Quary
The place
Quary ("Quarry") in Eastern Samar Province, Borongan/San Julián area (iconic Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines), at 41 m altitude, on the Pacific coast on the eastern side of Samar. Continuous Philippines Samar cluster (batches 340-374). A former quarry, an OSM artifact in Samar (the Philippines' 3rd largest island, 13,429 km²; Borongan, the capital of Eastern Samar; Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, 8 November 2013, Category 5, winds of 315 km/h, 6,300 deaths, devastating nearby Tacloban, the strongest typhoon ever recorded in the world) plus the heritage of the Waray people (a Bisayan people, 3.8 million, speaking the iconic Waray-Waray language; the traditional fandango warayanon music; the Balangiga Massacre, 28 September 1901, 48 US Army soldiers killed, a Waray act of revenge; 3 of the church bells taken as war trophies were returned and are displayed in the Philippines since 2018) plus the American occupation, 1898-1946, following Spain's cession under the 1898 Treaty of Paris.
The setting
Eastern Samar, Borongan/San Julián, Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, 41 m, Pacific coast, east side of Samar, continuous cluster batches 340-374, former quarry, OSM artifact, Samar, PH's 3rd island, 13,429 km², plus Borongan capital, plus Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda 8 Nov 2013, Cat 5, 315 km/h, 6,300 deaths, Tacloban, strongest ever recorded, Waray people, Bisayan, 3.8 million, Waray-Waray, plus fandango warayanon, plus Balangiga Massacre 28 Sept 1901, 48 US soldiers, Waray revenge, 3 bells returned and displayed in PH since 2018, plus American occupation 1898-1946, Treaty of Paris 1898.
