Uploads from lagal[og], tagged travel, with geodata

valugan

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:21:26 -0700

lagal[og] posted a photo:

monotone rendering of batanes valugan bay

corregidor - night hospital tour

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:23:56 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

tried a capture of the morgue at the ground floor of the old hospital sans flash and came up with a ghostly image. as if the place alone doesn't give you the shivers.

corregidor - macarthur wave

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:23:56 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

what's a corregidor visit without gen. macarthur? here's my take on the great general.

corregidor - night tour vandalism

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:23:56 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

either vandals make their stab at immortality on these old walls or these are remnants of post-war inhabitants who may have passed on, outlived by their writings on the wall

corregidor - la dorcha dock broken

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:23:56 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

rewind to world war II: this is lorcha dock, where gen. douglas macarthur boarded on the u-boat enroute to zamboanga to escape pursuing japanese invaders, is a poetic monument to the war, broken and in pieces but unyielding to age and the elements

corregidor - night malinta tunnel tour silent diorama 2

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:36 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

no light and sound show during the night. only the beams of flashlights and footfalls and whispers suffice.

corregidor - night malinta tour prep

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:35 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

our motley group don hard hats and carry flashlights before entering the darkness of malinta tunnel

corregidor - south dock junk

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:35 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

while the north dock that faces the south china sea remains clean and pristine, the south dock is the unfortunate recipient of junk thrown by irresponsible residents of cavite, manila bay, mariveles, malabon and navotas. an eyesore in what could've been a very beautiful island.

corregidor - night malinta tunnel tour lateral

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:36 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

what lies beyond the halls that the powerful flashlight beams can't reach? come closer to find out. if you dare.

corregidor - sunset at battery grubbs

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:35 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

sunset at battery grubbs turned out to be a bit wimpy but sunset watchers like me are no less enamored. speck in the distance is the tiny island of la monja (the nun)

corregidor - lateral 15

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:42:09 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

the shapes created by the lights confound the imagination and makes one think of a hundred and one scary possibilities. welcome to malinta tunnel after dark

corregidor - south dock view

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:44:49 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

guests are treated to this scene as they board off the ferry at the south dock, blue skies with wisps of clouds, clear water, clean beach, except that it's not your typical beachfront at all

batanes fresh catch

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:21:26 -0700

lagal[og] posted a photo:

monotone rendering of batanes fresh fishes

songsong--bw

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:21:26 -0700

lagal[og] posted a photo:

monotone rendering of batanes songsong ruins

corregidor - night malinta tunnel tour lateral 2

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:35 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

without the benefit of electric lights, the laterals assume an eerie appearance, like something out of the twilight zone

corregidor - night tour malinta tunnel bryan

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:42:09 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

bryan, our able guide, explains where the air draft is coming from -- a vent in one of the northside laterals. unfortunately, it's where thieves have broken in in the past

corregidor - malinta tunnel silent diorama

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:42:09 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

the dioramas are silent in the darkness, truly a theater of eeriness.

corregidor - south dock & grey skies

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:44:50 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

by sunday, the sky turned overcast in contrast to saturday's blues. it's no less dramatic though. capture taken as the ferry left corregidor for manila

corregidor - malinta tunnel silip

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:42:09 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

our guides, jemlu & bryan, take us to the corridors and hallways one miss during the daytour

corregidor - malinta tunnel into the darkness

nobody@flickr.com (lagal[og]) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:44:49 -0800

lagal[og] posted a photo:

descend into the pitch black darkness of the tunnels connecting the laterals, into the seldom seen portions of malinta tunnel