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Monday 18 February 2019

Monday Mural - Panglao Airport (Philippines)

After we sat down in the waiting lounge of the new Bohol-Panglao International Airport, (inaugurated on 27 Nov 2018) waiting for the call to board the tiny Cessna Caravan that would take us to Mactan IslandI turned around and was surprised to find the back wall covered in a fantastic mural depicting the touristic highlights of the area - beautiful nature, the wide eyed tarsier, Chocolate Hills, island hopping tours to see dolphins, the Baclayon Church and Church of our Lady of the Immaculate Conception...


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Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow mural bloggers.  Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  
Thanks, Sami. 












The murals on the back wall of the waiting lounge at Panglao-Bohol International airport

On the walls of the lounge next to ours there was another mural, but to get the whole wall the partitions were in the way... This one depicted the new airport, the sea, church, Chocolate hills, resorts, the tarsiers, turtles and the whale sharks.


 





59 comments:

  1. Beautiful selection. Especially impressive since (as you described in an earlier post) you had trouble getting through all the security and airline challenges in the airport!

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Mae, that was the next airport (from Mactan to Singapore). Don't know if they had murals there, but rushed all the way to the departure lounge.

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  2. wonderful to see, too often airports walls are covered with advertisements.

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    1. I was surprised to see such a great mural, and I do prefer them to adverts for sure! Thanks Tom

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  3. Great airport murals again. A shame that they still aren't being admired by those nearby, but hopefully they at least set a relaxed, clean and safe atmosphere.

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    1. Thanks Debbie, I seemed to be the only one taking photos, hope the others enjoyed the murals too.

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  4. Most beautiful.

    Have a fabulous day and week, Sami. ♥

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    1. Thanks Sandee, have a wonderful week too.

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  5. Wonderful sense of place, Sammi

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  6. These airport paintings are so varied and so wonderfully colourful that they are in themselves an invitation to imaginary journeys. Congratulations for these pictures and all the ones you recently posted during your stay in the Philippines

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    1. Thank you Kwarkito, glad you enjoyed the ride along my trip to the Philippines.

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  7. Beautiful indeed! A much as I hate flying at times I wish I had more time at the airports!

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    1. I think art makes for a more relaxing atmosphere at the airports. Thanks Iris.

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  8. Pinturas coloridas e talentosas. Beijinho e boa semana Sami.

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    1. Obrigada Sandra, boa semana para si tambem.

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  9. Uma óptima forma de dar as boas-vindas aos visitantes.
    Bjs, boa semana

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  10. A clever thing to do with a very boring walls. There should be more of it. I especially like the airport scene.

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    1. Thanks Andrew, I agree with you, makes for less boring airport waiting lounges.

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  11. I like it when they decorate public spaces like that.

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  12. Feliz semana desde Almería España

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  13. Lucky you so many murals in one place!

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    1. Obrigada Francisco, boa semana para si tambem.

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  15. What a wonderful collection of murals. They are all beautiful. Wishing you a happy day and new week ahead.

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    1. Thanks Eileen, have a wonderful week too.

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  16. I think I'd like to come to this part of the world just to see the terrific airports! Works of art.

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    1. Thank you Jeanie, the airport was brand new and very nice indeed.

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  17. Gosh lots to see while waiting for a plane Sami 💛

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    1. Thanks Grace, at least I spent a lot of time perusing that mural :)

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  18. That is a wonderful mural, Sami! Thanks for hosting us!

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  19. Beautiful murals sure make the airport look very nice.

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  20. Wow, that airport had some beautiful art. A couple of friends are going out there next week (Philippines) so I'll tell them to keep an eye out for that mural if they are using the same airport.

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    1. Thanks Mary. This would be the airport at Panglao island. My daughter told me at the Mactan airport there is also lots of art (not sure if murals) but we were in a hurry.

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  21. You are the luckiest person I know. I can't believe you find all these murals, but these are so appropriate and share both information and incredibly lovely art. Most impressive.

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    1. Thanks Elizabeth. I hope you're feeling better :)
      My eyes are already trained, I can spot a mural miles away, lol, but in Perth we have lots of murals being painted all the time, just 2 weekends ago I found 3 the same day.

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  22. How wonderful that they have all this artwork in an airport!

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    1. I also think it's lovely Linda, thank you.

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  23. You photographed the murals beautifully Sami! I love seeing them.

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  24. Lovely airport murals Sami.

    All the best Jan

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  25. Dearest Sami,
    What a nice tropical and refreshing way for an airport to brighten the waiting area with these murals!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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