My Travels: In and Around the Philippines

[Recon25]

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@Kharp
will inform you kung kanus-a ko mubalik... for now am preparing for my Mindanao expedition

[Recon25]

Dumaguete
Buglasan Festival 2010

Dubbed as the Buglasan Festival of Festivals wherein its somehow the culminating event of different festivals around Negros Oriental. Its a good one but the only setback is that most folks over at Dumaguete doesnt have any idea about the different events and venue, including the police.

[Chipmunk888]

@ recon25

me too dex! im looking forward for it. probably gamay ra expense ani kay its nearer.

[nowayL]

Dumaguete
Buglasan Festival 2010

Dubbed as the Buglasan Festival of Festivals wherein its somehow the culminating event of different festivals around Negros Oriental. Its a good one but the only setback is that most folks over at Dumaguete doesnt have any idea about the different events and venue, including the police.

Very nice .... 35mm imong gamit ani Bro?

[Recon25]

@Chip
will let you know also

@nowayL
28-80 (on fx) and 70-200 (on dx)

note***
before starting your post about your travel picture on my thread..... kindly refer to first page for simple request.... Salamat

[Recon25]

@bossing CATCH
do you have some travel advices for Sta. Ana... where to stay and places to check other than the Caliao Caves.... because on March 13-19, 2011... I am bound there to do some travel assignments particularly in Babuyan Islands and its humpbacks....

Salamat kaayo sir,
db

[randymunz]

Sagada, Mountain Province

It was one of the most stupid and crazy thing I ever did in my life... Bringing along a D200/MBD200/18-200mm VR/SB-800 all attached to an Invicta sling (without any bag) and went into the caves of Sagada.

This is the Lumiang (burial cave) -- Sumaguing cave connection... I went caving/spelunking without any preparations on my side. I was willing to fall and slip rather than the camera I brought along. This was a very bad idea for me because they never told me how technical the cave connection was. Imagine you have to rapel down then up somewhere inside the cave... I spent 3.5 hours inside with a 330ml of water... the result was simply awesome..... my body was sore from in-grown to split-ends the next day























These are the different burial grounds around Sagada. There's quite a number of such burial sights around. If you notice the chairs on the pictures below, these chairs are used before the final burial by making the dead sit on the chair while final respects and offerings will be carried out. As if that the dead is watching the ceremonies unfold.















The Sagada Municipal Hall guard dog


The sight at Echo Valley


Sagada is a very interesting place. For photographers its best to visit the place around summer because the weather here changes very often. It is reachable by bus from Manila-Sagada or via Baguio. The best route would be Manila-Banaue-Bontoc-Sagada-Baguio or you may drop Baguio because there is simply not much left there and go straight back to Manila. The 12-hour bus that will take you to Sagada would be Cable Tours located somewhere in E. Rodriguez and the fare is around 600. Cable tours will pass by Banaue and you may stop by Banaue then arrange Cable Tours for a pickup the next day for Bontoc and the fare is still the same. Sagada is minus 4 degrees to that of Baguio's temperature... Sagada also boasts of two great waterfalls and its own rice terraces

wow! simply amazing.

[randymunz]

Camotes Island, Cebu Province

this is my last photography trip of the year 2009. I still travelled north so recently inorder for me to relax and recharge my aching and sored body..... but still I managed to take some decent shots that I will post later. This island or should I say paradise is just 3 hours away from the City of Cebu.... Camotes, a treasure of the Province of Cebu and of the Philippines. It is reachable thru a bangka ride either from Danao Port or at Ouano Wharf in Mandaue. The fare at Ouano Wharf is at 200Php and departs at around 5:30am... If you wish to bring your car along you have to take the ferry at Danao Port which leaves at around 7am... on this journey I was with batchoyc also of istorya... I clicked at around 20gig of photos






batchoy enjoying the ray of light inside Bukilat cave








another cave in Camotes

I envy you bro, you've gone to a lot of places how i wish i can have lots and lots of money like you.

[randymunz]

my share

asa ni sir? nindota ani gud.

[randymunz]

If I have to describe Coron in one word..... it would be "paradise". With the advent of promos from Cebu Pacific, it is now very easy and cheap to be at Coron (thru Busuanga Airport or YKR Airport). The rate of Cebu - Busuanga is a catchy deal but it would be better if you take the route CEB-MLA-Busuanga connection if you are on a very tight budget.

The lakes, lagoons, and beaches here in Coron is on another level not comparable in any way to Cebu, Boracay, Batangas, and Mindoro. It is purely nature at its best.

The boat rental for island hopping would only cost you from 1500-2000Php (all-in not per head). The owner of the boat went with me on my trip, and she was more of a tourist like me because it was her first time to check out Barracuda Lake, Twin Lagoon, and some other sites we went in. The first lake that we visited was the Kayangan Lake. In Kayangan entrance there is an entrance fee of 200Php/head for Kayangan Lake, Barracuda Lake, and the Twin Lagoon. You will be given a brief lecture about the island of four lakes.

I was scheduled to go around some interesting and not so visited site around Coron if not only for a slight badluck that struck our bangka. After visiting Barracuda Lake which was our second sight, our propeller got tangled with a rope that has no marker and sadly it was broken and lost into the deep. I tried to snorkel around and also ask help from visiting tourists to dive unto the deep but to no avail. We have to be pulled by the boat the foreigners boarded to Siete Picados which is nearer to Coron so that we may get another boat to continue my journey thus loosing some travel time.

Siete Picados is a paradise for snorkelers. You dont have to look for fishes but the fishes will look for you. Fish feeding is the best thing to do while snorkeling but do not cover the bread with your hand because the fishes will take a cute bite at your hand. The next site we visited was the Twin Lagoon. It is also a great place to swim around. You have to go under a cave in order to get to the other side of the lagoon. I swam all the way across the second lagoon to get to the shoreline to take photos (a crazy thing I did again) with an ice bucket where my camera was placed. I have to make sure that the ice bucket stay afloat or goodbye Nikon. Then after the lagoon we dropby a beach with a very soft whitesand. It has great rock formations in and around that beach. Then we just went to check other sites or dive spots wherein we passed by this sunken Japanese navy vessel about a couple of meters below us.

Too bad time was running out and we just made a hit and run. I will be back to check it out soon
















towed

wow sir pagkanindot how i wish i can go these places.