From The Highest Peak to The Deepest Sea: June 2016

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A quick getaway from the city to one of the most historical places here in the Philippines.

Dambana ng Kagitingan is located at near the summit of Mt. Samat in the town of Pilar in the Province of Bataan. The shrine was built to honor the gallantry of the Filipino and American soldiers during the World War II. The white Memorial Cross stands as a remembrance to those soldiers who fight and die in the Battle of Bataan. There is also a war museum that shows photos, paintings, and old relics used during the war, a living proof of the suffering our great heroes from the war.

Looking back and learning our history at the most historical places at Pilar, Bataan dated last June 04, 2016, is an official entry to my 81 before 30 challenge.

Ellie

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Nope, definitely not Lord Of The Rings. Introducing Life On The Road, here I will be narrating my travel and life while on the road for a number of days.

You are well aware about my Project 81 and since I am travelling on a DIY basis and on tight budget I have decided to visit at least two provinces on my every travel esp those province that are connected to each other, well each one is connected to each other. I just base which province to include on the roads most accessible and on the activities and landmarks I will visit. This takes time and effort of research and listing and discerning.

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The first time I did this was my adventure at Cordillera and some parts of Cagayan last Holy Week which I will be narrating on my next post. The provinces includes Abra, Ilocos Sur, Apayao, Cagayan, Isabela, and Ifugao. The next is my first ever journey at Bicol Region.

Join me as I take you on the roads of the Philippines whether you are from my homeland or from another country, let us all together explore the roads of the unknown!

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17 hours of travel just to see this beauty. Yep, all worth it!

I've been dying to go to the beach and honestly I never had a beach outing since February of this year(2016) so imagine my thrill going on one.

Caramoan is one of the municipality of Camarines Sur. The island gained popularity because the American competitive reality television series "Survivor" was filmed here and until now Survivor used this island to film their reality tv series.

Caramoan is located at the tip of Caramoan Peninsula and off the coast of the peninsula are numerous islets. The 10 principal islands of the group are Bag-ing, Cagbanilad, Catanhawan, Cotivas, Lahus, Lahuy, Matukad, Minalahos, Pitogo, and Sabitang-Laya. On our trip we were able to visit 4 island: Cagbanilad, Catanhawan, Lahus, and Matukad. Matukad island is where the survivor held their home.

The photo above is the Lahus Island, the second island on our island hopping. Its one of the nearest island from the jump point. It has a fine white sand between two rock formation as seen above. We stayed here for at least an hour and just take pictures. I can say that it is one of those island where you can photo op like pre-nup. It has a perfect views and the island is magnificent more in person than that of the photo I took.

Too bad we were only get to visit 4 island, just all the nearest one. I am planning to visit all especially the sandbar islands that is located farthest.

Island hopping at Caramoan, Camarines Sur dated last May 21, 2016, is an official entry to my 81 before 30 challenge.

Ellie

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I'm in hiatus for almost two months on travelling my beloved country. My comeback is my trip to two of the most popular provinces of Bicol Region: CamSur and Albay.

The fact that I am not allowed to hike and run at the moment makes me feel so paralyze for some reason. So this trip serves as comfort from all the 'don'ts' that is happening to me now. Though my knee is still not in its best form to travel long I still did anyway, I just need to.

Mount Mayon, or Mayon Volcano, is an active volcano here in the Philippines and is located in the province of Albay on the island of Luzon and is the highest point in the province. Mount Mayon renowned as the "Perfect Cone" because of its almost symmetric conical shape. It has been said that it erupted 49 times in the past 400 years.

Legend says that the name of the volcano came from this beautiful lady named "Daragang Magayon" means beautiful lady (daraga-lady or maiden, magayon-beautiful). They named the volcano "Bulkang Magayon" describing the perfect-cone shape of the volcano like the beauty of Daragang Magayon, but as days passed by it was shortened to "Mayon".

I was a bit sad when we arrived at Cagsawa ruins because obviously there is no clearing of the whole mountain. But according to the old folks, on certain days like on the photo above, when the tip of the volcano is covered by clouds, Panginoron is kissing Magayon. Knowing this gives so much relief that I didn't get to see Mt. Mayon clearly, if this old folks saying is true then I even witnessed the most romantic love nature story there is.

Admiring Mount Mayon in Legazpi Albay dated last May 22, 2016, is an official entry to my 81 before 30 challenge.

Ellie

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