Media Category: Barrio Barretto

Barrio Barretto was the sleepy beach area of Olongapo City but now it has developed in important international tourist area.

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Zg374. (-127 to 132) are images of the Barrio Barretto Beach which is part of Olongapo City and Subic Bay. The first 3 images are of the Driftwood Beach which is a Public Beach, managed by the Barretto Government. It is located across the National Highway from the Olongapo Police Head Quarter which is commonly […]

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Zg373. (-126) is a new business, offering a floating island for recreation, on the bay of Subic Bay. It is located diagonal across the Maquinaya River and bridge. This is the 2nd such entertainment place in Barrio Barretto now and the 3rd and biggest one is at Half Moon Beach, between here and the SBFZ, […]

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Zg372. (-125) is our relative new hospital at the south end of Barrio Barretto, which went broke, is nearing completion after a complete renovation and adding one more storey under new ownership and management. We Vets hope they will engage TRICARE and get an agreement for it to be accepted here. In any case it […]

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Zg383, (-157 and 158) are the Kalaklan Ridge at right and a split off ridge towards the village Naugsol, to the left. Today it was unusual hazy, don’t know why. Behind that low ridge in picture 158 is where the Barretto Bypass road is being cut, going to the right, up, towards the Kalaklan Ridge.

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Zg382. (-156) we are at the intersection of La Union Street and the National Highway in Barrio Barretto. This Alaska Club been around for a while, Spaghetti Eddy used to be located here. You see a new place called: “Sloppy Joe’s” which is new watering hole, to sit there, sip on a San Miguel Beer […]

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Zg381. (-149 to 153) are pictures of Baloy Beach, along its road. A new business is renovating and it is called: “De Perio’s” they have permission to cut dead trees. In picture #150 you see a person on the tree, hacking away with a bolo and other men have lines rigged to make the cut […]

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Zg380. (-148). Another old business ate the dust and something new is being built. For your orientation, right of this property used to be the two storey Mayflower Bar, and left in the picture you should be able to recognize our new high rise hotel.

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Zg322. (-00a0. The pictures in this album were shot from the location, on top of that building, indicated on this Google Earth image. It is provided for your orientation.

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Zg321. (-00). A high-rise in Barrio Barretto, where did all the nipa huts go? Do today’s visitors have more money than we sailors did during our time here? This big new hotel is called Central Park Reef Resort. In that location the Marmont Hotel had built a 3 storey new hotel but never got permission […]

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Zg326. (-12). Well, we are sitting on the 3rd floor of this building and it is a bar, I forgot the name but it is right at the NW intersection corner of the National Highway and Del Pilar Street. The sun has set and we can see the “Cheap Charlie Bar” and the lights of […]

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