Banaue-Pula-Cambulo-Batad, Philippines

V Banaue sva prišla zaradi čudovitih riževih teras in zato, da se podava na dvodnevni treking po okoliščkih vaseh. Odločila sva se za cca. 60km treking do vasi Pula (2 uri hoda po džungli do ceste), nato sva imela namen prenočiti v vasici Cambulo (kjer se je čas ustavil že nekaj let nazaj) in nato naslednji dan nadaljevati proti Batadu - amfiteatru, sestavljenem iz riževih teras, ki je pod Unescovo zaščito, Filipinci pa ga imenjujejo kar 8. čudo sveta. Plane je vodiču Elmeru in nama prekrižal tajfun, zato smo treking morali podaljšati za en dan (k sreči smo lahko čakali v varnem zavetju zidane hiše). Tajfun je bil kar uničujoč, povzročil je precej plazov in poplav. Na Filipinih sva sploh prvič doživela tajfun in upam, da ga več ne bom, je kar strašljivo, ko veter in dež palmo upogneta za 45 stopinj :) Definitvno once in a lifetime izkušnja... Aja, pa dva dni od treh naju je spet pral dež (nekako se nama to dogaja na vseh trekingih) :)

We came to Banaue to see fantasctic green rice fields and to do a two-days trekking to villages nearby. We decided to do a 60 km trekking to village namen Pula (really remote plac, it takes about 2 hours walking to reach first proper road), than sleep in the village Cambulo (where time stopped a while ago) and then continue further to Batad - an amphiteather, consisting of rice terraces, which is also under Unesco protection and Philippino people have a special name for it - they call it 8. wonder of the world. Our original plan was a bit interuppted with typhoon, which hit the North Luzon. We had to extend our stay in Cambulo, but we were lucky, cos we stayed in a concrete house, which seemed pretty save. Typhoon was quite strong, it caused a lot of land slides and floods. It was the first time for us to experience a typhoon, and i really hope it won't happen to me again. It was quite scary to watch, how the wind and the rain are bending palm tree almost to the ground...It was quite an unique and "once in a lifetime"- like experience...