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Showing posts with label Batangas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Batangas. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Parada Ng Lechon-Balayan Batangas

A Festival parade of roasted pigs in different attires, throughout the same day as Feast of St. John the Baptist. Last June 24, 2010.

Photo Credit to David Joseph Articulo

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Tagaytay-Taal Volcano

Taal is a volcano located in the active west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines . Located in Talisay and San Nicolas in Batangas. It is an island in Lake Taal, which is situated within a caldera formed by an earlier very large eruption. It is approximately 50 kilometers from the capital, Manila.
The volcano has erupted 33 times since 1572 , causing loss of life in the populated areas surrounding the lake ( 1911 - 1300 dead, 1965 - 200 dead). The recent period's most active volcano occurred between 1965 and 1977.