Rudy D. shared his post, and in the subsequent dialogue/thread posts, he suggested an alternative route from Marawi via Guimba without
elaborating. I remember trekking through these parts of the countryside as a child, where I spent part of my childhood growing up. I don’t really know what these places look like right now, so I went to Google!
I am referring to
an old road that cuts through cornfields and traverses various barrios up close to the Pantar Bridge. Surprisingly, Google has it marked in its satellite
maps.
During the American era, Marawi, formerly known as Dansalan City, was the summer capital of the South. It is now or never to make Marawi/Lanao a tourist attraction and once again the summer capital of the southern Philippines.
This photo was taken in 2011. I visited my cousins living in the area and purposely placed the old road in the background for nostalgic reasons.
Pantar Bridge, 1898
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