Tacloban City: The View from Above
Disorienting.
Even for a native Taclobanon, viewing Tacloban City above for the first time as you fly low in circles around the city on a photoshoot can be a bit disorienting. You take stock of your bearings by locating a landmark and from there establish your position as your mind shifts to high gear resolving the issue between what you’re seeing with your eyes and what the road map in your mind tells you to see.
The whole experience, no doubt, is exhilarating. 
Tacloban City viewed from the east with the Sto. Niño Church at the center foreground and the San Juanico Bridge in the far horizon to the right of center (click to enlarge).
Tacloban City Hall area with Mt. Danglay looming at the back.
Coca-Cola rotunda
Port of Tacloban City with the Leyte Capitol Building in the upper right
Tacloban Port showing Tacloban Public Market at the foreground, MacDo and the Tacloban Shopping Center
Real St with Sto. Niño Church off center
St. Paul’s Hospital at the foreground with a portion of downtown area and Anibong district
The former Divine Word University-Tacloban
St. Paul’s Hospital
Tacloban downtown area showing the Tacloban Pier
Justice Romualdez St.
Downtown Tacloban
View more aerial photos of Tacloban and its newest landmark, the Tacloban Convention Center (Astrodome).
our native hometown, Tacloban City.
Awesome shots! Good angle, getting the bridge and the city.
Great shots, Gerry! I’m seeing these angles of the hometown for the very first time. There is a unique beauty to the layout of the city.
Thank you, guys! Glad you like them
Nice pics - enjoyed seeing them and thank you for sharing
Hi Gerry,
Thank you Gerry you are the man.. Cheers!!! 
Once again great pictures man.. makes me prouder.:).. Just a thought how about picture of or from Victor’s Peak ??.. it’s this distinctive mountain you would see in front of you when you are coming from USA ( Utap-Sampaguita-Apitong) going to diversion road.. Just to inform you for its relevance is that this mountain is said to be the training ground or sometimes “warm-up mountain” for climbers before going to a major climb… I also had climbed on this mountain a couple of times before & im so anxious to see how the city looks like now from above there or from that angle at least.
the nicest pic for me here is the coca-cola rotunda. it looks nice… parang ‘di sa tacloban. ^^,
Thanks for sharing your photos, Gerry. I see Tacloban has changed a lot since I left…
“Santo Niño bendisyuni an am minahal nga bungto!” Made me wanna sing this song when I saw these photos. Tacloban is just so picturesque!
Kudos to the photographer!
once again, a very impressive aerial shots of my old hometown.. sireng pa man.. “MAKARIT NGA KODAKER!!”… how about some aerial shots of the sorrounding baranggays.. esp. the diff. “villages”..like V&G subd., Kassel, Imelda(??) Village..etc.. balitaw.. napa mingaw man ine nga imo mga litrato..
mabuhay ka!! ka gerry..
I have several other aerial shots of what you mentioned (subdivisions, barangays, etc.) The problem I’ve encountered is that they are hard to identify and difficult to present to the viewer, especially when the photo covers only a small area of, say, a big subdivision or barangay - unless there is a clear landmark shown (e.g., a church, busy intersection or a known, large building). It poses a problem to the viewer as the photos can be truly disorienting. A case of being too close to the trees one can no longer see the forest.
makaru-ruyag nga kirita-un. thanks a lot for the update of the development and the present look of Tacloban City. more power to you, nice job Sir Gerry,,,
Hi, Louie & Jean! Great to see you here! Thanks for the visit
wow!!! it seems the city looks like one of the cities in the U.S.. so clean… but, in 2005 when i was strolling in front of the old DWU building the street was so dirty - garbage on the sides … i hope to see the city where i had lots of memories next month and it is as clean as in these photos … very nice pictures …good job!!!
Love your photos! Bring back childhood memories in a pleasent way. Never realized Tacloban looks so nice now from above. We see tremendous progress, thanks to Mayor Alfred Romualdez. Thank you for sharing and more power to you, Mr. Ruiz.
Very much welcome, Toring. Thanks for visiting.
whatever happen to dwu - nag-reopen na ba ito? by the way i’m from cagayan de oro but i spent a year of my college at dwu. i was really upset when it closed due to labor problems…
Hi miyuh. DWU has reopened but under a different name - the Liceo Del Verbo Divino. I am not updated though on what courses they are currently offering. What I’ve heard was they initially started with elementary grade levels and maybe high school come June. I have no idea if they already offer college courses.
DWU was very nice. My Dad graduated from there!