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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Picture 100_0838, is that footbridge because the water normally flows over the road there?
This was the first typhoon, wasn't it?
How did you make out in the second one?
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There are several other places with water flooding the road, some with more volume but without a footbridge.
For all I know that bridge may connect some native VIP to a nearby source of gin or goat meat.
These are all taken during and after the second storm about Oct 5 or 6.
The first time we tried to get out we were told that passage through the mudslides was impossible at the moment but once the rains stopped someone would make a foot path so that you might walk to the main road but surely not ride.
We stayed one more night and the storm passed, we had some local assistance carrying our gear on the footpaths and we made it out to walk another stretch of road to get to safety.
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Originally Posted by glatt
Wow. Burgos is trashed! How are you able to travel around? Are most of the roads damaged that bad? You must be walking everywhere.
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These photos are a few days old now. The National Guard ( of sorts ) was shovelling and digging when I left Burgos. We have seen heavy equipment, bucket loaders, graders and the like, traveling toward Burgos. I believe that was the worst area from the storm.
The secondary roads didn't seem to be as bad. Most of the backroads were blocked with mud but not the huge boulders you see in the pics on Nag road.
Walking was a pain in the ass. More so than usual I should say. Where was the mud that you could walk on? Where was the "quicksand"? Yes, it's fine when there's a line of folks coming your direction, you can follow their footsteps.
By the time we arrived out to the road it was a pain in the ass but not really all that dangerous.
Before we made it out to the mainroad, that was dangerous AND a pain in the ass.