Happy Birthday to Me!

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  Tagaytay, Philippines
Monday, January 21, 2008

I was concerned my Birthday was going to be one of infamy, but turns out the Lord sent me a present.  Gloria, our host's office appointed tour guide determined it was my birthday and insisted Pat and I go with her and her family on a trip Sunday.  So when I woke up early today they came to our flat and picked us up in the family van.  I think part of the fun was that we didn't really know where we were going and what it was we'd do there.  I think Pat was worried, but I for one was ready for an adventure and excited for the opportunity.
 
We headed south out of the city and soon we were stopped in traffic by some wandering cows.  Yep, definitely in the provinces at this point, I was so excited to be out of the diesel cloud city of Manila.  Gradually we drove up and up and further up which is when Gloria explained our destination.  Tagaytay City, is near the Taal Lake which surrounds Taal Volcano near the center of the lake.  The volcano has been dormant, but is not one that scientists suggest they turn their backs on as it is potential very violent as its caldera is tremendous.
http://www.iml.rwth-aachen.de/Petrographie/taal.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taal_Volcano
 
I was thrilled!  One of my goals in coming to Manila was to journey out and see some of the volcano's here.  Perhaps it was a lucky guess or just a normal tourist location but it was as close to a birthday wish as I had and I consider myself very blessed to have the opportunity.  We were also blessed with the fact that Taal lake was only partly clouded, when normally hidden in the clouds... my pictures of the volcano turned out rather well considering most people don't get to see it from this altitude.  Most travel to it's base in boats across the lake.
 
Attached here are pictures of our trip there and back... I apologize if some of them are blurry, they were taken from long running MOV files that I took while we were driving.  Rather than post these rather fast and frantic and large MOV files I decided to capture key images from them and post those instead.  They are decent quality but not as good as the camera takes directly.
 
I hope you all enjoy as much as I did.
God Bless!

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Jollibee Sign	Jomars Pet Shop	Pawn It!	Pinapple Plants in Front
Filipino Faces	Filipino Faces	Filipino Faces	Filipino Faces
Filipino Faces	Filipino Faces	Slim's Appliances	Typical Snack Shop
Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake
Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake
Kite Flying above Taal Lake	Kite Flying above Taal Lake	10-Kite Flying above Taal Lake	11-Kite Flying above Taal Lake
Taal Volcano	Taal Volcano	Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area
Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area
Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area	Tagaytay Area
10-Tagaytay Area	11-Tagaytay Area	12-Tagaytay Area	13-Tagaytay Area
14-Tagaytay Area	15-Tagaytay Area	16-Tagaytay Area	17-Tagaytay Area
18-Tagaytay Area	19-Tagaytay Area	20-Tagaytay Area	21-Tagaytay Area
22-Tagaytay Area	23-Tagaytay Area	24-Tagaytay Area	25-Tagaytay Area
26-Tagaytay Area	27-Tagaytay Area	28-Tagaytay Area	29-Tagaytay Area
30-Tagaytay Area	31-Tagaytay Area	32-Tagaytay Area	33-Tagaytay Area
34-Tagaytay Area	35-Tagaytay Area	36-Tagaytay Area	37-Tagaytay Area
38-Tagaytay Area	39-Tagaytay Area	40-Tagaytay Area	41-Tagaytay Area
42-Tagaytay Area	43-Tagaytay Area	44-Tagaytay Area	45-Tagaytay Area
46-Tagaytay Area	47-Tagaytay Area	48-Tagaytay Area	49-Tagaytay Area
50-Tagaytay Area	51-Tagaytay Area	52-Tagaytay Area	53-Tagaytay Area
54-Tagaytay Area	55-Tagaytay Area	56-Tagaytay Area	57-Tagaytay Area
Yes Even 7 Eleven!	Luzon Area Map	Taal Lake Area Map	Coffee House
Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market
Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Fresh Market	Gas Price per Litre
Gloria and Pat	Gloria's Pat	Deigo - Gloria's Husband	Gloria
Tagaytay	Tagaytay	Tagaytay	Taal Lake
v	Tagaytay	Taal Lake	Taal Volcano!
Taal Volcano!	Locales enjoying the site	Taal Lake	Taal Lake
Bar overlooking the lake	Bar overlooking the lake	Taal Lake	Taal Lake
Taal Lake	More natives	More natives	Pat
Taal Volcano	Taal Lake	Taal Lake	Taal Volcano
Taal Lake	10-Taal Lake	Taal Volcano	Taal Volcano
11-Taal Lake	12-Taal Lake	13-Taal Lake	14-Taal Lake
15-Taal Lake	16-Taal Lake	17-Taal Lake	18-Taal Lake
19-Taal Lake

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