Macapagal Bridge: At Night

Macapagal Bridge, Butuan City. 

Magsaysay Bridge #2: Lolo and Grandson

Lolo and Apo by Lyra Viola (Fuji Xe1+ Helios 44)

During the Magsaysay Bridge Photo-Walk I met this grandfather and his grandson. It made me want to take pictures of them both. I was fortunate enough that he allowed me to take a couple of photos for the blog. I wondered if his apo will remember this moment in the future: An afternoon on a bike with lolo (grandpa).

Lolo and Apo by the Agusan River (Fuji Xe1+ Helios 44)

I didn't really get to talk to him because there were two other guys he was in a conversation with. Soon, maybe I'll finally muster the motivation to start interviewing my portrait street models instead of just taking their photos and leave. I asked him if he has an email address, unfortunately he said he doesn't. 

Magsaysay Bridge

Happy Father's Day!

Photo taken at Narra compound near Agusan river.

Free for interpretation

Agusan river scenery series.

Agusan River Scene

Taken during my boat trip to Magallanes.

Jet set Go

A view of Agusan river from Narra compound, Brgy. Bading, Butuan City.

June 13, 2009.

Rays of the Sun

Although this picture doesn't have any distinctive Butuan landmarks or something, I just want to post this photo of the Agusan river with my first digitally captured "god-rays."

Trivia:

Agusan river, by the way, is the "third largest river in the country. It served as highway for the Spanish colonizers in gaining access to inner north-eastern Mindanao." Wikipedia.

My friend and I went across the Agusan river and this is one of the interesting things we saw that afternoon. The last time I rode the bangka (boat) the fare was only two pesos. This time the asking fare is 3. It's still ok. Its still very cheap considering the alternative of paying seven pesos or more for a tricycle ride across the bridge.

For my photo today I wanted to post something blue or green or any cool colors for that matter because today is just so hot.

Agusan river bank.

Agusan River


Brgy. Agao

Agusan River, afternoon.

Past Time

A view of Agusan River at Barangay Agao. Late afternoon. October 30, 2008.

Across The River

View across Agusan River, at Magallanes. Taken late afternoon at Philippine Ports Authority.

The Contestants...

probably...


These were the boats (probably) used for the race last Sunday at the Abayan Festival. I love the bright colors they used to paint their baroto/canoe.

Just don't mind the back-of-the-head-shot of some unknown person on the lower left corner of the photo.

Baroto's Perspective

My friend and I are nearly done with our excursion of the day. This was the last item on my list of things to photograph. Butuan's Magsaysay bridge from the perspective of a tiny baroto on the river. Whew! What a trip! And I got one week worth of photos on my site. Hehe

Agusan River II

Agusan River

So after looking at the famous body of water from afar for 28 years, I decided that its finally time to see it up close. A few balanghais were excavated from around this area. It is the longest river in Mindanao. And if my memory serves me right this is the place where a golden figure of a woman made of gold was found. According to Butuan Museum, the original can now be found at Chicago Museum. All we have left is a replica.

After using my powers of detection(google) the golden woman that I mentioned is called The golden Tara. You can see the photo by clicking here. And it wasn't found in agusan river but at wawa river, esperanza. I'm gonna find out more about this as soon as I get my butt out of my sofa.

My references- skyscrapercity.com,(a forum) and backpackingphilippines.com. (blog)

Agusan River

Agusan River at sunset. I still haven't taken new photos so I searched my archives for something to use today. Thanks for visiting!