Cagayan de Oro on Post

A month after Tropical Storm Sendong struck the city of Cagayan de Oro and brought forth one of the most deadliest calamities in decades, I visited the City to attend a film festival. The city is slowly getting back on its feet, took out my point-and-shooter (Canon A2200) to snap shots of my visit. This is Cagayan de Oro post Sendong, post-processed.

The City Hall

Pabayo-Divisoria

Ramon Magsaysay monument at Divisoria

Another Divisoria street shot, Divisoria is a park in the center of Cagayan de Oro, home to historical monuments and plazas. On weekends it hosts a night market and a festive night cafe with bands, booze and street food.

Another shot of the City Hall, it is located near the river and was also affected by the floods.

A view from the cab while traversing Carmen Bridge, the river banks along Cagayan de Oro River were the worst  affected in the tragedy.

Lumbia Airport tarmac, this reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite Tagalog movies, the FPJ historical action-drama epic "Agila." The scene where Christopher de Leon arrives and is met by a friend at Lumbia before they set off for Iligan to meet his adopted brother played by the late Jay Ilagan.  The scene plays out accompanied by the musical score of Ryan Cayabyab's "Iduyan Mo." 

From the plane I managed to take an aerial shot of the flood-affected part of the city, look at the shape of the river, just like in Davao City's Matina Pangi flashflood, the rampaging waters just went over the river bend and destroyed houses and structures standing in its path