My Best Panoramic Shots this Summer 2013

Ever since I learned how to use the so called panoramic option/mode in my Samsung digital camera, I could not help using the mode to capture the best scenic spots in the Philippines. It started while I was hiking at Mt. Batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas. I used the panoramic shot as my cover photo for my facebook account. And from then on, I continued capturing the majestic views in  the Philippines! 

Sunset at Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, Burgos, Ilocos Norte

Sunrise at the Candaba Swamp, Pampanga

Anawangin Cove, San Antonio, Zambales

Patar Beach, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Daraga Church, Albay

Pahiyas Festival, Lucban, Quezon

Cagsawa Ruins, Albay

Potipot Island, Uacon, Candelaria, Zambales

Uacon Beach, Candelaria, Zambales

Candaba Swamp, Pampanga

Crocodile Island, Palaui Island, Cagayan

It's Really More Fun in the Philippines!

Lighthouses that I have visited in the Philippines

The Philippines has the fifth longest coastline in the world!

With more than 5, 000 nautical miles of coasting routes and tortuous channels regularly navigated by  ships plying in the Philippine territorial waters, modern navigational aids is a must to guide the ships against the treacherous reefs and shoals. But before the modern aids, one of the traditional navigational aids is the lighthouse which serves as sentinels of the ships in the sea.

In the Philippines, there are more than 30 lighthouses and so far I have visited only 12 of them.

And these are the lighthouses that  I have visited...

Basco Lighthouse in Naidi Hills, Basco, Batanes (2003) 66ft.

Cape Santiago Lighthouse in Calatagan, Batangas (1890) 51 ft.

Mahatao Lighthouse in Mahatao, Batanes (2004) more than 27 feet

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse in Bolinao, Pangasinan (1906) 101 ft.

Cape Engano in Palaui Island, Sta. Ana, Cagayan (1893) 47 ft.

Cape Capones Lighthouse in San Antonio, Zambales (1890) 65 ft.

Guisi Lighthouse in Barangay Dolores, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras  

Cape Bojeador Lighthouse in Burgos, Ilocos Norte (1892) 66 ft.

Sabtang Lighthouse in Sabtang Island, Batanes (recent)

Anilao Beach Lighthouse in Anilao, Batangas
(recent)

Malabriga Lighthouse in Brgy. Malabriga, Lobo, Batangas (1896)

Lighthouse in Tanay, Rizal

And the smallest lighthouse in Sabtang Island, Batanes.

Apo Reef Lighthouse
Apo Reef. Sablayan, Occidental MIndoro





























Gigantes Lighthouse, Gigante North, Carles, iloilo

It is my goal to visit at least half of the lighthouses in the Philippines.


My next target are the lighthouses in Liloan, Cebu, and Capul, Samar, and Mindoro.

It's Really More Fun 

Seeing the Lighthouses in the Philippines!