Picture Perfect Theme: Fragile
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Lake Agko … A steaming blue lake where hot and cold springs converge at an elevation of 3,937 feet above sea level. It is one of the jump – off points when climbing the Majestic Mt. Apo (9,692 ft asl), the highest mountain in the Philippines. The mountain is home to over 270 bird species, with more than a hundred that are endemic. An indigenous people’s tribe live in the area and the whole park was declared a National Conservation Park and a part of it was declared with Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim…
(date of taken: 04/19/2008; camera: Canon PowerShot A520)
The “boiling – mud” Lake is complemented with a splendid display of mist and natural steams gushing out from sulfur craters. Giant Ferns, Wild flowers and orchids can also be found in its serene forests, which was disturbed by the reverberating blare of the Philippine National Oil Company's (PNOC) geothermal plant operating in the area a few hundred meters away and the loud shouts, laughter and merry making of mass of tourists visiting the “Natural Spa Resort” developed by the Provincial Government…
Feeling the strong very warm spirit of the lake and hearing the buzz of the geothermal plant and the people’s merry making coupled with the tribes people’s gathering of the mud and selling “mud packs” to tourists, gives you an intense feeling of...
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