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Sunday 6th, March 2011 After the trouble in getting to Batad Pouring rain Ill equipped vehicle – CRVs are not jeepneys and should never be considered for true offroading Hiking 20 mintues to the Saddle Attack of the “splats” from eating “Spaghetti Bolognaise” at Hotel Banaue We then had to actually do the hike down from the Saddle into Batad properly …

In coming to the Philippines, I had one major travel goal to achieve i.e. Get myself to Banaue and Batad. Given the description of the hike to Batad from the “Saddle” (the limit of where vehicles could go), I was quite reluctant to attempt this hike given the state of my physical condition : “A fat ass who can lift heavy …