I love taking snapshots of the landscape or cityscape from our place in Antipolo. There are at least 3 places where you can still get a free view of the surrounding areas including cityscapes of Metro Manila. On a clear day, you can see Laguna de Bai and all the way to Tagaytay. Beyond Metro Manila would be the mountains of Bataan including Mt. Natib and Mt. Samat. A somewhat rare siting for us these days is Mt. Arayat. So one afternoon I was pleasantly surprised to catch this extinct volcano in Pampanga province.
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| Distant Mt. Arayat during the sunset - the white obelisk-shaped object in the middle of the photo is actually a bell-tower of a nearby convent. |
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| Mt. Arayat is somewhat a lonely mountain. I have been to Arayat town and there are many cultivated lands on the slopes of the volcano itself. It is probably due to the rich soils that people here have benefited from their crops that include many vegetable and fruit varieties. |
There used to be another, even nicer view of Mt. Arayat but then a house was built that had something like an observation deck that now blocks the view. I will try to find an old photo of that view and share it here.
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