Monday, June 9, 2008

Cesar falls


On our second day in Maragusan we visited a waterfall nearby. This was our friendly guide Chris2pher.




We had to take a motorcycle to get there. That was quite a trip since we were 4 people (driver, guide, Richard & I), a stony road that goes up and down for 30 minutes, no helmets, just slippers ;) 
We had a 20 minutes walk throu "the jungle" before we reached the first step of the falls. 
I wasn't really prepared to get wet but there was no chance climbing up the falls without going throu the water. 
We carefully made one step after another because the wet stones were quite slippery. But the way down was more difficult than the way up. In the end, our efforts were worth it and as gymnast I really enjoyed the exercise!

The big falls are called Pyalitan falls. Christopher told us a story that in the 80's, an army soldier jumped down the falls to escape the NPA (New Peoples Army) and his body was found there. 
That's how these falls were actually discovered and therefore they also call them after him "Cesar falls". 

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