up north in the philippines

quick catch-up..been becoming very slack with this lately!

so we spent about a week oop north in the Philippines, where its a bit wetter and actually gets cold at night! very different to manila...we went to a few places where they had a real fire going, which was nice. well, they almost got it right. mostly they only had about 1 log burning at a time, which doesn't really constitute a fire, i don't think- maybe a candle? anyway, the thought was there!

we had a few very hairy journeys up there- winding bus journeys, with steep drops and only a few metres visibility with the fog. too scary! we visited baguio- a little student town which was strangely like one from home. there was actually a main street, with shops and bars and things. most odd! then we headed up to sagada, and did some lovely walking in the hills, and went to see some hanging coffins, which are suspended in the air and hung on the cliffside. also some caves with river running through. after that we went to banaue. its gorgeous there. they have rice terraces, which are up to 2000years old- they stretch along and up the mountains and valleys as far as you can see, and everything is so green. you can walk in amongst them as well which is beautiful.

Here’s a picture of banaue. Its just a bit hard to get an idea of the size of it all!