The Pinay Solo Backpacker

Aside from secluded white sand beaches,  I’m a freak of  ruins of  old cities and historical places.  Blame it  on my background in anthropology (and amateur archeology) I guess.  And  since all these years I have failed to practice my degree and I’m missing the field school a lot, I try to visit historical places, immerse in indigenous culture or simply practice the charm of the social scientist on my journeys.

The  ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya was  hailed a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1991, the Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767 until it was invaded by the Burmese.   This was once known to be one of the richest city in Asia if not in the world. (more…)

It was a boring Sunday,so I head to Cubao for a walk. Its been years since I have last been to Cubao. I ended up shopping at Gateway for gifts. I used to pass by there everyday. Then I saw the FX’s lined up to Montalban, Rizal and decided to hop in.  I have always had an itch to visit Montalban (now Rodriguez) and see the historical Wawa Dam and Montalban Gorge. I got down from the nearest stop at San Rafael and took another jeep to Wawa Dam.

this is the jeepney stop at San Rafael

It took  about 20 minutes before I reached the jump-off point. Which is easy to recognize because there’s too many vehicles parked along the road.  Not too far from the dam is a hanging bridge leading to a small sitio. (more…)