Batad’s Tappia Falls: A walk through the terraces and thru time
Paddies point. Seeing the rice terraces even from afar, one can't help but be overcome by the compulsion to step onto the paddies and tread the rice fields our Ifugao ancestors walked on millenia ago. Considering the ephemeral quality of most of mankind's architectural creations, you can't help but...
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Batad: A tiring hike alright but a scenic trek I really won’t get tired of
Time to turn off that mobile phone. There are still some places where you your mobile becomes a rather expensive pestle you can use when a hammer is not available and Batad is one of them. Surrounded by mountains from all sides, it seems you're transported in another world belying the fact that you're...
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Banaue: of cold climes and warm people
It seems foolhardy to go somewhere very cold when I was having a full-blown case of cough and colds. But the opportunity to smell the fresh mountain air and the compulsion to go out of town even for just a few days were simply overwhelming. So despite my feverish state, I found myself on an Autobus...
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Www.nikonfestival.com – A Day Through Your Lens Contest
If you like making short video and you can tell story using video in just 140 seconds or less, well this contest is for you. I think $100,000 prize is a very good amount to let you make a video and try your luck.
According to the site you are not required to use a specific camera and your video video...
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Taal Town: Details of a Colonial Past
Taal Town used to be the capital of Batangas until it was moved to Batangas City. The name itself means "indigenous" and why it is so carries an interesting back story.
According to wikipedia, the descendants of Bornean settlers in Panay spread out in two groups, towards the north in Laguna de Bay and...
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Taal Town Villavicencio Heritage House: Luck guides us in
We had a leisurely lunch of tawilis (fresh water sardine) and Bulalo (bone marrow soup) at Taal Bistro and wandered the streets of the town looking, marvelling and ooh'ing and ahh'ing at the old houses, some in a sad state of disrepair, others slowly giving way to the elements. While walking along...
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National Geographic Big Blue: 4, 18, 25, 32, 80
Nope, these ain't the winning numbers of the latest lotto draw but rather interesting facts and numbers about the baby blue whale:
4 - eats an average of 4 tons of krill daily
18 - has been around for 18 million years
25 - weighs more than 25 adult elephants
32 - has been clocked at up to 32 km per...
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