Half way

I'm halfway through my placement, and my! hasn't the time flown. This is of course assuming I manage to get my visa extended and don't get deported at the end of next week. Here's a collection of random images to celebrate. 

View over Laguna de Bay, to the east of Manila. This enormous lake is the remnant of a volcano crater.

Pagsanjan Falls. The final scenes of Apocalypse Now were filmed here.

Boatmen row, haul and drag tourist boats up the rapids.

Meet of the United Folding Bikers club. Stridas are very popular, Britain is known as the home of the Brompton.

Landslides on the road to Infanta.

Infanta - a narrow strip of habitable land between the mountains and the Pacific.

A visit to some badly eroded river bank protection.

This is what it should look like - the has only just been built, and has yet to see a wet season. The volcano in the background is Arayat National Park.

House abandoned after being hit by a debris flow following heavy rains two years ago.

Evening ride through Intramuros, the old heart of Manila. The horse was called Dave.

Manila Bay by night. Sinister squat building on waterfront is US Embassy.