November 3, 2007

I Surrender




A gang of four high school friends met a trio of weary urbanites from Sta. Mesa at a weekend retreat.

A girl named Marimar, 11, hapilly sold stuff from Sprite to Generoso, to coffee laced with brown sugar.

Hot mami noodles eaten straight from the pan.

Booze, spicy crackers and a squid pulutan bar-b-qued over a thing called "bampayr."

Ants made a feast on us as we danced half-naked for our bath in the dark.

Fireflies raged silent as stars waxed poetic in midnight black, dragonlfly wings gleamed with pinprick sparks. A butterfly too - with its damaged flaps - appeared to be drunk as it suck something from a blue-green lighter thing.

Although this piece of paradise, tucked in a private property somewhere in the bowels of Sierra Madre, was called "Engkantasya," or even "Encantadia," no fairies nor lady warriors in slick costumes were seen, only mortal beings like us were heard as we seek refuge from the stress of city-living and recuperation from life's misgivings.

But certainly, having the water of Batlag in Tanay, Rizal fall onto your body is already an enchanting experience.

October 12-13, 2007

24 comments:

Brenell John said...

nice place san po toh?

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

Batlag Falls sa Tanay, Rizal... nasa taas lang siya ng Daranak Falls...

So kung pupunta ka dun, you actually have two options. Sama mo na lang ako hehe :-)

Jing Lo Puertollano said...

nice photos of a nice place. =)
one ride lang ba ito from our part of the boondocks?

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

From Shopwise it'll take two: a jeepney ride to Tanay poblacion and then hire a trike naman papunta sa area ng falls.

Pero base sa eperience, binaba lang kami ng trike sa highway, paid the driver more than a hundred bucks, and then we walked 2.5 kilometers into the mountain hanggang makarating sa falls. Ok na rin ang paglalakad kasi steep at loose stones yung nasa dulo ng daan. Played safe yung tricycle driver.

My friends and I had fun na rin walking to see more and hearing the waterfalls getting louder little by little was great.

Jing Lo Puertollano said...

adventure! ang saya saya! masubukan nga one of these days (i hope). thanks for the info.

Jing Lo Puertollano said...

same route din ba ang daranak falls?

rainier eric alejandro delos reyes said...

isa ka nang ganap na pornstar! hehe

Nathaniel B said...

uy punta tayo!

Lael Alberto said...

sensual ang potah!!! ahhehhehehe...

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

Yup pareho lang.

Unang madadaanan ang Daranak Falls (pay entrance fee).

Then akyat ng konti pa ng bundok para makarating sa Batlag Falls naman (which is a private property of an influential clan in Cainta) then bayad uli ng entrance fee.

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

pasado na bang maging talent on-cam? hihihi x_x

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

Sige bah! Ok ang tubig sa Daranak, hindi gaya ng sa Majayjay na sooooobrang lameeeeeg.

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

May choice ka pa kung gusto mo ng malalim or mababaw na parang tampisawan lang ng mga pato heheheeh XD may free use of salbabida po pala sa Batlag falls.

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

Coming of age? lolz

qwer ty said...

nice package. ^_^

EDWIN RAPANUT said...

what place is this?

Mark Lester Cayabyab said...

Batlag falls, in Tanay, Rizal. The more popular Daranak falls is just a few meters away.

juan paolo fernandez said...

oble!?

juan paolo fernandez said...

shopping will be like this if henry wasnt born in china!
primival!

irene bautista said...

nice place.i hope i can go there too.

irene bautista said...

nice place.i hope i can go there too.

irene bautista said...

i saw Edwin Apable again.is he one of your friend?

kathleen balbarona said...

huwaw...pornstar...wahh..takip mata ako..=)

gabriel rafael said...

so cute... so sexy.... like u...