"The light of the jewel illuminates the jewel itself." ~The Third Ancestor

July 13, 2018

MOUNTAINS AND ROADS

Sent by Iwa Mahor of Bataan


BONTOC is a second class municipality and the capital of MOUNTAIN PROVINCE. It is the historical capital of the entire Cordillera region since the inception of governance in the Cordillera. It is also home to the Bontoc Tribe, a feared war-like group of indigenous people who actively indulged in tribal wars with its neighbours up until 1930s.

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KENNON ROAD is a roadway in the Philippines connecting the mountain city of Baguio to the lowland town of Rosario. In La Union province. The project begun in 1903 and was opened for travel on January 29, 1905. It was originally called the Benguet Road and later renamed in honour of its builder, Col. Lyman Walter Vere Kennon of the US Army Corps of Engineers. For travelers coming from Manila or the provinces in the central plains of Luzon, it is the shortlist route to Baguio

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