1. This aerial photo is best seen in its original file ( Email Archie and ask for it ). It is quite a high rez graphic. The 3 photos that went with the batch took me 2 hours to download. But then, I am still on dial up, while most of you are already in broadband which would take just a few minutes to do, probably..After receiving the file, use Paint to open it and voila! You will see features that you would not dream of seeing! And in color too, plus the details are so sharp. ( No wonder it took my PC 2 hours to download )..Paint is common in every PC it has been there since the days of 386, before Pentium was invented. Or you can use whatever graphics viewer you might have in your PC..
This was taken most probably during the dry season when the fields are parched and harvest has been done. But near Malasiqui is a green area, like a forest..MAYBE, JUST MAYBE this is the original site of CABARUAN that notorious place in Pangasinan which is the hiding place of the GAURDIAS de HONOR ( Check my story on the GUARDIAS in the JOURNAL ASINGANCOM ).. There are bits of low clouds like cotton candy and some green areas..Anyway, check this aerial map out and you will discover features which you know exist, esp. if you have been going around Pangasinan frequently as a salesman or bus driver..By the way, this shot was taken at about 50 miles up the air..
2. This is the aerial view of San Roque Dam..When I was younger we visited San Roque Dam ( we simply called it DAM before, no offense intended )..It was not still technologically improved before so there are few people, the surrounding view especially in the morning was EXQUISITE. The rolling hills all around, the sound of the murmuring river, the plants and flowers. We hiked a bit upstream via a trail and then we went up a hill side thru a steep path which is actually a sharply inclined face of the hill. As we were going up, the first person climbing encountered a nest of ABOOS ( red ants ) and he suffered several ant stings. Although we felt sorry for the guy, we were nevertheless grateful to him because he cleared the path for us and the rest of the way was a breeze! Up there, we saw a better view of the river, the DAM a clear cloudless sky. Up further I heard was a banana plantation manged by some IGOROTS. Somebody else told me that it is possible to hike up to Baguio City from here, but that would be literally going a BIT TOO FAR! We stayed inthat ledge an hour or so enjoying the view and swapping funny stories. Felt sad when we left. Then we discovered there was another trail going down along the edge of the hill. It went down, down to the Dam facilities. didnt have to use the ant infested trail we took the first time.
Of course, we went there several times. Along the river edge are several women panning the sand for bits of gold. They say in an afternoon, they could get a few grams which they sold to local dentists. At that time, gold teeth were still a fad! In another instance, we saw a young woman taking a bath there, in her BIRTH DAY SUIT! But one of the women there said she was retarded so she had no inhibitions. But she was a bit pretty. Some boys in our group took sneak peeks at her silently. Can't blame them!
We stopped going to the DAM years later when a boy nearly fell off from the top of the Dam to a sure death at the concrete pavement below. Even now, my heart still pounds when I recall the incident. From then on, no more group trips to the DAM!!
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We should thank Archie for these photos...
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