Foot and Fire

We took a jeep tour at Harold's Mansion to visit the placid twin lakes of Dumaguete called Balinsasayao and Danao. This is located in Sibulan town of Dumaguete. On our way from the signage below, we had an exciting roller coaster ride. The driver is such an expert and we had a four-wheel ride passing by the cliff and some almost one car at a time dirt road; most of the road we passed by is paved as a consolation. Some used habal habal or multi passenger motorcycle. Nevertheless, the experience is both breathtaking in positive sense that we have to watch coconut trees patterned in the mountains below us while the clouds dance in the skies of blue. Buth then, it was also a breathtaking experience in the sense that we were holding our breath as the jeep comes up and down in the sloping terrain. "The lakes are two small but deep crater freshwater lakes rising 1000 feet above sea level and separated by a narrow  mountain  ridge, situated in a hollow between fo...

Circling the national circumferential road of Siquijor island is literally circling. We first stopped at the Guiwanon Spring Park resort where there are tree huts fro rent overnight. One can swim in the freshwater by the mangroves too. The resort guesthouse where one can have snacks and enjoy the view of the waters is about a kilometer walk through bridge from the highway where we stopped. It was a fun experience, I must admit. Note the patterned amakan they used. It's so pretty. Stopping by the cool mangrove... The guesthouse amid the blue clear freshwaters. The mangrove... The seafloor... Ohhhh, serenity! This is one of the tree houses for rent This is just about 300m from the port. The famous church of Siquijor. At the background is the bell tower. That is the Side perspective of the church on my back and I was posing by the crotons (not sure of the spelling) plants. The bell tower rings my joy: Siquijor here I am!  Here...