Day 31 – Diving in Malapascua

everyone loves Nemo squat shrimp mating tobbies

Day 30 – Diving in Malapascua with the thresher sharks

2 tries, 2 sights! love this place! yes, waking up at 4AM isn’t fun, but is worth seeing them. and finally i got a proper picture of a ghost pipefish

Day 29 – Diving in Malapascua

first dive at 4.45 AM trying to see the thresher sharks, beautiful very shy 4m long creatures, quick encounter and swam away…

Day 25 – Puerto Galera

Day 22 – Hikking Mt. Pinatubo

in 1991 it produced the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century reducing the global temperature by 0.5C and the hight of the volcano by 259m. massive amount of ash was thrown into atmosphere and surrounding areas. what you see in these pictures as “canyon” is actually huge layer of ash being eroded by […]

Day 21 – Stacked coffins of Sagada

Coffins were mostly carved from one whole piece of wood. The locals can still chose even nowadays this way of burial. “It was said that the hanging coffins could prevent bodies from being taken by beasts and also bless the soul eternally.”(wikipedia) It was also said by our local guide that this type of burial […]

Day 20 – Hanging coffins of Sagada

Coffins were mostly carved from one whole piece of wood. The locals can still chose even nowadays this way of burial. “It was said that the hanging coffins could prevent bodies from being taken by beasts and also bless the soul eternally.”(wikipedia) It was also said by our local guide that this type of burial […]

Day 19 – Rice terraces of Banaue

Day 18 – Trekking in Ifugao along the rice terraces

second day in Batad, a wonderful location (unless it rains from 2pm till midnight)

Day 17 – Trekking in Ifugao along the rice terraces

the rice terraces of Batad are often (locally) referred to as the 8th wonder of the world; this is the 3rd 8th Wonder of the World we have seen…;)

Day 16 – Trekking in Ifugao along the rice terraces

we had a beautiful three days hike, sometimes in extreme humidity. First set of pictures is between Banaue and Cambulo.

Day 15 – Manila

visiting the pig roasting centre…