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Batad Rice Terraces, so we meet again
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 27 October 2010
Two weeks ago, while waiting for the Arthur Frommer talk to commence at the Adventure Travel Expo, I mindlessly flipped through the free official magazine while chatting with J. The magazine's contents weren't all that interesting, essentially a bunch of listings and ads that might come in handy in the future. Assuming the magazine doesn't meet its end first inside a recycling bin.
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A Few Friends in Banaue
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 13 May 2010
Tony and I met these three old Ifugao men while walking along the viewpoints outside Banaue. From left to right, Hemmiwat, Tundagyi and Thomas (no relation to me) drag their old bones up the hill every day to play music for tourists and pose for photographs in their headdresses and hand-woven loin cloths. They were so [...]
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Rice Terraces of Northern Luzon
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 11 May 2010
We just wanted to share some of the beautiful rice terraces of Northern Luzon with you guys. Often labeled the “eighth wonder of the world,” many of the 2000-year-old terrace locations have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and are generally considered the finest examples of mud and stone-walled terracing in the world. While the [...]
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The stunning rice terraces of Batad
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 25 January 2010
It’s never a nice surprise to arrive in a new town, bleary-eyed after a restless night on a bus, to find it pouring with rain. “Isn’t it supposed to be the dry season in January?” “Dry season? Ha ha. No. That doesn’t start here til March” Serves me right for trusting the Lonely Planet when it comes [...]
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