Part 4 of the Libotero Eastern Visayas series.
DAY 1.
After snapping some photos and some jump shots at the Leyte Landing Memorial, we all decided that we need to have a late afternoon merienda so, we headed to Cafe Lucia, back in Tacloban City. But before that, we made a quick stop at Robinsons Place Tacloban as Rina had to buy essential materials for her nail art.
The second level of the Rotary Center is an area for events, parties, and other functions
From Robinsons, Cafe Lucia was, more or less, a kilometer away. Located at the bayfront along Real. St in Tacloban, Cafe Lucia occupies the ground level of the Rotary Center, a building owned by the Rotary Club of Tacloban.
The alfresco area by the bay
Upon arrival, we were immediately in awe, especially with the location as the sea breeze was perfect for the late afternoon chillout! The location offered panoramic views of Tacloban City and the peninsula, separated by the Cancabato Bay. During our visit, we even sighted 2 aircrafts about to land at the Tacloban airport.
The calm Cancabato Bay by dusk
At that moment, we weren’t really hungry, we just really needed to quench our thirst so we didn’t have the chance to taste their pasta dishes, which I heard, were their bestsellers. Sayang!
Very relaxing atmosphere, with a great view of the sunset, don’t you think?
For that, we each ordered our own frappe. (Do check out the artworks by some local artists exhibited just beside the counter). It was sort of a taste test as no one ordered the same drink as the others. I had the Peppermint Mocha Frappe. Sounds familiar? Yeah, it does taste like Starbucks’ version of the drink which is a good thing as Starbucks only offers the drink during the holidays. Cafe Lucia’s Peppermint Mocha Frappe was priced at P105 but had a generous serving entirely filling a tall glass. For “pulutan”, we had microwaved butter popcorn.
Tacloban’s own mini-Baywalk
While slowly consuming our drinks, we talked about our itinerary for the next 2 days and then later on, we delved into photography specifically on how to capture those perfect dusk-early evening landscape and portrait shots. Good thing, Sir Gerry was there, so he served as our mentor. We covered aperture, bokeh, ISO, flash bouncing techniques, manual mode and some other omg-nosebleed stuff! LOL.
After all that, we tried to apply what we’ve learned so here are my shots of Tacloban City. The prominent feature on the photo is the Tacloban Astrodome. To the rightmost of the photo are the Sto. Niño Church and Balyuan Amphitheater. Cheers!
(…to be continued)
