Changing Landscapes - 1
Posted On Sunday, October 5, 2008 at at 9:49 PM by TAGABUNGTOD
This was the wooden bridge spanning the Cabalinan River along the national highway. Notice the forest in the background? It was a paradise of a playground for young children then. This picture was taken in 1949. When I was still in my mother’s womb. Later I would grow up making this forest my playground, too.
Today, or sixty years later, this is how the bridge looks like and the once narrow rough gravel road is now a smooth four-lane highway. Sadly, the forest is gone.
i become nostalgic when i see photos of the old nabunturan.it makes me go back to my happpy and carefree childhood days in an instant. the old and the new...progess versus innocence.
About 50 meters upstream from the bridge was a deep ( di matugkad) portion of the river where we used to go swimming/diving. There was another one near the Arabejo residence in Libasan and another one about 100 meters upstream from the highway bridge at the "crossing". Any of these with friends plus pancit ni Ahong with saging or kamote was happiness beyond compare!!