The place was serene as the sun set quietly over the mountain on the right side of the beach.

“The Tour of the Fireflies (ToF) is an annual 50-km bicycle ride through seven cities to promote the use of the bicycle as an alternative means of transportation that is cheap, efficient, environmentally sensible and good for one’s health.This year, synchronized bicycle rides in Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Baguio, and Tarlac are being organized by supporters to drum up more support for sustainable transportation and livable communities.  ” From http://www.fireflybrigade.org

I’ve actually toyed with the idea of biking to work daily - especially with escalating fuel prices as well as the deteriorating state of our environment. When I told my friends and family about it, they all stated the safety issues - I might get mugged, etc. - in doing so and strongly discouraged me in proceeding with my plan. I believe that there are many others like me who are willing to take such steps in lowering pollution, but are held back because of safety issues. Nonetheless, I will be changing the lightbulbs at home to those energy efficient types tonight… and still think about what to do about that biking and jogging to work thing.

 How about you, what are the efforts you are taking towards conservation?

The lovely beach of Anawangin! We had fun just swimming around. The water was shallow for about 10-15 feet away from the shore. There were some fish swimming around and I believe I saw several beige colored trumpet fish too. There were little crabs scampering around the sand in the late afternoon and early mornings.

The small mountain (hill?) which i tried to climb but failed. It seemed to steep for my old and fragile slippers. I guess I should’ve tried it barefoot! I saw some pics my friends took at the peak and i got envious.

See all those people climbing up the hill? I got as far as… maybe where the person wearing the white shirt (2nd person from the bottom). haha!

Here are some pictures of the calm lake of Anawangin.

I recently had the chance to go on short trips to local places. The most recent one was last weekend to Anawangin, Zambales. My friends and I took a public bus and arrived in San Antonio at around 3am. We waited and negotiated with the local boatmen in Pundaquit and boarded the small motor boats which seats 3-4 comfortably, on a smooth; although wet, ride to Anawangin. Anawangin is a cove, with a beach of smooth sand, which glisten like white sand under the sun. The best thing about this place are the pine trees! Yes, you heard me right! The water is clean and clear. There are some trails which you can hike up to have a better view of the rest of the island and the blue sea. There’s also a small lake with clear, warm water you can wade in.

I’ll be posting some of the pics as the days pass. Hope you enjoy them!

Sunrise at Anawangin on day 1.

setting up camp

the calm beach

Happy Easter!

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted. Been a bit occupied with a lot of things and haven’t really had the chance to take any photos until lately either. I will post some of the photos I took from the newly opened Manila ocean park in the coming days. In the mean time, i chanced upon this Visual DNA widget which i think was pretty accurate and interesting at the same time.

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Photos of our camp site

More pictures of my camping trip  up Mt. Romelo, Famy Laguna

walking towards the waterfalls

Just right before the drop…

Took this shot from the top of the waterfalls. It’s a long way down! There were people rappelling down the side of the waterfalls.. they’re very brave. I happened upon this blog which documents the writer’s rappelling experience.

This photo was taken from http://flickofdaswitch.blogspot.com/

Here are some of the sights while climbing up the 2 hills to the camp site.

I took this shot while resting up the 1st hill.

We were walking on the edge of the hill on our left and this beautiful scene on our right.

We finally reached our camp beside the running river.