Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Biringan (Part 2): Portals

Portals to and from an ethereal city. There are places in the island of Samar that have been described thus.

There’s one story of a bus plying the night route from Catbalogan City to Tacloban City. Somewhere halfway, when the bus had been emptied of its passengers, the driver and conductor stopped to pick up two young lady passengers. Their stated destination was quite off the main route but the driver consented because the two had offered triple the usual fare. When the two mysterious passengers had alighted, and the driver turned the bus around to get back on the highway. But, to his utter bewilderment, he could no longer distinguish the dirt road they had taken just moments ago. Conceding that they were lost, they decided to spend the night at that very spot. At dawn the next day, they were confounded when they found themselves and the bus at a desolate mountain top. A large tow truck had to be sent through rough mountain trails just to bring the bus back to civilization.

Then there’s the story of a bus that somehow lost its way and the driver stopped to pass the night at some sort of depot. When he and his passengers woke up the next morning they were in themiddle of a clump or bamboos with no roads anywhere around them that would have brought them where they were.

Perhaps the most classic example of these gateways involved two motorcycle riders riding tandem on one bike. They were traveling the highway at night from (Western) Samar to Eastern Samar. It was around nine o-clock in the evening and they were negotiating the foggy, winding passes halfway to Borongan, Eastern Samar. The night air was chilly and only their motorcycle headlights split the dark ahead. The deafening silence was only punctuated by the occasional chirping of insects.

Suddenly, as they rounded a sharp curve, they were suddenly engulfed in a bedlam of sound! It was as if they had entered a very busy freeway, invisible to them but its sound assaulted their ears. Shrill air horns blared from every direction and sudden gusts of wind rocked their motorcycle as if huge trailer trucks were passing them by on all sides. The driver tried his very best to keep the motorcycle handlebar steady.

It was only after they had round the next curve that the noise suddenly died down and the night air was deathly still once more. Still, these two motorcycle riders and scores of other highways travelers will never forget their encounters with Biringan’s portals.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have a spam issue on this site; I also am a blogger, and I was curious about your situation; many of us have developed some nice procedures and we are looking
to trade methods with others, why not shoot me an
e-mail if interested.

My webpage :: slimlipoplusdiet.com

Anonymous said...

I was pretty pleased to discover this site. I need to to thank
you for your time for this particularly fantastic read!
! I definitely loved every little bit of it and I have you saved to fav to check
out new information on your web site.

Look into my webpage - Wholesale Jerseys

Anonymous said...

Do you mind if I quοte a few of yοuг postѕ aѕ long аs I providе credit
аnd sourcеs back to уour weblog?
My blog іs in thе eхaсt same area оf inteгest as yours аnd my uѕers
would truly benefit frοm a lot of the іnformatiοn yοu
presеnt here. Pleаѕe let me κnow if this alrіght wіth уоu.

Regаrdѕ!

Ѕtop by my homеpаge: hcg diet blog

Anonymous said...

Link exchange is nothing else except it is simply placing the other person's website link on your page at proper place and other person will also do same for you.

Feel free to visit my weblog Tory Burch Handbags

Anonymous said...

Attractive section of content. I just stumbled upon your weblog and in accession capital to assert that I get actually enjoyed
account your blog posts. Any way I will be subscribing to your feeds and even I achievement you access consistently rapidly.


Also visit my website: Michael Kors Canada

Anonymous said...

I think that is among the such a lot significant info for me.
And i am glad studying your article. But wanna statement on
some common issues, The site style is wonderful, the articles is truly excellent :
D. Good task, cheers

my weblog ... Cheap NFL Jerseys :: Explorethecapabilities.Com ::

Anonymous said...

Someone necessarily help to make seriously posts I might state.

That is the very first time I frequented your web page and
to this point? I surprised with the research you made to create this particular publish incredible.
Excellent job!

Also visit my website - Cheap NFL Jerseys

Anonymous said...

If some one needs to be updated with latest technologies
then he must be visit this site and be up to date everyday.


my blog post :: Chaussure De Foot Pas Cher

Anonymous said...

Good info. Lucky me I recently found your blog by chance
(stumbleupon). I have book marked it for later!

Here is my page; Air Max Pas Cher

Anonymous said...

Hello would you mind sharing which blog platform you're working with? I'm
looking to start my own blog soon but I'm having a tough time choosing between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design and style seems different then most blogs and I'm looking for something unique.
P.S My apologies for being off-topic but I had to ask!

Here is my web-site Air Jordan

Anonymous said...

These loans are capable of managing their personal finances.
This specific market is also very volatile california
and impetuous, which is U. What this eans is that I don't want
to ever--kind of going down. Delegates will be required to continue making the
payments on her car if she wanted to keep it on track.

Check out my webpage - dotacje unijne Poznań - -