Visiting Maasin City, Southern Leyte

After a 5 day stay in Kananga & Ormoc, Leyte, we then headed to Maasin City for a friend's birthday. From Ormoc, we asked around for a bus/van that would go to the place. Fortunately there was a bus heading for Davao which would pass by Maasin. I think we could still pass up for students even at 27 & 29 since the bus conductor said we need to pay just Php140 each since we have student privileges even without asking for IDs! It pays to have a baby face! hahaha. :) The bus ride to Southern Leyte was nice because we chose the seats where you can see the coast, and we feasted on the view and checking what place we were in already and how far we were and after 2 and a half hours of travel, we reached the capital of Southern Leyte.

it pays to look young! SP!! :)

Since our friends were still out caving, we decided to visit the Our Lady of Assumption shrine on top of Jalleca Hills. To get to the top, you need to conquer 161 steps, but once you get there, you get a beautiful view of the city and the sea.

on the way to the top

Mama Mary Shrine, Maasin City

the view from the front of the shrine

view from the back of the shrine

And since we don't know where else to go, we walked around the city and after walking for a few minutes, we saw Seawall Barbecue and Beer! Perfect! We have not eaten lunch and we are thirsty for beer. LOL! And mind you, their barbecue's yummy!!! :) Drank 2 bottles of beer before Angge's cousin Maeann dropped by and we drank 2 more for the road before we headed to the Tan's farm near the airport for a fiesta celebration.

doing our fave pasttime at Seawall resto! LOL

pretty cousin Mae-an! :)

For our last day in Maasin City, cousin Mae-ann took us out for dinner at Kinamot sa Abgao where the ambiance is nice and just wonderful, because the moon was bright! And lucky for us the governor of Southern Leyte, Governor Mercado was there, and took care of the bill! :)

Kinamot sa Abgao treat by the governor! :)

We then had a drive around the city. Seeing the place, and Ate Mae-ann talking about it brought back memories of my dear lola (Angge). The Espinas are abundant in Maasin, in fact there is a boulevard named after the Espinas in Maasin!

our boulevard! :)

We then drove to the Capitol and went all the way to Ibarra, Maasin to buy their delicacies for our families here in Cebu. After the night ride, we then hurried to Hilongos to catch our boat ride back to Cebu.

Maasin City, maybe someday we'd meet you again! :)