Wednesday, 21 May 2014

The Cordillera Panorama

Images of the Cordillera in 2014.
Bayyo

A landslide on the Bekkel-Shilan Road north of Lamut.

Trekkers from Camp 6 to Kabuyao.

Arak Cliff on the Mainit Road.

Mainit Road.

Balitian bridge at the junction on the Chico river.


Guina-ang

The Chico river in Bontoc

The Mt Data plateau has been cultivated for generations now, but it was once a mossy montane rainforest. These vegetable farms, at 2300m above the sea, would have to be amongst the highest in the Philippines. The highest and best use is for National Park - NOT.

Sinto, Mt Data

La Trinidad from the hills west of Longlong.

In the foregound is Dalican Road, and in the background the road to Sagada and Besao.

Just a shot out at the corral towards Lower Wangal.

Loakan runway
A mini-geyser in Mainit

In Mainit, when the roosters crow at the break of dawn.

Guina-ang from the southeasterly direction

Kabuyao transmission towers

Bayyo

Lion's Head, Kennon Road. Camp 6, Tuba.

Campers below Kabuyao

Paktil ravine/ Mt Data cliff

Hang-gliding from Chata plateau in Bontoc

The hills above Lubas east of La Trinidad
Mt Yangbew

And above Tawang where a mountain goat is sometimes silhouetted in the sky lang.

Samoki

Ricefields in Sagada

Ricefields in Guina-ang

Ricefields in Bontoc

Paktil Cliff

Abatan, Buguias

Alab

Somewhere between Lamut and Lubas,
there's a window where you can see Sto Tomas.

Bridge over troubled Chico waters

Bontoc

Guina-ang

Mt Kalawitan and Mt Amuyao viewed from Mt Data

Dapdapanan and Kiltepan from the Mainit Road

Talampas ng Bontoc - Chata.

Chak-kang, Chonglian-Guina-ang

Dalican


La Trinidad from Quirino Hill

Upper Dalican

Looking southeast over parts of Tuba from StoTomas

Looking north from a hill near Kallugong in La Trinidad

Looking at Mt Tabayoc and Mt Pulag from Mt Data

Baguio from Ambiong, La Trinidad


La Trinidad from Talinguroy

Abatan from Mt Data

A bare-looking salad bowl.
The winds began to howl...
I got out of there before the hooting from the scops owl.