Tacloban City

 Commemorative stone mural at the
Leyte provincial capitol.

After the unimaginable devastation in late 2013 by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)... my current home base of Tacloban is a city that has seen just as phenomenal as the natural calamity was... a recovery with its current spurt of socio-economic growth and rediscovery of its non-defeatist soul.

... at the Leyte Landing Memorial

Why Tacloban... primarily is because of the urban setting being a mere hour or less away from my ancestral home town of Barugo. 
Leyte, the province.... is historically known as the point of return for General MacArthur and the Allies' recapture of the Philippines from the waning days of Japanese occupation during WWII. 


Here are some of the areas' nearby natural attractions:

From top left clockwise... Leyte's own Kalanggaman Island / Sohoton Cave and Natural Bridge National Park - Basey, Samar / Biliran's Sambawan island chain / Sea Lagoon - Limasawa, Southern Leyte.