Mount Taal - Crater Rim

Locals have built a strip of shelters at the crater rim and sell refreshments such as coconuts, fruit and bottled water. Its not the prettiest sight, but I suppose most people come up to look at the crater, and don't look too closely at how unsightly this is. On the way up, most of the rubbish was within about 100m of here, starting at about the same time as the 'please don't litter' signs!

Taal Volcano - Soft Walk

July 23rd 2006
Arranged a tour out to TAAL Volcano. This was a fairly soft day overall, but I did get to walk up another volcano, and admire the view. Typical arranged tour, with standard stops at fruit stalls, etc of the driver's choice. As the only pax for this trip for this company, was given the VIP treatment - I think that meant that I could ask anything, and then just had to take the response with a gr ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more

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