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Travel Blogs from Calatagan
To see the world in a grain of... rice
... Right now, all we're seeing are waterlogged grey terraces as they're preparing the land for the next planting, mixing in vegetative material to help nourish the soil. The bright yellow flowers (local "sunflowers", according to Denver) and any weeds growing on the terrace walls are tediously cut by hand, gathered, and mixed into each terrace. Nothing goes to waste. "We don't use chemical fertilizers here like commercial rice in the lowlands. Only organic, natural plants," ...
Filipino fillip (prt 2)
... either foot, was our baptism of fire. We quickly discovered
that it was more of the same for over two hours as we slid down slippery
slopes, teetered precariously along tricky traverses, scrambled up steep rock
faces and squeezed ourselves through impossibly small holes.
As well as using our hands, heads and backsides to balance;
every muscle in our bodies to lower and
pull ourselves this way and that; and our wits to work out the safest route, we
had ...
The 8th Wonder Of The World?
Filipinos love karaoke. SEA in general seems to love it, Vietnam being the chief culprit. The Philippines are in another love league in comparison to Vietnam. They have a karaoke channel on tv which is obviously just terrible video with words underneath it, all day. There isn't a time of day that someone isn't doing karaoke. We have walked into numerous megastores or anywhere that sells TV's and the staff will be doing it in the middle of the store.
I sort of had a hint of ...
Banaue
... syntes var svindyrt), stilte jeg mig i kø, og det virkede som om vi fik de sidste billetter. Gudskelov, for vi havde ikke orket at blive en nat i Manila. Vi fik lidt at spise og kom afsted på vores 9 timers tur. Bussen var en super fin model, hvor man kunne lægge sæderne ned og sove. Jeg havde så fået et sæde på bagsædet, Annelie på sædet foran mig. Der kunne mine ben knap være og sædet kunne ikke lægges ned, så det var 9 lange timer. Men hvis man kan sidde ...
A la montagne ... non loin de la Bretagne
... peut parler de point positif » est la construction de nombreuses écoles, routes et infrastructures diverses. Une reproduction d’un village typique à l’extérieur du musée cloe cette visite instructive.
Un petit tour dans le marché, puis 1h30 d’attente dans le jeepney à l’arrêt au soleil (les places sont chères) et nous voilà partis. 2h de montée sur un chemin chaotique et souvent boueux, (avec passages sur une ...