The Trek to the Taal Volcano Crater – Talisay, Batangas, Philippines

View from the highest point on this side of the ridge. See the carvings?

"Are we there yet?" I had been impatiently bugging our tour guide, asking him how far the crater was from where we were for the nth time. Unfortunately, we weren't even half the trail. "Why are you such in a hurry?" asked my friend Dane. "Just enjoy the trek!" I was definitely enjoying our trek up the volcano to the crater but I was just having a teeny bit of problem. There I was trekking up an active volcano but I was worried that something else was gonna explode --- my bladder. I gotta pee. Really bad. … [Read more...]

The Majestic Mayon Volcano – Albay, Philippines

Mayon Volcano

“Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison.” —British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor Yay, I can't find any other way of opening this blog entry than with that quote by A. Henry Savage Landor, a traveler-writer from the UK. Since I was a kid, I had heard a lot of great things about the Mayon Volcano --- active, most active, unstable, volatile, angry, beautiful, grand, great, perfect. I had never been this excited to see this restless terrain. … [Read more...]

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