How did you like the big city of Manila? I hope you did at least a little bit because we are hopping to another one – Amsterdam! Wait, did I say Amsterdam? What I meant was: New Amsterdam. What the heck is that? – you may ask. Maybe it’s somewhere around Amsterdam proper. Or maybe …
We lost our paths in Tagaytay so the best solution to find them again is to go to the place that everybody knows: Metro Manila. I know, I know. I called it traffic hell. But I also said that’s a bit exaggerated description. It’s just one of those big cities. Big asian cities. Even though …
Tagaytay: volcano has been hiked, the jigsaw puzzles have been completed. Time to take out the camera and take some photos in the area before leaving the city. As you already know Tagaytay is located slightly higher than the rest of the country. Thanks to that it offers a moderate climate and is very popular …
Not by me… Almost everybody has heard about Guinness Book of Records or Guinness World Records. The latter is the current name used and it replaced the former some years ago. However, not everybody knows how the idea for a book containing weird and less records actually was born. To some of you it might …
The topic of today’s post is very straightforward: Taal Volcano. After a short break, which was used wisely: to drink some water and beer (non-alcoholic, of course) we continue on the trail to finally see the lake on an island on a lake on an island. This is not the only thing that makes Taal …
Still confused about the lake on an island on a lake on an island? Believe me, this is not some intricate advertising campaign made by the local tourist board. Let’s break it down: First there is the known universe Then there is the local cluster of galaxies Next we have a galaxy often called the …
Yes, you guessed it right. South of Metro Manila.. If you want to drive in Manila you need to adhere to local set of road rules. They are really easy to remember. Maybe because the set consists of one element: no holds barred. Does it sound like a wrestling match rule? Well, it should, because …
That was a bit of Spanish right there. Actually it seems that Spanish and Tagalog share some words. I’m assuming this is due to the pretty long Spanish rule over the islands. But this is not what this post is about. It was great time on the island of Mindanao. Here are some random photos …
As promised I am uploading the video of the ride. Apologies for not the best quality at times. But there are some upsides in the video too. Like this one: Here’s the video itself:
The area around the lake consists of mountains covered by jungle. (Duh, of course there are mountains or at least hills – it would be extremely difficult to have seven waterfalls on a flat land…). First of all, I need to confess that I haven’t seen all the seven waterfalls that are in the vicinity …