mayon volcano

[stevewool]

whos been there or near it, is it worth going too see, i would love to be there and to take some great pictures but is it worth the trip and what else is near too

[Englishman2010]

I'll let you know after I've been there in Aug Steve:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

I saw it in 1992 when it was described as the worlds most perfectly symetrical composite cone,it erupted the following year and one side of the cone collapsed if I remember correctly:Erm:It was/is certainly worth going to see if your in the general area :)

[KeithD]

It's on my MUST SEE list, but I'll be visiting TAAL next time :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Englishman2010]

It's on my MUST SEE list, but I'll be visiting TAAL next time :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Taal's a nice day out Keith, we went there in Jan:xxgrinning--00xx3: A word of warning, the sea/lake crossing by boat is very choppy - YOU WILL GET WET:icon_lol: I was completely soaked. It's a fairly tough 4 or 5 KM uphill walk too, but well worth it when you get to the top. You can get a donkey ride up there, but I would rather walk it.

(if you look at my FB albums of Phil's Jan 2011 there are lots of photo's of our trip there)

[fred]

It's on my MUST SEE list, but I'll be visiting TAAL next time :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Ive seen Taal many times from high up in Tagaytay but never really fancied the trek over there..
The U.S have just advised their citizens to stay clear as the volcanoes activity has changed in the last 2 months..
Pretty sure the R.P Gov scientists have shut down the place to tourists until further notice..

[stevewool]

loved the trip we had to taal, like ian says very choppy and very wet, good job they had the plastic sheet for us,

[KeithD]

I won't be going to the cone.... the majority of people don't realise that the whole lake is the crater of a previous massive blast, and the lumps in the middle are fresh cones, more are actually underneath the water, and it is still very active. It is similar to Mono Lake in California I've visited a few times.

[keeperlit]

yes steve i was there on june 2008 and let me tell you it is beautiful,,,my brother inlaw drove us from manila to bicol and we stayed for three nights ,,it you think ben nevis is high you should see this in real life its about 8500 feet high ,,and it was a beautiful day when we arrived not a cloud in the sky and locals where saying this was unusal as the cloud base normaly sat over the top of the volcano i have one photo on my album and i'll try and get a few more uploaded,,,,oh forgot to say there was 16 of us including kids and the cost of the resort was peanuts :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

It's very impressive - couldn't go up the slopes as planned due to 4 days of torrential rain. Did get a complete view of it inc cone on the morning we flew into Legaspi

[madmitch537]

im jealous
i would love to go there i hope end of the yr as my girl wants to take me to her mothers province further up a time warp apparently
i did ask my girl if we could go last july 2010 but she looked at me and simply said you want to go there
well they were evacuating people then
i watched a tv news report about two weeks ago its still active but safe now at a distance so go for it and pics and your thoughts when you get back plse plse plse
im so jealous
mark

[grahamw48]

I was living in Angeles when Pinatubo blew its top.

An experience I would not care to repeat.

Our roof came in, and later all our stuff was looted. :bigcry:

A foot of ash covering 100's of square miles, which then (because of heavy rain) turned to a sort of liquid concrete that tin roofs were not built to support.
It also blocked all the rivers and filled all the drains up.

Moving down the rivers it demolished most of the bridges...and anything else in its way.

[Tawi2]

Mayon.

[Dedworth]

There's a zipline

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[joebloggs]

There's a zipline

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:yikes:

i'm :omg: of heights, maybe i can get the misses to go first :rolleyes:

knowing my luck i'll get stuck half way :cwm24:

[malditako]

good timing to go there steve as the locomotive train from manila to bicol test run has been successful and should be in operation soon.

[grahamw48]

Hope they're getting some new rolling stock...:)

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[stevewool]

some shinny shoes there graham

[grahamw48]

Navy-trained...by my dad. :icon_lol: