windmills of Bangui Bay

The first time I saw them, I could not help but ask myself if I'm still in the Philippines. The wind farm scenery looked like it was in some distant shores in a foreign country. But no its not. The giant wind turbines, spaced 236 meters apart, are on a 9km strip of deserted beach in Brgy. Baruyen in a sleepy town of Bangui in Ilocos Norte.

fruit bats in Monfort Bat Sanctuary

Before I visited the Monfort bat cave (officially known as Monfort Bat Conservation Park) in Samal island, I heard that the place has a large concentration of Geoffroy’s rousette fruit bats (Rousettus amplexicaudatus). "Large" turned out to be a huge understatement: the caves are packed with over a million fruit bats!

Blue Lagoon's wild beach

SEAIR's InFlight Oct-Nov 2009 issue is now out and I am very honored to be featured in the magazine's InFocus section. One of my favorite images of Cabacungan Cove in Tambobong, Dasol (Pangasinan) got selected for the feature (Thanks to Jocas See and Margie Francisco!).

Tambobong is one of my favorite destinations and I never pass up the chance to visit Cabacungan cove whenever I am there. Timing was perfect the last time I paid the cove a visit, it was low tide and the sun's going down. Went against conventional wisdom that afternoon, selected a POV on an seaweed covered ledge that runs east - the opposite of sunset. Now I'm glad I did.

Text on the page:
This image of clouds and the horizon drenched in purple pink light was taken March this year at Cabacungan Cove, Tambobong Beach in Dasol, Pangasinan. Allan Barredo waited patiently forthe sunset to light up the cumulus clouds in the east and was rewarded with this brilliant scene.

Barredo’s love of the outdoors led him to photography and starting a travel blog (http://lantaw.blogspot.com) two years ago. He shoots mostly landscapes and waterscapes. He was a contributor to the local paper Manila Bulletin’s Through a Lens, Clearly and his works had been featured in IMAG Photography magazine and Outdoor Photographer website (www.outdoorphotographer.com). -- Margie F. Francisco