Batad, Philippines

I never want to hear the word "landslide" again

After breakfast at 6am, a 60 year old village man named Yun says he'll take me for a walk along some Mountain trails. It's been pouring down heavy rains all of yesterday afternoon and night, so it's very muddy and slippery. After about an hour hike we're almost back in the village, when I...

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bennedich on October 26, 2010 from Batad, Philippines

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Getting to Batad

I arrive Banau''e'' around 5am. It's a town about 9h north of Manil''a'', in the Philippin''e'' mountai''n''s at about 3500ft. I'm determined to go to the mountai''n'' village of Bata''d'', but due to the typhoon last week, a series of landslides have closed the roads up to the...

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bennedich on October 25, 2010 from Batad, Philippines

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