Incredible scenery. I went on my own from Manila, took the overnight bus and didn't know what to expect and was more than pleasantly surprised. The scenery was incredible and the atmosphere was the perfect change of pace from the smog-ridden, traffic congested hellholes that are most SE Asian big cities. It was a little chilly (I went at the ...

Everyone who travels to the Mountain province must take the time to visit the Banaue (World Heritage) Rice Terraces. From Lagawe the view and the atmosphere is awesome. There are vegetable terraces with its myriad colors and the ever-present green or gold of the rice terraces. They do look like stairways to the stars...

I lived in Ifugao for 8 ...

I was just about 18 or 19 when I climbed Mt. Banaue. We heard reports that there could be some wild or vicious tribes up there, and head-hunters at that!! Well, that did not deter us from going up there, anyway! I remember my GROUP: there was Herman, our Editor-in-Chief; our Religion Editor, Linda de L---; Me, sometimes crumbling to pieces from ...