Saturday, October 4, 2008

Linal-an Cave






Linal-an cave is one of the treasures of Linal-an watershed and Brgy. Can-abong in Borongan City.

It is about 3 km away from the barangay.

Cool waters flow out of it.

Group 3 members enjoyed the view inside the cave inspite of the darkness.

We dared not go deeper...

We were not prepared: no flashlights except Boni's celfon.

Bats were inside the inner room of the cave.

Golden discovery




Wow, we have found gold in Linal-an!

Guess, who discovered it first?

There's plenty! If we could only bring them...

But, as environmentalists we are to "...bring nothing except memories and leave nothing except footprints..."

On top of Bag-utan


The big rocks of Bag-utan in Brgy. Can-abong, Borongan City...

Wooden Bridge @ Bag-utan




"Bag-utan" means a place where drifted woods, timbers, big rocks and other materials from the forests are trapped and confined. For example, a big tree that naturally fell and was carried by the strong current downstream current was suspended in between two big rocks. It now serves as a natural bridge in Bag-utan of Can-abong.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Ulot River @ Can-avid, E. Samar




Ulot river is one of the famous river in E. Samar - it used to be the highway of the past when there was no road yet connecting Eastern from Western Samar.

People travel by boat upstream to go to the west and downstream to go to the eastern side of Samar island.

"ULot" refers to the process of navigating the boat against the upstream current using a piece of strong bamboo poles pushing down along the river bottom sand and rocks.

Dam @ Brgy. Malogo





The dam at Brgy. Malogo of Can-avid used to be a ricefield area that is overflowed by 3 small rivers and stream.

It was converted into a dam to supply irrigation to the ricefields in the barangay.

However, work in the irrigation canals were not completed and only areas near the dam benefit from its services.

There is a need to continue making distribution canals to supply other ricefields in the barangay according to the Brgy. Chairperson.

The Twin Falls of Bulosao



Amandaraga Falls and Amanjuray Falls are some of the ecodestination site of the municipality of Lawaan in E. Samar.

Amandaraga falls can be reached by walking for at least 1 hour and 30 minutes.