My North Luzon trip started after i was in Manila for a few days. i 1st went to Baguio, then towards Sagada to see the hanging coffins in Echo valley
Baguio Jeepney stop
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serious big moth or butterfly
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Echo Valley coffins
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this is me, fully loaded
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i backtracked to Banaue to see the rice terraces, but i always choose the wrong time of year.
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foggy and misty. still, i've seen rice terraces before.
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my next point of call was the cave mummies of Tinglayan. After peaking to a Canadian girl in Sagada, she told me its impossible to see the Mummies, cos she's tried. well, only one way to find out!
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found the Museum with a display, plus a map of the area's walks, but not the mummy caves.
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a few hours later and lots of looking at the map, found this
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a good few more hours walking, then a climb uphill for another hour with our guide we found a village. almost all the caves have a door on them, to stop them getting sold, and he has the key.
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anyway, he's asks me if i want to open it, sure, do you want me to get him out! SURE!
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next stop, Kalinga. head-hunter country
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look at his toes
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scared shitless
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and 20 mins later.......
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beautiful countryside
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My guide's Uncles funeral. the woman is banging two stick together with a chook hanging by the leg with rope. when the casket is sealed, she lets it go
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slaughted a carabao for celebration
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nothing is left to waste
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my guide's Mother. see her tattoo's. she has more than me lol
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another slaughter, but for a wedding this time. dont worry, i wont show the picture that was taken after, i just say the pig had a stake through its neck and drained.
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want some pig fat?
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typical, the day i want to leave is the day i wake to find the roads washed away, and blocked
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went to the next city which decided to accept my bank card in the ATM. Laoag
meet some cute girls on the bus
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and met some that thought they were girls
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Laoag Church
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colourful jeeney in good nick
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i bought a burger and laughed when she gave me this from the fridge, as she ran out of ketchup. told her it looks like a blood bag lol
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next stop, Vigan
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thankfully it survived the american bombing of WWII
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after that, i headed south, towards South Luzon, but i went and saw my 1st active volcano, which was Taal Volcano. i knew the old crater was big, but i didnt know the furthest body of water away was the edge of the old volcano!
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* wiki
Volcano Island contains a lake about 2 km across, called Crater Lake. Within Crater Lake is another small volcanic island, called Vulcan Point. Vulcan Point is the world's largest volcanic island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island

