Bob and Ann at Daranak falls
vegatable garden at Sierra Madre
We left at 6:00 am for our trip to Sierra Maadre resort and before we had gone one mile we had a flat tire and had to stop at a gas station for repairs. We got the tire fixed and traveled on we, got on the Marcos highway and traveled north through typical Pilipino villages. They are always interesting we had never been in this area before. We passed the RC cola bottling facility and there main offices. They sell a lot of their drinks here but I haven’t seen any of their cola drinks here they sell orange, and other flavors a lot. The view after we
view of the mountains along Marcos road
passed the little towns was beautiful all the mountains and valleys are covered with thick vegetation and trees. Suddenly we came upon an area with hundreds of little a frame shelters so we stopped to see what they were. They are where they raise fighting cocks; they are all staked down with one leg tie to a rope. It is a big business here to 
bet on cock fights they are all held on Sundays so we will never see one (not that I want to )We finely arrived at the resort Serra Madre it is quite a nice place it is very picturesque the owner is General Fajardo (retired) he was and engineer in the Pilipino army. He designed and built the whole place there is a
apartments at Sierra Maure resort
swimming pool at Sierra Madre resort
restaurant and apartments a zip line and nice places to relax and eat lunch a nice swimming pool other fun things there is a swinging bridge and a hiking trail that takes you down to beautiful water fall. He also has a huge square foot type garden area that is very interesting .We enjoyed several hours there at no charge because
swinging bridge
he is a friend of one of the missionaries that is serving as the executive sectary to the mission president. We left there and went to another water fall called Daranak falls this is a beautiful area. On the way to the falls we crossed
rock balancing at Daranak falls
a bridge over the river. The river at times is much higher than it is now and there is a young man down in the river bed stacking rocks on top of each other making them balance in different patterns it very interesting to watch him.
falls at Sierra Madre
This we found out is how he makes his living so we all gave him a nice tip. Our trip home was uneventful , but we really enjoyed the day.
robertmcphie PHILIPPINES MISSION 