Fun Tacloban to Baybay via Mahaplag
Just five days after my Eastern and Southern Leyte Joyride , here I was again on the Tacloban to Baybay 'South Road'. I was on an early morning run to VSU (Visayas State University), to attend the regional business conference. Start time 9AM, so we left 7AM. That would normally be enough travel time, especially passing via the Mahaplag route. Remember this corner? Mayorga poblacion. We came from La Paz (that road on the right) five days ago, right? This was just about 7:40AM and we were already far from Tacloban. So far so good, we were zooming on the highway... until here. Only hehehe! There were slowdowns that we never expected. Parades! What is with July 31st? Why do all schools have parades during this day? Well, good thing we passed this way (via Mahaplag), as there are more schools along the road on the Capoocan-Ormoc way! These are kids of MacArthur National High School emerging from beside the church... They have fruit or vegetable mascots. That one is a "...