November 21, 2010

Building a Bamboo Bridge

Dapitan, 2008

This bamboo bridge was being built to take diners across the river to a new seafood restaurant on the outskirts of Dapitan, in the southern Philippine province of Mindanao. Linked to Louis' Sunday Bridges.

18 comments:

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

good to see they are using bamboo instead of cold hard concrete.

Unknown said...

wow, this looks like an adventure.:p i love restaurants with this concept--makes dining a lot more interesting.:p

have you been to Silangang Nayon in Pagbilao, Quezon? i posted some photos a while back.:p

Kay L. Davies said...

It looks like it's going to be beautiful, Francisca. What a lovely idea.
-- K

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

Unknown said...

Hi Francisca, here's the link for Silangang Nayon.

http://bilogangbuwanniluna.blogspot.com/2009/05/silangang-nayon-weekend-snapshot.html

Pat Tillett said...

Very nice! i hope the restaurant is worth the walk!

joo said...

I've never seen anything like this - it's amazing!
Happy Sunday to you Francisca:)

VioletSky said...

A nice way to walk off your dinner on the way back over the bridge, too!

Cezar and Léia said...

Amazing!I'm always curious about this kind of bridge, imagine the work is almost handmade!Thanks for sharing!
Léia

Anonymous said...

I'm not best friend with bridges, why this one not is my cup of tea ;-)
But it's a masterpiece!

EG CameraGirl said...

YIKES I hope bamboo is very, very strong! :)

Cildemer said...

Wow! That's impressing and beautiful!
Very nice reflections too!

Elisa said...

A bamboo bridge...
Quite original :)

genie said...

WOW!!! This one is just too cool. I would love to walk across this bridge to eat a delightful dinner. Was it ever completed? I have never thought of a bamboo bridge. It is lovely.

tapirgal said...

Wonderful image! And you got reflections, too.

Lesley said...

it looks like it will be a covered bamboo bridge when it is all done!

Ebie said...

I love the concept. Good way to lure customers.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

It's graceful looking and a nice change from the usual for the Bridges meme ....

thank you again for the world tour!

It's been fun reading a few of your posts at once.

Unknown said...

I've seen making this around statues for restoration purposes but a bridge, wow! Fantastic!