02.18.10

Hidden Valley Part 3

Posted in Playing the Tourist, Uncategorized at 11:40 pm by Administrator

Before I move on from Hidden Valley, I thought I’d share a few more pics.    Aaron and I wanted to see what else was around the Valley.  I read that there was a Hidden Falls somewhere, so I wanted to see if we could reach it.  We hiked farther down and found this pool.

Then a little further down we found this large tree.

On the other side of this tree was a worn-out sign that explained that the forest was once dominated by these types of trees.  They were used for ship building, and then I couldn’t read much of the sign anymore due to the wear.

Beyond the tree we found another pool called Lover’s Pool (very secluded).

Well, okay, this picture isn’t of Lover’s Pool, but just the sign pointing to the direction.  We did see the pool, but it was just another pool, so we headed to the right in the direction of the Hidden Falls.  That wall-like thing at the bottom portion of the picture is actually part of a tree root that was right in the middle of the pathway.  We had to climb over it to continue on our trail, which looked like this.

The trail was pretty tidy and well maintained.  Granted at some places it was a little bumpy, but with all those tree roots, it’s hard to avoid that.  Some places were just narrow paved walkways with views like this,

then other spots were more manicured like these steps leading downward.

Not far from there was the Hidden Falls.  There was a man down there sweeping up and doing general maintenance there.  After I did a little slip and slide number (yep, I fell on me butt), he took our picture in front of the falls.

And just for a better look at the falls without us blocking the view. . .

And this is the view looking the opposite direction from the falls.

I did take a bit more pictures of the scenery on the walk, but you get the gist, I think.  When we got back, we still had a little time to enjoy in their gardens, so Aaron and I found a nice place to sit.  Aaron did some drawings,

and I did some knitting.

Here’s an example of some of Aaron’s drawings.  The shaded foliage sketch on the bottom of the picture was Aaron’s drawing of the little garden by the cottages.  The “sleeping” person on the top right was his rendition of me sleeping the day before, heheh.  The other faces are miscellaneous characters he’s practicing on.

At about noon we had to check out of Hidden Valley and drive back to Manila.  We got back just in time for, guess what?  Why, dinner of course!

Marlakins

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