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LEGASPI CITY PHILIPPINES
Photography by
larry hirsch
Jan 25 /2008
About 8km northwest of Legaspi, the remains (basically the bellfry) of the sunken Cagsawa Church. This site is popular because it gives the tourists a beautifull view of Mt. Mayon. In 1814, the 1200 people who took refuge in the church during Mt. Mayon’s violent eruption were buried alive. It gives you an eerie feeling knowing the story, but this is no memorial as there are vendors hawking anything and everything. So, there is quite a bit of hustle and bustle going around. There were only about two-hand full of tourists this day, but I could see it during the peak season how loud this place could be. Also, the typoon Remming’s flood of legaspi river just missed this site by less than 100meters of wiping this site out