TravelswithCharie

Puting Bato Cave The Battle of Balisong Hills (Ang Away sa Balisong) was fought between Capiznon Revolucionarios and Spanish soldiers in Pilar in 1887. The local fighters bravely defended their town's freedom against the Spanish troops whom they routed. Notice the white limestone surface of the karst formation. Pilar has a trove of karsts begging to be explored. Hinulugan Falls It's a challenging ride through rough roads to Hinulugan Falls. And then some. Hinulugan is a short hike through rainforest where the sound of rushing water is motivation enough to trudge on despite the humidity. There's another waterfall in the higher elevation which can be seen from the main road. Determined souls will love the challenge of scaling the mountain. "Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations." Pilar What's not to love about this land? We drove past sugar cane fields, streams, rice fields and small villages to Hinulugan Falls. It

Sunrise Waking up to this. Street Cleaners "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well'." -  Martin Luther King, Jr. Tuna "My big fish must be somewhere." Ernest Hemingway, the Old Man and the Sea Vitamin Sea   Keep calm and eat lunch. Fisherfolk “Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Poetry in Motion "If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world." Will Rogers Sunset "The day is done  and the darkness falls  from the wings of night." Henry W. Longfellow  ***** Ima