Filipinos are very resourceful in using recycled material for every need, Here the local blacksmith creates Bolo knives from discarded car leaf springs. Each knife sells from 120PHP to 200PHP depending on length.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Nepa Hut
Nepa Hut leaves are used to create roofs for huts that are found on this tropical island and through out the Philippines. This women can make over 100 bundles of leaves in a 8 hour day, weaving the leaves together to create parts of the roof material.
Hanging Bridge
The same bamboo bridge with a surreal affect added. Tourist go back the way they came but make sure that they do a few at a time as the bridge moves with every step. Making it a good adventure unless you have vertigo.
Hanging Bamboo bridge
Across the upper part of the Loboc River in Bohol is a hanging bamboo bridge that is a major tourist attraction. This bridge hangs approxiamately 20 meters abive and sways back and forth as you walk across.
Chocolate Hills
One of the most spectacular sights of the island of Bohol are the hills in a province called Carmen. During the summers, the dome-shaped grass covered limestone hills dry up and turn brown, transforming the area into seemingly endless rows of chocolate “kisses, thus the name Chocolate HIlls. There are 1200 mof these hills that stretch as far as the eye can see.
Tarsier Monkeys
Over the thanksgiving holiday this past yer I spent time on the island of Bohol which is about 90 minutes south of Cebu by Ocean Jet Ferry. On this island they have the smallest primate in existance. Would you believe that the tarsier, measuring 4 to 5 inches and a tail longer than its body, can easily fit snugly in the human hand and is 36 million years old? It is limited tot the forest pockets in Bohol and having the status of an endangered species, the tarsier has generated substantial interest.
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