Known for its pottery, Barangay Bila is expanding and evolving. Aside from making pots, they are in production of souvenir items made of clay like ashtrays and miniature potteries. To add, they are venturing and pioneering in the region in the production of local ceramic water filters
Located at Barangay Bila, it is a small rice terraces when compared to the other nearby rice terraces.
The “Kalimbatawa Eco-Park” is a wide open ground (grass covered) good for outdoor activities and events which reminds me of Burnham Park’s Melvin Jones grandstand’s grounds, only that the former has a rolling hills feature. At the park’s outskirts were forests wherein picnic tables underneath some of the trees were provided.
Another site worth hiking for is Toktok Al-lan. This is actually a big boulder which sits on the slope of a pine-covered mountain. Legends say that Al-lan was a cruel giant. Because of that, Kabunian (Igorot god) turned him into a rock. From a distance, the rock resembles the head of an ape.
Bauko is home to some sacred burial caves. One of which is Layaan Burial Cave, found in barangay Poblacion. From the Abatan-Bagnen road, it takes around 45 minutes of hike to get here. The cave contains three jars and 39 wooden coffins. The locals believe that it was the burial ground of the offspring of Padoka and Adian.
The towering mountains of Bauko, Mountain Province naturally created many waterfalls.
The most popular of these is Paradise Falls. Hidden deep in the pine forests of barangay Monamon Norte, Paradise Falls takes at least two hours of hike to reach. You might be wondering why it’s called “Paradise Falls”? Well, that’s because once you’re there, you would feel like you are in paradise. Paradise Falls is actually-three layered. Collectively, it measures around 40 meters high. It has small and shallow pools. It’s crystal-clear and icy-cold waters emanate from pine and mossy forests upstream.
Whoever said that one mountain is just like any other clearly does not know what he’s talking about. Or hasn’t gone to more than one mountain. Simple as that. I love how, despite experiencing something that is seemingly ordinary, we are still somehow given a surprise. It’s like the Creator is telling us, “So you think you’ve seen everything, huh? You think you’ve experienced the best and the finest. Well, I have a lot of aces up my sleeves to show you yet.” To which, I could only say, “that is one looooong sleeve you got there. BRING IT.” One of those aces, it turns out, is called Mt. Polis
“It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you.”
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