The time was too short again. But this time i did see a lot more of Banaue and i was the first time in Batad. Since my mother was not doing well and in the hospital i had to cut my trip 5 weeks short and fly home. So i did email Air China at…
A nice half day or even day trip is a walk up to the Banaue Viewpoint. Pass the tourist office and the museum and keep walking up the mountain. You pass a lot of houses and see how the locals do their local things. Most of the small factories are right next to the house….
On the way to the Banaue View Point i did pass a little bike repair place. The owner does never run out of old parts that way. And in his spare time he likes to work on his own bikes. Here are a few pictures from the coolest motorbiker in Banaue for you:
This is part 2 of the Batad Rice Terraces pictures. (find Part 1 here) In this post, you see what the people do in the planting season. I hope you find the pictures interesting! Leaving the small village behind we made our way up to the other side of the valley On top over the…
The Batad Rice Terraces are actually the Ifugao Rice Terraces but this is not what the locals and tourists call them. Batad is a small village in the North of Luzon in the Philippines. The village has less than 1500 people and is situated among the rice terraces. Here they do build the terraces with…
The next day it was time to explore the village. I went up to the museum where you have to find the man with the key to open the museum for you. The entrance fee is very moderate for us – something like a small beer in the restaurant. Which is a lot of money…
The Ifugado Rice Terraces If you took a bus in Thailand or Malaysia before and you are the first time in the Philippines you are in for a surprise. I did ask the interweb and found a bus company that drives from Manila to Banaue up in the north. They have a nice website and…
After too many years i was back in the Philippines again. I am not really sure why i did not visit for that long. Guess it is the extra flight that you have to take but that was the case with Myanmar as well and i went there many times? Off to Manila As usually…
A trip to Bangkok is not complete without shopping in Chinatown. I take the boat down to the “Chinatown Pier” N5 or Ratchawongse. This makes the trip a bit more fun as there are lots of things to see on the way to Chinatown. It is a great way to enjoy Bangkok if you take…
So you have been to Bangkok a few times and you think you did see it all. And than you find something that is so Bangkok you could not dream it up yourself. At the corner of the Bang Lam Phu Intersection only a few blocks away from Khao San Road are the ruins of…
The other night there was a Black Moon Party at the Moon Village outside of Pai. Usually i do not really like the parties there and would rather not go. But Claire did not want to drive her scooter all the way at night so i had to drive her there.This time they had the…
It is always fun at the Edible Jazz Bar in Pai, Northern Thailand. Here are 2 short videos to give you an idea. If you are in town – ask when the next Open Mike will be