Friday, December 24, 2010

twas the week before Christmas...

its been quite a busy week before Christmas spent at the North (no, not Pole - hehe)...

first stop, Labey- to deliver some Christmas cheer and books for the school library :) a landslide went through the town and the school of Labey last year during typhoon pepeng. they are still rebuilding a year later but it is nice to see them smiling and celebrating again :)

books were mostly donated by twinpopats and her friends :)


a makeshift classroom at Labey school while the new one still being built...


happy Christmas kids :)




next stop, a 3-day bike ride around the mountains of Benguet - with looong downhills, steeep uphills, the most beautiful views and the friendliest villages :)

resting at naguey


looking back at the view after a long and steep uphill...


resting at the top...


stopping by the river at pasdong for a swim :)


the river actually looks like the marsyangdi in nepal!


spent the night at pasdong, a village in the middle of a valley, surrounded by mountains and ricefields... and with a basketball court right in the middle of nowhere :)




beautiful view of terraces on the next morning's ride...


cheery sunflowers waiting at the top of a veeeery long and steep portion...


the view from inuman...


our home on our second night at boklaoan


view from our window...


finally at kapangan, before heading back to baguio...


so who was i with this whole week? mystery man! ha! :)