I LIKE THIS MOUNTAIN RETREAT , DE STRESS AT 1,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

AT TANAY FARM WITH LARRY DE CASTRO, GILBER FORTE, GERRY SAN JUAN  TONY DAWAL JSC AND LEONARDO

Ever since 1990 this Mountain retreat was a sanctuary for our busy mind and body, nsa bayan eto ng Tanay pero sa taas pa ng bundok ma 800 ft above sea level, dati may walang signal ang cell phone kami ay nag lagay pa ng 2 way radio base.  connected sa malibay at sa wack wack, ngayo ang gusto  ko ay spend overnight in the mountains under the clear star lit sky. 

BANANA LEAF AS PLATE, ADOBO, INIHAW NA BABOY MISO, SALTED EGGS

kulang ang isang gabi sa tanay, dapat 2 or 3 nights, i enjoy evry minute of the night pat ma friends ko

MY FRIENDS ENJOYING TWILIGHT AT THE FARM

CAMPFIRE FOR HEAT AND COFFEE

day time is good for picture taking but night time for sta gazing. young pag ka bata ko or young the 6 years old in me  ay buhay na buhay pag ako ay nasa tansy farm,

who say ate deanne cannot eat bagoong

the philippines best bagong are mae and proces at pangasinan province 170 km away from manila

these are Bagoong jars, here they ferment the shrip or fish o have a salty but tasty taste

bagoong ready to serve

ate deanne, German (Prussian ) pilipino enjoying bagoong wih an unriped Mango, she missed this philippine delicay since her chilhood days in 1962

Tanay Farm picnic may 6, 2006 ...... Daddy should have been here but he changed his mind...

This is the main tanay kitchen, it is a wood fired kitchen for bar b que and kettle cooking. we use charcoal for grill and wood chips for kettles, we have more or less 120 sacks of charcoal on stock

tita magda preparing the mangoes for everybody while everybody is waiting for their turn to try, at the foreground is ate Deanne holding a piece of mango dipping it in Bagoong

daddy tony, assisted by security guard roy, after walking the entire length of the driveway

tita lita , kuya hermies wife, arlene and may. this is the first time arlene and may saw each other after 2 years.

arlene, entertaining friends inside the kitchen at tanay

everyone should use their bare hands to eat, no plates just banana leaves, i felt so sad we should have slept here tonight and put off all lights so that i could take out my gas lamps, and transformed the place into a 1940's place

daddy tony eating the worlds best inihaw na baboy, char broiled in mango charcoal

the the photo is lumen my cook, nene sebastian, my mommy.s super alaly who is now assigned for my father day duty, after mommy die, tita magda, gaying buenavetura, a former pasay city hall employee who i ask to stay at malibay during the night , kuya hermie, my cousin, who is a close confidant of my father , mr edwin lacap, ysmael friend who is a Nazarene devotee jusst like me and jun claudio son of mama odeng, dads lawyer brother based in Los angeles, he is a former US air force an US post personel

Vespa club of the philippines visit tanay Palm Sunday 2009

this is taken in the kitchen, preparation for food before the arrivl of my guest, t the left ia a balikbayan fmily friend who helped in the food preparations

here are some of my friends who share with me the love of out doors and the clean mountain air, moonlights and starry nights,

this ia our typical picnic lunch, f inihaw na baboy, inihaw na tilapia, talong, tahong andd okra

then a long bamboo table with banana leaf is used as our table and hae boodle fight at lunch.

my guest this pam sunday at tanay farm is the vespa clubof the philippines, including insan jerry san juan and thier mecahnic "bunso"

this is bunso, vespa mechanic, naki pag hatawan sya sa isang aider 150 sa marlaque

vespa are 150 cc 2 stroke while raders ae 150 cc 4 sroke

this is when they are departing the farm for thier return home to manila

ride to tanay with friends

this is our whole goup thatday to tanay, it is the first time i use my honda 125 cc uphill ,

this is is jenny and I at tanay, withbob, imo jun josie and 50 others riding to tany in our motorcycles