Visit to Taal Volcano

Trip Start Nov 05, 2009
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Went for a day trip to Tagaytay City an hour and a half south of Manila. A tourist destination spot that has the vantage view of the famous Taal Volcano - considered a complex volcano because it is believed that the lake that circles the volcano was once a crater or mouth of a volcano (Wikipedia). The city was a lot cooler in temperature than Manila because of its higher elevation.

For lunch we ate at a restaurant called Kubo-Kubo (referencing to the native house of the Philippines which is a small hut made of bamboo and nipa (palm tree) leaves). You can eat either inside their restaurant or out in the gardens where you'd choose your own nipa hut to eat in. Very neat. (Photos attached). Typical Filipino food was served. Yum.

Then we hiked up to the People's Park in the Sky where there's an imitation of the Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue
Taal Lake and Taal Volcano
Taal Lake and Taal Volcano
. There we could see the full view of Taal Lake and Taal Volcano. As usual there were lots of vendors with interesting wares for sale to tourists. One interesting item I took a picture of. There's no censorship here (almost none) so it's not surprising to see what we'd consider inappropriate items displayed in public. It's quite refreshing to see actually and it's hella funny.

On the way home, you'd see lots of vendors selling fruits - lots of pineapple, mangosteens, bananas, jackfruit, Japanese and white corn, star fruit, etc. There were also furniture makers along the side of the road selling wooden furniture made from local wood materials. Very neat.


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Adam Schloesser on

Interesting "Fun wares". Food looks good.

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