The Department of Tourism’s Regional Directors’ 2nd Quarter Meeting was held in Tacloban City and the top honchos of DOT went on a “familiarization” tour around the city and suburbs. I was lucky enough to have tagged along. Among the places we visited was Basey, Samar - about less than an hour’s drive from Tacloban - and, yes, the famed mat weavers.
Here are some of the photos I managed to snap…
 | mond.ksa on Tacloban’s Mall Aspirati… |
 | kilot on Tacloban’s new Bus … |
 | Jerome on Close to Nature: Bislig, Surig… |
 | nikki on Tacloban’s Mall Aspirati… |
 | chito on Tacloban’s mall asp… |
 | Archie_Mo on Tacloban’s mall asp… |
 | Charles on A peek on the proposed new Tac… |
 | Steven Baldesco on New look for Tacloban Balyuan… |
 | Joward Uy on Historic Palo, Leyte |
 | Ofel G. on Close to Nature: Bislig, Surig… |
| Ofel G. on Buyogan Festival gears up for … |
 | johnwyn on Hello World! |
 | casimiro on A peek on the proposed new Tac… |
 | gerryruiz on Tacloban’s Mall Aspirati… |
 | HG on Tacloban’s Mall Aspirati… |
Hi Gerry, how are you? I was surfing and I came across one of your sites, and I was so glad to see the pictures of Basey, like the ladies weaving mats under the cave. Was it the Sohoton cave? I’m just curious. Are you the guy from LHS of the 70’s?
Hi Jorge, yes, this is Gerry of LNHS Batch ‘71 (we were the first graduates of the Leyte “National” High School). You can view some pix of my elementary and high school days at http://gdr.callezaragosa.com.
Nope, it’s not Sohoton Caves; I don’t have the name but it’s a few kms (about 8kms) further down from Basey on the way to Marabut.
I’ve been to Basey way back in 1974 or 75. I was one of the first nurses in the hospital there. I just want to ask if you know Maruja Marabut and the Medina family.
Hi datie, sorry but I have only a few acquaintances from Basey and I still have to meet the names you mention. Let’s hope a reader here knows them.