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Tabuelan

Suroy Suroy Sugbo 2009: Explore the Midwest – Tabuelan Tabuelan was the last of seven towns in the itinerary of the Suroy. What a grand finale! On entry to the first barangay alone, we were already awed at how Tabuelan handled this leg of the tour. So the local tour guides in costume joined our bus and started the briefer – just as it was in all towns we visited anyway, right? But hear this… motorcyclists in the hundreds, sporting their uniform color per club came to fetch all the vehicles in the convoy! Wowowow! Each group of about 30 to 40 (I think even more) motorcycle riders would position themselves in formation, front each bus van or car and move forward like we were in a grand parade! Whew! Sirens incessantly sounded from police cars and motorbikes. Children in their festival costumes performed on both sides of the highway while residents and students waved with flags to welcome us! There was even some unnecessary logistics like making the opposite lane of the highway stay at a