Picture of the moment:- Floating Tax collection office.
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The Pagsanjan waterfall in Laguna Bay area in Philippines is protected by environment department. All the boats that go there have to pay a tax. And what better way to keep a tab on their traffic than to have a floating office ?

The tax

Don’t miss this video if you really want to enjoy the real feel of rowing.
As I said earlier Rowing to Pagsanjan waterfalls at Laguna bay is much more fun than standing under it.
Just to give you a background, it was a rainy, cloudy day with sudden burst of showers every now & then. Not at all a good day for camera. But whenever it was possible, I took it out. You can see droplets on camera lens though I kept wiping it. Not a good habit.
Our canoe was attached to …

Read here about the trip experience.
1) Pagsanjan is pronounced as Pag-san-nyan.
2) The name of the river is Magdapio.
3) The stretch is of 6 KMs before we reach the falls. First 4KMs are done by a motorized canoe and then the boatmen (they are called banceros) take over and paddle the canoe against the powerful flow.
4) There are at least 10 sets of rapids in last 2 KMs.

Some people under the waterfall.
5) There are around 980 boats with

I must say rowing to Pagsanjan (pronounced as Pag-san-nyan) waterfalls at Laguna bay was much more fun than standing under it. Here is my take.
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“Gentleman first, please” I almost lost my control on those steps to the river. Till now I had always heard “Ladies first” and it has been well programmed into my system so when I heard these words while going down to sit on the boat, it took me off guard.
Okay, I let V to be the guinea pig this time. …