Biri, Samar: An otherworldly landscape at the edge of the sea
All photos by Boboy Consunji.
We tend to think of Samar as a typhoon-stricken place, better known for natural calamities than tourism. But there is more to Samar than storms.
Fashion designer Dennis Lustico is from Bobon, Samar. Our friends James, Boboy and Ivar joined him on a recent visit to Samar. During the trip, he took them to Biri in Northern Samar.
To get to Biri, you take a 20-minute jeepney ride from Catarman airport to a town called Lavezares. Then you take a 45-minute motorboat ride to Biri.
The frequent storms have hewn the rock formations into strange, otherworldly shapes. You could film a science-fiction movie there.
Or any movie. Anyone seen Leviathan? It’s so familiar, it could’ve been set in the Philippines.
Or do a fashion shoot. If Ivar is channeling Audrey Hepburn at the Louvre in Funny Face, it is not working. Correction: He was channeling Linda Evangelista. Not working, either.
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August 10th, 2015 at 17:16
Jessica, the Bodleian library has gone digital! Kinikilig ako na para kong nakita si Rafa nang personal at topless!
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2015/jul-09#
Buti na lang at naisulat na ni Deborah Harkness ang A Discovery of Witches. So dated na rin yung book niya na kakalabas pa lang ang last book in the trilogy.
And Biri reminds me of the Kapurpurawan rock formation in Ilocos. Too bad they had to ruin the view with the windmills that were recently constructed there.
August 11th, 2015 at 12:36
We stayed here in Biri, some years back, we, the traveling batch mates (with our common friend). We splashed in that area (photo 2), serene waters when sudden giant waves pushed us. Maybe the waters didn’t like the singing. Enchanted place. We slept in a house just a few feet away from the sea, could not sleep at first due to the roaring waves until tiredness did us in.