Steve Murphy Photography

Phantom 4 1/190 ISO 100. Drone has fixed aperture, f/2.8, used ND8 filter. Edit w/HDR Efex Pro tone mapping See entire gallery here . We decided to take a little holiday as the kids here had no class 8/21-22 due to Ninoy Aquino Day and also the ending of Eid. Canyon Cove was booked so we chose Pico de Loro. Sidebar: Not a good experience booking with Agoda.com. The place we booked was a condo (truthfully, just a glorified hotel room) because we had 3 adults and 2 kids, needed the room. The problem comes because these units are owned by someone and normally you deal with them. There was no passthru of information between Agoda and the owner. When we arrived, they had no idea we were coming. I did have the email confirmation and attachment on my phone but it did no good. We had to start from the beginning.  Moral of the story: In all cases, book directly with the resort rather than a booker (Agoda, Expedia, etc.). Another stop for lunch at Kainan sa Dalampasigan li...

See entire gallery here . Another quick trip to the coast, this time to Lian - which is still part of Batangas province but further south than Nasugbu ( map here ). We took Joelet's Dad along this time who showed us where to go. Basically, it was an abandoned subdivision - lots of streets and empty lots. No houses anywhere. The only structure was the "Activity Center": Also abandoned, no running water . . . but at least we had shade in which to sit. There was actually an unarmed guard on duty who followed us, fascinated with the drone. I think the best word to use to describe the area is 'bucolic'. Lots of farmland, vegetation. the odd cow and goat here and there. The beach is not one I would choose to frolic but the scenery is nice: Following this, we drove back east toward home in Balayan to the home of one of Joelet's aluminum & glass business workers. The purpose here was to find the huge solar panel farm in Calatagan. Jo ...