By Air, By Land and By Sea

Laoang, Northern Samar was our ultimate destination, and getting there required travel by air, land and water. From the Catarman Airport, we climbed into vans for a 45-minute drive to Laoang. The municipality has a scattered population of some 56,000 people and is geographically divided into three areas. Our medical post was located on Laoang Island.

The vans deposited us at the ferry terminal where we climbed into a series of motorized boats. A boatsman steered us away from shore and across the channel to the island where Mayor Madeline Mendoza-Ong awaited our arrival.








Upon docking, we were christened with handmade, ribboned necklaces and given a cook's tour of Laoang. We made brief stops at Parish Church and the Mayor's city hall office before the group re-assembled at the Mayor's home.