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Asia » Philippines » Ifugao » Banaue December 7th 2006

We are very happy to announce we now have the full complement of babies due during our time away from home. Jenny (Ed's sister) and Dave produced a little sister for Rebecca on Tuesday. Baby Lauren Sarah Powell you are formally welcomed to our blog. Hopefully we can post some pictures on here when we get some. We got this exciting news while on route from Manila to Banaue, it brightened up our otherwise dull journey. It was night so we missed all the scenery and it was cold. I think the bus companies are doing this for the good of the passengers, they turn the air-con on the mountain bound buses onto extra cold, in order to help you acclimatise to the temperature drop once you arrive at your destination. We had bought new sleeved ... read more
Keeping it in the family
Hard at work on the rice terraces
Me new Banaue hat

Asia » Philippines » Ifugao » Banaue June 29th 2006

Thursday June 28th The roosters woke me up again this morning but I'm getting used to it. I had a lot of things planned for the day so I was happy to be up by 5:30. I quickly dressed up and went directly to Echo Valley to see the Hanging Coffins. I took the right turn this time and went in the cemetary and asked an old man for the right trail and he showed me. Once you found the trail , you just have to follow it. The way down is a bit tricky after rain (it rained most of the night) but nothing that can't be handled. It doesn't take that long, after about 30 minutes of walking you suddendly see the coffins hanging off the cliff. It's very bizarre to see coffins ... read more
Banaue 2
Banaue 3
On the way to Batad

Asia » Philippines » Ifugao » Banaue May 1st 2006

Asia » Philippines » Ifugao » Banaue April 6th 2004

When a fellow mountaineer asked me that we climb Mt. Pulag this holy week, I wasn’t able to say “yes” immediately. What? The highest mountain in Luzon and just the two of us? He must be kidding when he said that. Honestly, I consider Mt. Pulag as my dream climb but I planned to climb it with some experienced climber. It is just my second year as a “mountaineer” (as I called myself) but I never had any experience on camping. So far, I have climbed about 6 mountains but all climbs were completed before that day ends. In short we are just day trekkers since most of the members of our group are afraid to answer “ the call of nature” when they are away from civilization. Considering that the minimum days required to reach ... read more
pulag conqueror




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