Welcome to Lake Taal where the haze is heavy and the kids were being kids! The attraction is an extinct volcano crater that has been filled over time with rain water to create the lake. And within that lake is a tiny active volcano. OK, it's not as impressive as we'd imagined, but we also didn't do the whole trip. The real experience is actually crossing the lake to that little bump behind us.
So this is what we saw. The black arrows are the extinct volcano that we drove on and walked on and saw every form of fruit stand known to man. The red arrow shows the lake that filled the volcano after what we can only assume was one heck of an eruption in ancient history. The blue arrow shows the ultimate destination, accessible only by little boat (lifejacket preferred) and a hike up the side. We haven't figured out yet how to actually reach the lake itself. Horseback? This is a definite repeat trip, with the whole enchilada.
Ian being pensive. Longing for the adventure of seeing molten lava. Or maybe he's just waiting for lunch.
Folks live all up and down the sides of the extinct volcano. Much of the volcano is covered in pineapple fields. Ever wonder how pineapples grow? Big spiky bushes, and the pineapples grow right from the top.
Jonathon looking less than pleased. Yeah, like HE had to walk the whole path! I missed a great photo opportunity when crossing a bridge. A sign read something along the lines of "Future Project to be Completed. Waterfall" Perhaps the current way down is on horseback but future plans have folks renting inner tubes and just jettisoning themselves down to the lakeshore.
After our little hike, this man earned himself some P simply by entertaining the kids for a bit. We didn't purchase any of the the fluffy marionettes (even at P30 each), they'd have snapped and twisted strings before we reached the car.
Off to the honeybee farm, Ilog Maria. Nicholas fell asleep on the way, but he didn't miss all the fun.
Boxes of bees. Loads of bees. Bees everywhere. Bees, bees and more bees.
Bee jam. Move over! We learned more about bees, beekeeping, products from bee spit and found the queen bee.
