Roxas City Transit
“You what”? That’s what a dear friend exclaimed when I told her I was on the way to Roxas to watch Dinagyang hehe! She was going to Iloilo, I was going to Roxas, and our flights were leaving just within minutes of each other when we accidentally met at the airport’s departure lounge. I said yes I’m going Dinagyang but via Roxas City! She knows me better than that though… a few more questions and she learned that I only decided 3 days ago, with all Iloilo flights already full. I did not tell her anymore this was the 2nd time I was going via Roxas for the 7th time that I was going to watch the Dinagyang! ON this occasion however, I was determined to see more of Roxas City! So, off I went!
I’ve been to this city several times before, even stayed here for a week. But I was on a business trip and have never really gotten to see even the city center for real. I just know where is what, but more of I have just taken glances of this and that. This time, I was determined to see more and pay attention more than before – even if I was just in transit going to Iloilo City for the Dinagyang hehe! Hey c’mon, I have got to know more of the place where I first saw and tasted the “tahong barbecue” being sold on the streets – even if that was many years ago! I knew this city is a seafood capital (or part of a seafood corridor that is Panay), but I did not even realize it looks like a city that rose from the marshes! Just look at that picture as we approached the runway!
Oh, the airport is nothing different from the other old-style airports of this country such as the old Manila Domestic Airport, Tacloban, San Jose Mindoro, old Iloilo and old Bacolod, Puerto Princesa, Dipolog, CDO etc, etc., But I like the road that connects the Roxas City Airport to the main highway. It is lined with trees of similar height, and when I passed, there were no leaves! They just looked like they were not real, but they were/are. And hey, I passed this road twice everyday for 5 days straight sometime ago, and I did not even notice them trees are like so! Ah, maybe it was not a January. Further away, many more trees had that similar “look” – leafless. Even one that for sure will soon be uprooted to give way to a future Central Bank branch. Interesting!
Let’s stop this here, and let me tell you more about my roam of Roxas City in succeeding stories. Promise!
I’ve been to this city several times before, even stayed here for a week. But I was on a business trip and have never really gotten to see even the city center for real. I just know where is what, but more of I have just taken glances of this and that. This time, I was determined to see more and pay attention more than before – even if I was just in transit going to Iloilo City for the Dinagyang hehe! Hey c’mon, I have got to know more of the place where I first saw and tasted the “tahong barbecue” being sold on the streets – even if that was many years ago! I knew this city is a seafood capital (or part of a seafood corridor that is Panay), but I did not even realize it looks like a city that rose from the marshes! Just look at that picture as we approached the runway!
Oh, the airport is nothing different from the other old-style airports of this country such as the old Manila Domestic Airport, Tacloban, San Jose Mindoro, old Iloilo and old Bacolod, Puerto Princesa, Dipolog, CDO etc, etc., But I like the road that connects the Roxas City Airport to the main highway. It is lined with trees of similar height, and when I passed, there were no leaves! They just looked like they were not real, but they were/are. And hey, I passed this road twice everyday for 5 days straight sometime ago, and I did not even notice them trees are like so! Ah, maybe it was not a January. Further away, many more trees had that similar “look” – leafless. Even one that for sure will soon be uprooted to give way to a future Central Bank branch. Interesting!
Let’s stop this here, and let me tell you more about my roam of Roxas City in succeeding stories. Promise!
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