Baslay hot springs

Wow! What a great place,Anyone who comes to Negros should visit baslay hot sulphur springs,its a long way down the 350 steps and even longer on the way up!!! But it worth all the effort.
Anyway four of us went for the day and had a great day there just relaxing in the hot smelly water hehe. Also we took some great pics and i explored the outer reaches of the rainforest,i have always wanted to visit a rainforest and all around Mt Tallinis is rainforest and it is the highest peak in southern negros.Was offered a guide to take us to the top and camp one night next to the lake so this is on the agenda sometime soon :)

After this place was destroyed by tropical storm sendong in December 17 2011 it is now up and running again to an extent, the piping is not fixed very well for the cold water but you can drop the black cold water pipe into the pool to cool it down to the required temps. Also the path from the bottom of the steps has never been replaced but it's not difficult to cross the small river and walk up to the pools. The nippa cottages are also all collapsed due to lack of maintenance but I'm siure someone soon will renovate one or two of them.

Staying in a Filipino house!!

Well i got to stay in a filipina house the other evening and a pleasant experience it was except the very cold shower outside with a bucket in the morning hehe,and was much to everyones amusement!!!! Also no toilet at all,so bushes had to do!!!!!
What a different lifestyle we have in western europe and i think we should all appreciate it more than we do as alot of people here have nothing and live for the day only! We seem to take everything for granted and we are never hungry,it must really piss of the filipino's us western people coming here with money and all our flash cars and toys.............
Anyway i have settled in my new home and all seems to be going well so far,still struggling with the heat a little and taking around 3 showers a day,(cold one's)who needs hot water here hehe!!!
Seems like i am always busy as there is always something to do or places to visit,hopefully leah is settling in ok aswell,she still insists on cleaning the house everyday and handwashing if she can get away with it hehe......

just pics.

Got here at last.

I arrived in the phils on the 6th july 2011 and so far everything is ok,no where permanent to live yet but looking for a place to rent for a while. Have got my self some transport in the form of a mitsubishi strada 08 model and great to drive,it was terrifying to start with driving but getting used to it now,all you got to remember is they come from all directions and at night alot of the motorcycles have no lights grrrr and some of the sights you see hehe. Everyone seems to drive along the center line of the road and seems to be wiil practised here that if you have a bike you take all mirrors off!!!!!