The last batch of pictures from Georgetown, Penang. Not my cup of tea. But good for the guys owning the trishaw – hope the guys that pedal the bike do own it as well! To much shit went down here The famous Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower. Commissioned in 1897 by a local millionaire to…
Time time time – no more time! After a few days in Penang it was time to move on. Wanted to visit Ru on Ko Pha Ngan so I got a ticket to Surat Thani. There was a mini bus early in the morning. A Chinese couple and a local couple where the only others…
Was sitting in Singapore a few days to long. But I could help Delphine a bit with her new apartment so everything good. Since I had an appointment in Bangkok at the 26th it was time to move. And there where other people waiting on the way up as well. Thank you very much Delphine…
That was quite a busy end of the year for me. Every time I go on a longer trip all sorts of stuff happens a few days before i head out. This year I had friends from Australia visiting, my get away party, a 5 day trip to Chicago and a lot of little things…
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…