The Sleepy Town of San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro

When I travel, I try to visit every town along the jeepney route as much as possible. Between the Puerto Galera and Calapan City jeepney route, there’s the Tamaraw Falls and the sleepy town of San Teodoro. I dropped off at San Teodoro just to take some pictures.

The San Teodoro Municipal Hall under construction. July 18, 2019

Whenever I visit the town, I always try to visit the main Catholic church, the municipal hall, Rizal’s monument, the marketplace and some ancestral houses. During my visit at San Teodoro, their municipal hall is being constructed (or renovated). I saw an old house with the signage “Post Office” – (I’m not sure if it’s really their post office) besides the market, which is smaller than Kenneth Talipapa in Pasig City.

Their main Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

According to PhilAtlas:

San Teodoro is a coastal municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro.

The municipality has a land area of 341.00 square kilometers or 131.66 square miles which constitutes 8.05% of Oriental Mindoro's total area. Its population as determined by the 2015 Census was 17,904. This represented 2.12% of the total population of Oriental Mindoro province, or 0.60% of the overall population of the MIMAROPA region. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 53 inhabitants per square kilometer or 136 inhabitants per square mile.

Bangko Rural ng San Teodoro, Inc

Post Office?

San Teodoro Public Market

Tricycles here are in great shape. Mostly made of stainless steel

Too bad I visited on a Thursday so I was unable to see the interior of the church.

 

Immaculate Conception Parish, San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro

The jeepney conductor

Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

In my 2 days trip to Pangasinan last August 30-31, 2019 Urdaneta City was my last destination (on day 1). I rode a bus from Manila to Dagupan City on the first trip of Solid North. I explored the main church of Dagupan City and surrounding areas before attending the wedding of my cowoker in Mangaldan, Pangasinan. In the afternoon, I headed to Manaoag, Pozorrubio, Binalonan, Laoac and finally Urdaneta City.

Urdaneta City is huge. It was almost evening when I arrived that’s why I only explored the main Catholic church (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) and it’s surrounding areas. I wasn’t able to visit the City Hall since it’s located far from the town proper. I find it difficult to find a place to stay here using my Agoda app. I ended up in one of the motels near the main highway.

Day 2

I woke up early and headed towards the bus terminal that will take me to Bolinao, Pangasinan. I took some shots of a park with a huge bull bas relief and their museum (which is still closed). I didn’t explore Urdaneta City that much since I felt it’s just one of those big cities.

Here's some quick information about Urdaneta City, taken from the Province of Pangasinan website:

Urdaneta was founded on January 8, 1858.  It was named after the famous aide of Magellan, Father Simon de Urdaneta, a soldier, navigator, cosmographer and evangelist.

Urdaneta became a city in 1997 by virtue of RA 8480.  It is the commercial
and education center of eastern Pangasinan.

MAYOR:   JULIO F. PARAYNO III

VICE MAYOR:   JIMMY D. PARAYNO

LAND AREA:   10,026 hectares

POPULATION:   132,940

NO. OF BARANGAYS:   34

CLASSIFICATION:   2nd class city

FIESTA:   December 1-8

PRODUCTS:    rice, vegetables, noodles

POINTS OF INTEREST:   Museo de Urdaneta, Cabaruan, Sugcong and Oltama Rolling Hills

Here’s the website of Urdaneta City.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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