say it is now occupied by TESDA. I itched to see it, but we were still going upland. Maybe next time.
Anyway, let's get moving even more...
And here is One More Big Old House (of the rural type, that is)
Yep, surely cool fresh mountain air since this one is a bit on the outskirts I saw as we were fording a fine road going towards the Katibawasan Falls.
Uh-huh, Katibawasan Falls! But let's do that next!
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