TOWN: LOBOC, BOHOL

MAPPERS: BONCALES, RENE

CUARESMA, CHRISTINE ROSE

SILVA, NADINE MARIE

MAY 16, 2014 - FRIDAY

The GPS road mapping for the town of Loboc started on a

Friday morning of May 16, 2014. We were first welcomed by the

town’s head MPDC Officer, Engr. Villamo around 8:30 am. It

was decided that the mapping will be done boundary to boundary

per barangay accompanied by Ms. Rosemarie Toledo, MPDC

assistant head officer, through two motorcycles provided by the

municipality (FIGURE 2). We will also stay at the Digal Inn, a

private inn owned by the brgy. Captain of Poblacion and our

meals ordered at the Tres Hermanas eatery

located at the town centre, everything in account

to the municipality of Loboc.

Through the GPS unit, Garmin – Oregon

550T (FIGURE 1), we finished mapping 6 out of

28 barangays namely, Brgy. Jimilian, Villaflor,

Ugpong, Canlasid, Calunasan Sur and Norte and

Oy with Rene as the group’s driver, Nadine as

the unit holder and pointer and Christine as the

point recorder (FIGURE 3). By observation, the

mapping during the day became difficult

because of the rain which made the steep roads

slippery and very dangerous, we also had a

difficulty identifying the boundary of some

barangays especially those with no guide. Our

arse also soar due to the whole day riding on a

bumpy and steep terrain.

By opportunity, the municipality

accommodated us by also letting us try and

savor some of their tourist attractions like a free

ride on the cable car and also take pictures on the beauty around the hilltop which we passed

along the way.

Figure 1 GARMIN OREGON 550T

Figure 3 ON THE MOTOR WHILE MAPPING (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: CHRISTINE, NADINE, RENE )

Figure 2 THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE MUNICIPALITY. THE MAPPERS (ON 1ST MOTOR) AND THE GUIDES (ON 2ND MOTOR)

The mapping on the first day ended tiringly around 5:30 pm.

MAY 17, 2014 - SATURDAY

The mapping started around 9:00 am. Same struggles from

the first day were experienced finishing 11 barangays (FIGURE 4)

namely Brgy. Agape, Camaya-an, Valladolid, Poblacion Ondol,

Poblacion Sawang, Alegria, Taytay, Gon-ob, Cambance, Candasag

and Cabadiangan. We were supposed to finish Brgy. Buenavista but

due to the lack of time we missed a part of it which we will have to

map first thing on the morning of the next day.

Through the mapping, we were able to visit the Krus Daku

(FIGURE 5), a shrine often visited by Pilgrims during Semana

Santa (Holy Week), and we had a long road home by passing Lila

after mapping Brgy. Buenavista on the afternoon. We were also

able to experience too many motor slide and mud trekking due to

the heavy rain and very bad earth-typed roads.

MAY 18, 2014 - SUNDAY

We started the Sunday mapping around 10 in the morning

finishing Brgy. Buenavista, first hand. Followed by Brgy. Bugho

(FIGURE 6), Bonbon Upper and Lower to Brgy.

Candabong. Due to the very difficult earth typed roads that

awaited us, we were not able to finish the last 5 barangays

on schedule. Through coordination, we were able to set

another mapping to finish the town on the next Friday of the

week.

By grace, we were able to savor the beauty of the Man-made

forest and took lunch on a nearby house owned by a

government employee and took snacks on the afternoon

accommodated by Brgy. Bonbon Lower’s Kagawad.

We finished the mapping at 5:00 pm taking dinner first

before riding home through Ceres bus lines.

Figure 4 THE STRUGGLE ON A MUDDY TERRAIN IN LOBOC

Figure 5 KRUS DAKU IN LOBOC

Figure 6 A VERY DIFFICULT TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED IN BRGY. BUGHO

MAY 19, 2014 - MONDAY

Returning back, we started the mapping around

9 in the morning with the same group of people and

guide. We were able to finish Brgy, Gotozon,

Bagumbayan, Bahian and Quinoguitan in the morning

and Brgy. Tigbao in the afternoon till 4:00 pm.

The only struggle encountered was the long and

heavy rain during lunch time making the roads slippery

and dangerous (FIGURE 7). There is also a 3km long

barangay road in Tigbao which is unpassable so we

were forced to walk back and through to it because it’s

a dead end.

To fully enjoy before we head home, we were

allowed by the guide to join and watch the fluvial parade which happens every town fiesta held

at the town’s well known river. Afterwards, we took dinner at the same eatery and headed home

at 7pm via Ceres Bus lines.

Figure 7 WAITING FOR THE HEAVY RAIN TO STOP