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NOt my business but I want to highlight this places here.

SAL'S Beach situated along the southern coastal portion of Ormoc City became a favorite relaxation place for most of the city folks. Picnics, reunions, birthday celebrations, small get together and the like are usually held in a make shift hall of bamboos and nipa.

Several cottages spread all over the place with sporadic coconut trees providing refreshing coolness to the environment. On Sundays and especially during summer holidays, the place is full. People have to make week-long reservations just to be assured of an accommodation. Later on, people coming from neighboring towns kept coming that made the beach congested.

It was because of this need, that the family of Mr. Sabin A. Larrazabal, decided to venture on another business, this time a bigger one - the SABIN RESORT HOTEL which is spread out in a flat two hectare terrain. Mr. Larrazabal conceptualized the whole project helped by a young architect, Roy Perez, together with Cebu's Doro Barandino who did the interior.

The resort has a quality of openness that gives one an encompassing view of a huge ectomorphic swimming pool and a panoramic mountainous range of merida where the sun sets everyday to change its monochromatic tints that turns the hotel grounds into a lush setting.

Being one of Ormoc's finest, if not the city's pride, SABIN RESORT HOTEL gives life and comfort to all who seek refuge and rest from the maddening crowd, making the hotel true to its mission.. a home away from home!

The hotel has 60 spacious and comfortable rooms, a ROSE GRAND BALLROOM which accommodates 400-500 guests, a GARVIE's HALL accommodating 100-150 guests and 2 smaller conference rooms which can accommodate 30-50 guests.

The hotel's MARIO's RESTAURANT is cozy and refreshingly comfortable where one feels the cool breeze from the vast ocean ahead while enjoying the fine food the restaurant offers.

Entertaining friends to some drinks or just having a simple tete-a-tete with business associates, where else can you go but to CLUB ANDONE where you can get the finest wine in town; this is located at the third floor of Mario's Restaurant.

So folks for a first class comfort and relaxation where else can we go but to SABIN RESORT HOTEL....... the perfect get-away by the bay!!!

Relatively young, Baybayon ni Agalon has been serving local and international tourists since the Summer of 2007. We officially broke ground for our hotel on December 7, 2007; co-inciding with Iñaki Larrazabal's birthday. Iñaki A. Larrazabal, endeared by Ormocanons as "Agalon Aki", is a well-loved and well-respected former Mayor of Ormoc. His loving family named their family beach after him - "Baybayon ni Agalon". Managed by IAL Enterprises, Inc., our resort is well-maintained and equipped with everything that a vacationer would ever need.

It is the vision of Baybayon ni Agalon to give all our guests a keen service with a warm smile and a picturesque vacation experience. It is our mission to provide the perfect vacation for all our guests.   
   
Albuera, Leyte - A historical look   
It was in 1862 when settlements began to appear in the areas between south of Ormoc farther down towards the town of Baybay. The appearance of these settlements was soon followed by the formation of barangays. Among these settlements, Sebugay led in population.

Due to the constant danger posed by marauding bands of Moros who plundered the coastal settlements and kidnapped a number of its inhabitants, the village heads soon got together and formed a junta. Among those kidnapped and killed was a prominent Sebugaynon couple, Ta Sindi and her husband. During that eventful gathering, it was agreed to adopt St. James the Apostle as their patron saint. The village heads stayed near the shore at Wangag, where mounted volunteers scanned the seas for the Moro vintas. When the dreaded vessels appeared, the guards beat their gongs on top of a tower as a warning of impending danger. The men would then take their families to safety and afterwards, gather along the shore with their bolos and spears ready. Blood flowed both from the attackers and the attacked.

The growing community was then under the parish of Ormoc. Father Catalino Cabada, parish priest of Ormoc (1849-1867) came to organize the said community, but some family heads disagreed with the establishment of a poblacion near the Sebugaynon River. This river always threatened the lives of the settlers that lived along its side. Most of them agreed to have the poblacion situated in Balugo but a strong-willed Sebugaynon, Eusebio Calabia, who later became known as Kapitan Sebio, gave a suggestion. He proposed that the image of the patron saint be tied on horseback and wherever the horse would first stop, that particular place would become the site of the poblacion. The church was built near the beach across the place where the horse had indicated.

The majority of the settlers disliked the name Sebugaynons. One day, the settlers held a meeting with the purpose of renaming the community "Herrera," in honor of Governor Herrera, thus expediting its recognition as a pueblo. When the junta was formed, a sailboat, coming from Pilar Island and on its way to Ormoc, dropped anchor. A Spanish priest on board saw in the many beautiful lakes and the numerous springs a similarity with the town in his own native province of Galicia, Spain. The Spanish town which was named "Albujera" - - which means "fresh water lake" - - was noted for the healthful springs and cool lagoons. The Spanish priest lost no time in naming the town after his own municipality and the name "Albujera" or "Albuhera" was popularly adopted by the people of the town.

The Spanish priest who was also the parish pastor of Pilar, Cebu at that time was given the honor of christening the town during its inauguration in 1918. The town officials have since carried the name "Albujera" in their records. However, for easier pronunciation and because the natives of the town always referred to the municipality as "Albuera", prominent citizens petitioned to have the name changed officially. The request was granted and the name remained to this date.

The town of Albuera lies on the western coast of Leyte. It is only 14 kilometers away from the City of Ormoc. Despite its being a fifth-class community, the people have always been self-sufficient and Albuera has never had a deficit since its inauguration.

Father Leoncio Faelnar, the first parish priest, served for 25 years (1862-1887). He organized the parish of Albuera extending from Benolho to Tenag-an. He was responsible for the **** of the church which was completed by Father Casimiro Abete. This stood for many years but was destroyed during World War II. In 1942, the occupied by the Japanese Imperial forces landed in Albuera, Leyte. In 1945, the founded in the battles in Albuera, Leyte by defenders of the Allied Philippine Commonwealth forces against the Japanese troops our defeated in World War 2. A new and beautiful church now stands in its place, through the efforts of the beloved and energetic parish priest of the town, Fr. Frumencio Cainglet.

Ever since the tiny Olympus OM-1 35mm film SLR was introduced in the early 1970s (and perhaps even before), there's been a desire among many for smaller and lighter interchangeable-lens cameras. Especially for outdoor photographers, who often must cart gear deep into rugged terrain, the benefit of smaller and lighter camera bodies and camera systems has beckoned strongly.

Today, we have a wide range of very compact digital SLRs in several formats. For those for whom size trumps all, a lot of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras are even smaller (though not as well suited to some types of outdoor shooting). Here's a look at what's available to the size-conscious outdoor photographer in today's DSLR market.

Full-Frame
Full-frame DSLRs can deliver excellent image quality because their large image sensors can collect more photons and more photons means a higher signal-to-noise ratio. And despite their big sensors, the three compact full-frame DSLRs we're looking at in this article really are compact, about the size of a high-end APS-C model and a bit lighter. This makes them great choices for the outdoor photographer who's after the ultimate image quality in an easy-to-carry package. Their main drawback for outdoor work is for wildlife photography. Full-frame sensors provide a wider angle of view with any given focal length than smaller sensors. The subject will appear bigger in the frame on an APS-C camera and a full-frame one when the same lens is used, and a 24-megapixel APS-C DSLR gives you more "reach" than a 24-megapixel full-frame camera.

 
Canon's most compact full-frame camera is the EOS 6D, featuring a 20.2-megapixel sensor in a body that measures just 5.7x4.4x2.8 inches and weighs just 24 ounces. It can use all Canon EF and TS-E lenses, but not the EF-S or EF-M optics designed especially for APS-C sensors. EF focal lengths range from a 14mm superwide-angle to an 800mm supertelephoto, plus an 8-15mm fisheye zoom and manual-focus tilt-shift TS-E lenses of 17mm, 24mm, 45mm and 90mm. There are also 1.4X and 2.0X teleconverters, and several true macro lenses, including a 1-5x optic. The EOS 6D's big pentaprism viewfinder shows 97% of the actual image area, while the 3.0-inch, 1040K-dot LCD monitor provides easy live viewing. The camera can shoot full-res images at up to 4.5 fps, and has a normal ISO range of 100-25,600, expandable to 50-102,400. Images are saved on SD, SDHC or SDXC media (UHS-I-compatible). The 6D features enhanced dust and weather resistance, and has built-in WiFi and GPS. It also offers good video capabilities, including 1920x1080 at 30p and 24p and 1280x720 at 60p. Focusing during video shooting is done manually.

 
Nikon's most compact full-frame DSLR is the D600, which provides a 24.3mm sensor in a body measuring 5.6x4.4x3.2 inches and weighing 26.8 ounces. It can use all AF Nikkor lenses, including DX ones designed for APS-C sensors (the camera will automatically crop to DX format when a DX lens is attached). Available FX (full-frame) focal lengths run from 14mm to 800mm, including a 16mm full-frame fisheye, several 1:1 macro lenses and three manual-focus tilt-shift PC-E lenses (24mm, 45mm and 85mm), as well as 1.4X, 1.7X and 2.0X teleconverters. The D800 can shoot full-res images at up to 5.5 fps, and has a normal ISO range of 100-6400, expandable to 50-25,600. A big pentaprism viewfinder shows 100% of the actual image area, and is complemented by a 3.2-inch, 921K-dot LCD monitor. WiFi and GPS are available via optional accessories. Dual memory-card slots accept SD/SDHC/SDXC media, with UHS-I compliance. The D600 features extensive weather sealing, providing dust and moisture protection equivalent to that of the D800/D800E cameras. Video capabilities include 1920x1080 at 30p and 24p and 1280x720 at 60p. Contrast-based AF is available during video, but is fairly slow.

Click here for complete review: http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/gear/cameras/compact-dslrs.html

Dinhi ta ninyo. Will post pictures here soon.