Batanes: Its Many Hills

i passed by on a rough road at some peak of the mountain on a motorbike.
i asked to be dropped off exactly here when i saw this.
i described it to some and they did not know what i was describing, where this is.
leslie, the artist, is painting me this view that i chose. and she is giving me the little painting for free. 

this may be common or not common of the things you saw. or maybe you saw this or maybe not. 

there is more than what you see that i saw that is tattooed in my heart.

Batanes

December 31, 2013

Nagudungan Hill, Calayan Island

great things happen to brave people. 
the more you put people down, the fiercer they become. 
they even appear more magnificent. 
they become daring and able to withstand any fight. 
fearless splendid warrior.

April 2012
Calayan Island, Babuyan Islands

Photo by Edgar Yap of eazytraveler.com 

Malaysia: In Melaka's St. Paul Ruins

Some things radiate more beauty after being ruined.

It becomes a structure stronger than it was before.

Awe-strikingly admired by many. 

As it earnestly stand still, fierce and tough. 

When broken, just keep still and be intense to live again.

March 2013

Melaka, Malaysia

Tinuy-an Falls, Surigao del Sur

The long hours of escape was a thrill.
Just to see this curtain of waters.
Just enough drop for me on a summer day.
To soothe my soul. To bring me back to life again.

On summer days when heat pains one's heart, getting wet into the waterfalls drowns all that away.

May 2013
Tinuy-an Falls, Surigao del Sur

Rice Terraces, Ifugao

This is their playground.

Lucky children.

What a wonderful place they live in.

Battad Rice Terraces, Ifugao

December 2012

Calayan Island, Babuyan Group

Intense. 

Authentic. 

Brave.

Calayan Island, Babuyan Group

April 2012

Barit Island, Babuyan Group

By the sea, existence is uncomplicated.

It is a life seemingly enclosed with skies integrating with the waters.

Enchanted, relaxed, and undemanding.

And the only thing that matters, is a wooden toy boat for a sun-blazed child.

Barit Island, Babuyan Group

May 2012