On the Road Again

 Jack and I have been traveling around the island of Samar for most of the last week. We were doing apartment inspections and helping at zone conference. It has been lots of driving for long periods of time over often very bumpy roads. [Western Samar is much worse than Eastern Samar.] Some interesting highlights. 

We got to go through a police check. The police were stopping every vehicle and checking for license, vehicle registration and safety, such as wearing seatbelts in cars and helmets on motorcycles. We had all that in order and went through the checkpoint quickly. On either side of the checkpoint, about a 100 meters or so away, were large groups of people gathered. Most were on motorcycles, but a few had cars. They were just waiting for the police to finish the check and leave so they could continue on their way. They were missing at least one of the required items.

Most of the roadways follow the coastline. There is lots of vegetation and houses that block the view, but every so often, the sides of the road would clear and you would have a beautiful view of the ocean and sometimes islands.

                          

At the northwest corner of Samar, there's a ferry that will take you over to Luzon, the main island that Manila is on. We got to see the ferry and the island in the distance. I didn't realize it was so close. However, it would still be a very, very, very
long drive to get to Manila.

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