I felt tired until now, we had a week long vacation to Albay, Bicol with my kids. Semestral break, the opportunity for vacation we’ve been waiting for a long time. It took us 5 years to come back again to Daraga, Albay, my mom’s hometown. Actually, I had visited Bicol 3 years ago with my 2nd son. My youngest son, Allen wants to see Mayon Volcano again since he hardly remember the perfect cone of Mayon, he’s 2 years old when I first brought him there.

We supposed to have this vacation last year but we had problems with our schedules. And I want to see with my own eyes the damage typoon Reming brought to Legaspi and surrounding areas of Mayon last year. There are many changes since I’ve last visited Bicol, there are parts of the highway that still have black sands, stones and big boulders that came from the volcano, let the pictures speak for themselves.

It was almost a year since Reming did this but until now, the rehabilitation of the area is not finish. There are still backhoes, bulldozers and other construction equipments in some parts of the highway especially in Legaspi area.

The first thing I did when I woke up on our first day (we arrived at 9pm), I went to the rooftop of my Mom’s house, I thanked God that HE spared my Mom’s house. But, analyzing the area, I thought its not safe anymore if something like this happen again in the future. The river at the back of the house was gone already, what was left was black sands and stones. Actually, my mom is planning to relocate to a much higher place. My mom’s house is near Cagsawa ruins, since Cagsawa Church survived the Mayon eruption in 1814, she thought that this is the highest location already. Not anymore.

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