Ignore the last post. I was better 5 minutes after I hit ‘publish’. I only needed to switch on my isolation button and play one angry mp3. So, moving on.

I love this pic. This was taken at Busay Falls, one of the first places we went to. It started raining while we were posing for the pic. It was one of those fun, candid moments.

During the course of the trip, we stayed in Tabaco City, Albay, the place where our host’s family hails from, her mother generously providing the hotel accomodation. Mayon Volcano was visible from the hotel but it was almost always covered by clouds. She showed herself only on the morning of our second day. I later learned that Mayon came from ‘magayon’, which meant maganda or beautiful.

On our first day, we rented a van and went sight-seeing. After Busay falls, we went to the Cagsawa ruins, the famous church tower that survived the eruption of Mayon Volcano in 1814 and the place that appears in the only video played by the karaoke machine in WestWind.
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