This week, we have continued our coastal survey of Babatngon. I thought I'd let some of my favorite pictures speak for themselves.
The stacks of cut and split mangroves wait at the port to be taken by small boat to the market in Babatngon to be sold for 20 pesos per bundle. About 70 percent of people in Babatngon still cook over wood fire, outside their small nipa houses. Although it hurts the environment and natural filtering that mangroves do, it's a better alternative than burning old tires and cartons to cook over, which is often the case.
We do our best, collecting small samples of seagrass and mangroves, so that we can compare them to old dichotomous keys and make fairly accurate identification of the species.
The sun splatters on the water like paint on canvas, when it's sunny, a raw heat stings the skin, and when it rains, a raw battery of cool raindrops stings the senses.
A gorgeous frog we found while trekking up in the mountains one day. The mountains are surprisingly pristine in some areas. The only reason natural areas have not been exploited in some areas is due to folklore of witches in the mountains and deep waters. We didn't see a soul on our hour-long hike.
1 comment:
Love your blog Peter! Hope you and Selena are doing well. I know there have been difficult times but it looks like you are doing some pretty significant work. Do you think the streams and rivers will be reclaimed?
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