A Tale of Twist- Ifugao Tribe In Philippines

I have been scanning my photos and trying to get a better picture of the look like Ifugao Tribe person for long but could not locate.This photo was taken when we were returning from our day tour to the Mysterious Sagada caves.It had just started raining and since the driver of our 4 wheeler had spent  a quite good amount of time washing his vehicle in the road side stream we were rushing back.That was the time when I saw this old man walking along the roadside in down hill.

May be he has sensed that rain is going to come and was walking fast.I requested the driver to stop and dashed out.I took some photos of him and he literally posed holding his sickle and a sharp spear.My daughter joined and the took some more snaps.

UNESCO:World Heritage Rice Terraces of Batad

The Philippines is hit by an average of 15 typhoons every year. I can see vast rice fields submerged in flood waters after the typhoon has passed. Crops ready for harvesting are gone in one night but the country is blessed with mountains and the hardworking people plant rice crops in the mountain slopes.

We took a tricycle from Banaue to reach a place where a big landslide has occurred the previous day. Man and machines were working to clear the mud but will take more time. We climbed the mud holding our