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| The Generous Banana Picker |
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| Stir-crazy kids at a roadside fruit stand |
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| About as close as we got to Taal Volcano |
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| A coconut tree along the drive |
We were all feeling a bit restless so we decided to take a day road trip to Tagatay, a town made famous by Taal Volcano. Our plan was to take a boat to the volcano and hike to the top. It's the middle of rainy season so it came as no surprise when we woke to rain and lots of it. We decided to go anyway. We picked up a rental mini-van nearby and were off. The drive through the jungle was beautiful and we pulled over to talk to banana pickers where I met an intelligent, almost toothless man who spoke very good English. He let me take his picture and insisted on giving us a whole bunch of bananas as a gift.
The skies started to clear as we began the descent down a steep, winding road to the lake shore, but as we parked the storm rolled across the lake and white caps grew as we stood on the beach watching. Our captain regretfully informed us that all boats were cancelled for the day. He seemed as disappointed to lose his only customers for the day but cheered up when we offered him the remaining bananas. We drove around the lake trying to find some brave (or naive) soul who would agree to take us out but they were all privy to the same information. The rains began coming down in sheets so we headed home, stopping at some amazing fruit stands on the way. The kids were still stir-crazy when we got back but at least we had an amazingly scenic drive!
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