Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Creatures

I spotted this spider hanging out in a Guava tree while in Pampanga and the Bird was in a back yard we walked through.The bird wanted to attack anyone who came within striking distance but he was tied at the leg,..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

More Manila / Malate

Looking out of the back of a Jeepni,at a swarm of Jeepni..
A view of Remedios Church built in the 1500's.


Many sidecars all in a row..

Monday, May 28, 2007

Mall of Asia



We went,we saw,,we even shopped,, that's our story and were stickin to it..The Mall of Asia is in Manila and its very large,lots of shops from all over the world,great art galleries,many choices of eats to choose from,,and the latest in technology in the gadget area..

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tagaytay/Taal Valcano


So for todays adventure some friends took me to Tagaytay to the Taal Volcano its actually a volcano inside of a volcano,we drove for a couple hours then took a boat to the island and then hiked for an hour to the top.It was an incredible view from up top,all the jungle below us and the lake water dancing in the distance.

( a smaller lake inside of the volcano )

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Bonsai Garden



Went to the U.P(University of the Philippines) to see the Bonsai Garden,it was spectacular so many native plants and tree's done Bonsai,while there I got to meet the Prof. of the Botany dep.at U.P. and talk about his work,he takes care of the garden 7 day's a week,he even gave me some seed's to bring back to start some new Bonsai for my collection.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Subic Bay/Ocean Adventure





Also in Subic Bay we went to Ocean Adventure the philippines answer to Sea World,its a great place to see lots of ocean going animals and see the Whale and Dolphin show.

Subic Bay/Animal Safari




Took a day trip to Subic Bay the old American Naval base.We went to Zoobic animal safari and saw all kinds of tasty looking animals but they would not serve them to us for lunch no matter how much we asked,,O well.