Flower of Banaue, Ifugao
Philippines
Weekly Photo Challenge: Path Taken
Lake Sebu Town, South Cotabato
Philippines
Weekly Photo Challenge – Ambience: Bicycle Traffic
The bicycle, or bike, is the most popular means of transportation in the world. This two-wheeled, human-powered and pedal-driven machine has provided effects on society’s culture and some methods in industrial manufacturing. In Japan, bikes are widely used by young and old of all genders and social status. They are best suited for running errands and making short trips in the city and rural areas. *Japanese bike riders are treated the same way as vehicles under Japanese Road Traffic Laws.
Most bikes are equipped with a basket and rack and an extra seat if you’re driving with a child.
In Osaka City, bikes are very common even in crowded city streets. When offices take their closing hours, bikes crowd the sidewalks and together with the human traffic they cross the streets with the pedestrians. Some buildings are provided with bicycle parking spaces. During office hours, sidewalks seem to be a lonely place to walk on.
Japan is a safe city and I really like to return for the snowfall and the cherry blossoms.
*some info from wiki*
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgia/Nature
My fond memories of these places keep me long for home. I have moments of sentimental yearning for the happiness these places gave me and I’m always trap in nostalgia looking at these. Reminiscing the joy of being in these places in the past wraps my whole being. For nostalgia’s sake, my return to Guimaras Island, Philippines is a treasured moment that I will always appreciate.
Weekly Photo Challenge : Local/Souvenir
It is something that we buy to help us remember an event, a trip, or a vacation that we bring home from places we’ve been. They are our Souvenirs.
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Photography: Beach Flags
Beach flags of Santiago White Beach in Camotes Island, Cebu adorn the wide beach front to attract more visitors. Coming to this island by sea could be easy if these flags are standing by the beach front for the visitors to easily pinpoint the beach’s direction.
Photography: Flying Saucers
Children’s playground at SM Coastal, Cebu
Tulang Diot Island, Cebu, Philippines
Still untouched by the development and growth of tourism in the country, this island is gaining the attention of domestic tourists as one of the alluring, unassuming and charming beaches in the Visayas region. A few minutes boat ride from Esperanza, Camotes Island, the white sand beach sparkles from afar. Glance at the photos and see in the cards its future as a major attraction in the region.
Landslide on the terraces
Carved out of the Ifugao hillsides in the Philippines, these rice terraces stretch like steps to the heavens which change colors during rainy and dry seasons. Some parts of these paddies are already facing erosion like the one in the picture. The center part is eroded by too much water brought about by rains. The mud walls of the terraces gave way to landslides. Considered as the Eight Wonder of the world, these terraces were built by the Ifugao tribes 2000 – 3000 years ago and still in use by the modern populace of the region.
Photography: “Now I’ve Seen the Sun”
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