Morning sky [SWF]

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Early morning sky along the Manila North Road as we were cruising La Union.

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La Union sunrise [SWF]

...and I thought

how the sun

blazes

for everyone just

so joyfully

as it rises

under the lashes

of my own eyes, and I thought,

I am so many!

What is my name?

What is the name?

of the deep breath I would take

over and over

for all of us?  

Call it

whatever you want, it is

happiness, it is another one

of the ways to enter

fire.

Drive-by photos as the sun rises behind the hills in La Union

28 August 2010

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Bridges of Bauang [Sunday Bridges]

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We crossed Bauang bridge a little before 7 o'clock on Saturday morning on our way to Vigan.   McArthur Highway runs through this bridge connecting Manila to Northern Luzon provinces of Ilocos Sur and Norte.  Bauang bridge is located in Bauang, La Union province, about 259 kilometers north of Manila.

From the banks of Bauang River, the remnants of an old PNR railroad bridge are seen.  The railway bridge, completed in 1929, was the longest bridge ever built by the Manila Railroad Company.  It survived World War II and earthquakes.  According to the Heritage Conservation Society, the railroad bridge was abandoned after the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo destroyed most of its tracks.

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Bauang sunrise [SWF]

Captured this sunrise while crossing Bauang bridge (also known as Baung bridge) in La Union on Saturday.  Viewed from the bridge are concrete bridge supports of an old PNR railroad bridge over Bauang River.  Bauang town is 259 kilometers north of Manila.

The blush of dawn may yet restore

Our light and hope and joy once more.

Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget

That sunrise never failed us yet.

~ Celia Thaxter

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