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Ancient Rice Terraces
... of the river, town below, and some rice terraces above. The next morning the clouds/fog slowly burned off to reveal more of the mountains and terraces but not the top. We had a tour booked but the cold weather and bus ride had taken some energy out of us so we cancelled it. Thank goodness because it was a high price since we found another guy who did it for almost $15 cheaper. This fellow took us on a quick trip up the mountain road to see ...
The rice terraces of Batad
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... I asked if anyone else was on the trip, the hostel said no. But, in fact, there were 5 different groups going from the same hostel! Frustrating to say the least!
From Banaue, it's 12km over a rocky road to Batad junction. My guide parked his tricycle here and it was an hour hike up the mountain to a small rest stop from where we descended down to the small village of Batad. Conversation ...
Batad Rice Terraces
... the flood gates opened. "Why not, I don't believe you, why don't you have a boyfriend?" Realizing he actually wanted me to answer this question, I said, "Umm, cause no one likes me?" Then Sunny seized his opportunity. We walked over to the hill to see the view of the terraces and Sunny proceeded to propose his love to me. He said that when he saw me he felt his heart go "boom, boom" and he felt it in his heart not in his head. Then he told me how it doesn't matter where I live that ...
Booze & views in Banaue, + Amazing Batad
... casually mentions that Batad is 15 kilometres away from Banaue. What it doesn't tell you is that the road leading there is unpaved, full of rocks and of course right on the edge of a cliff. Apparently jeepney drivers have to change their tyres every 3 months because of the state of the road they have to drive on. The trip is true off-roaders' paradise (Joe you would love it!), but an off-roader I ain't and so I sat ...
Rice Terraces, caves and buses
... of the Asian tourists and other tour guides however i was not impressed when i had to wait for a new lamp.
Next day up at 5am (went to bed about 2am) to get two 6 hour buses to get to manila. Turned out to take around 14 hours by which point i was bored of music, had read my book and was about to go insane. Phillipines is deffinatly one of the highlights of my trip so far and not even been to any islands.
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