Subic Bay – Page 41 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Subic Bay

This category encompass, the former Subic Bay Naval Base,-Naval Station,-Naval Air Station Cubi Point, the former Olongapo Naval Station,-the prewar Olongapo Town and the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

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Zg346. (-020 to 034) are views/ is a view of Olongapo City, Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ), the former Subic Bay Naval Base and the bay of Subic Bay. The 7 maps in front of the album may be helpful to you, to orient yourself.

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Zg345. (-018 and 019) are/ is a view of the former main gate bridge of the former Subic Bay Naval Base being replaced. Work has been going on over 3 years now. The new Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) apparently reorganized the effort and it seems that progress is being made. On […]

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Zg344. (-010 to 017) are views/ is a view of the bay of Subic Bay, we see the former Hanjin Shipyard across the bay, the peaks of the Redondo Peninsular forming the west boundary of the bay, the north end of the bay, the valley from where Barrio Barretto which is directly under us, to […]

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Zg343. (-010 to 017) are views/ is a view of the bay of Subic Bay, we see the former Hanjin Shipyard across the bay, the peaks of the Redondo Peninsular forming the west boundary of the bay, the north end of the bay, the valley from where Barrio Barretto which is directly under us, to […]

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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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Zg325. (-05). This is view of the National Highway running thru Barretto; we are looking in a SE direction, toward the former Naval Base. It has been widened in the last 3 years, the speed of the traffic has picked up. One got to be real careful crossing this highway now.

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Zg324. (-04). I’m looking inland, down the Del Pilar Street, which is the street that took you to the Marmont Hotel. The Marmont Hotel is now called the Belle Monte Hotel but manage only that. Part of the Marmont land has become a new hotel, called Dennito; you can see its sign at the upper […]

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Zg323. (-02). Across the National Highway, which runs north thru Zambales, is the By the Sea Hotel. The building at right is a new construction and the front entrance has been redone. I paid recently for Christmas visitors 4,000 pesos for a room.