Giant Stingrays in Tacloban
On the way to lunch, I saw this thing that made my eyes grow wide, and made me get off the vehicle.., I told the driver to just go ahead, park anywhere and order "our usual" at Yolanda's (blue arrow), while I chased that pedicab (red arrow) carrying curious things that looked intriguingly unfamiliar to my eyes. Pedicab paused. It got blocked by our vehicle (by chance? or did my witty driver do that on purpose?) So I got to look at it/them closely, while I continued taking photos. I asked them, and they readily told me "pagi" (stingray). Those looked stingray to me, but I still asked since I was not sure. They were BIG. I even think that "BIG" is an understatement, as this was my first time to see them that ENORMOUS! There were 3 "individuals" - I don't know how they are called 'per piece' in English - tatlong piraso? tulo ka bug-os? tulo ka bo-ok? tatlo ka bilog? Ah, there were 3 stingrays and were of about the same size! I