High Altitude Cities and the Coldest Places

[habagatcentral1]

Originally Posted by Risk Taker

oh there you are, thanks ...have you been there Bern? i heard the colder climate is the reason why this place is the vegie capital of panay.

Never been there. Hopefully I did but I've been to the other end of Bucari Road in Leon....San Remegio, Antique and I was already at the foothils of Mount Napulak (Nipple Mountain).

[Risk Taker]

oh ok thanks for the reply

[smokingunmanila]

My lola lived next town named San Miguel..I frequent Leon during my high school days because 1 of my classmate lives there... never went to the mountains because during those times...It was infested with NPA...nakaka takot..pero ngayon ata wala na...pero sabi nga nila..malamig daw dun sa bundok....maraming carrots, baguio beans etc...

[BYAHILO]

its in Bucari, Leon.

the landscape is somewhat similiar to the Cordilleras.

Negros Occidental's equivalent of the cordillera is the town of Don Salvador Benedicto. There are waterfalls, and terraces around the town, and the temp is much lower than the ones in Bacolod. they also grow veggies, flowers and strawbewrries in DSB. but their strawberries are much smaller than the ones in La Trinidad.
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neways the coldest place i have been to is Atok, Benguet. we were actually ot supposed to be there, but our car conked out, and its getting dark already so we decided to spend a night there. I was a bit surprised when the lady who ows the house where we slept just leave her veggies, chicken and pork in the dining table and not at the fridge. twas very very cold there. much colder than baguio. so cold that we need to heat water just to brush our teeth.

[smokingunmanila]

Originally Posted by ericd001

its in Bucari, Leon.

the landscape is somewhat similiar to the Cordilleras.

Negros Occidental's equivalent of the cordillera is the town of Don Salvador Benedicto. There are waterfalls, and terraces around the town, and the temp is much lower than the ones in Bacolod. they also grow veggies, flowers and strawbewrries in DSB. but their strawberries are much smaller than the ones in La Trinidad.
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neways the coldest place i have been to is Atok, Benguet. we were actually ot supposed to be there, but our car conked out, and its getting dark already so we decided to spend a night there. I was a bit surprised when the lady who ows the house where we slept just leave her veggies, chicken and pork in the dining table and not at the fridge. twas very very cold there. much colder than baguio. so cold that we need to heat water just to brush our teeth.

gano kalayo ito from baguio? may hotels ba dito?

[BYAHILO]

Originally Posted by smokingunmanila

gano kalayo ito from baguio? may hotels ba dito?

walang hotel dun.. transient house lng kmi, buti na nga lang meron...

nothing to explore really in Atok, most of its lands are cultivated for high value crops/veggies.

pero nung na stranded kmi dun, their vice mayor was so accomodating that she even offered a room in the minucupal hall for a sleepover pag di kmi naka hanap ng room. i think its around 3-4 hours from baguio.

til now di ko pa rin makaka limutan yung address na tinulugan namin.

its the transient haus a few meters away from the municipal hall. Address nya is Sayangan, Atok, Benguet

[oboi]

Originally Posted by berniemacksouthcentr

Lets just settle that in the name of Bucari, Leon, Iloilo.

I've been there thrice. It does get cold at night. Water falls abound the area and the water is rather chilling. Last time I was there was in 2002.

Originally Posted by smokingunmanila

My lola lived next town named San Miguel..I frequent Leon during my high school days because 1 of my classmate lives there... never went to the mountains because during those times...It was infested with NPA...nakaka takot..pero ngayon ata wala na...pero sabi nga nila..malamig daw dun sa bundok....maraming carrots, baguio beans etc...

The third time I went there was for our Ecology Class and the entire class went there. It didn't matter to us about the NPA's since our guide was a former NPA (or perhaps retired?). He was there to make sure no harm will happen to us.

[Risk Taker]

Originally Posted by smokingunmanila

My lola lived next town named San Miguel..I frequent Leon during my high school days because 1 of my classmate lives there... never went to the mountains because during those times...It was infested with NPA...nakaka takot..pero ngayon ata wala na...pero sabi nga nila..malamig daw dun sa bundok....maraming carrots, baguio beans etc...

meron pa rin npa i learned this from our police neighbour who is a from Leon, di na sya umuuwi don kasi nga red alert pa rin ang area until now.

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by abvillareal

frost occured at the vegetable farms of La Trinidad recently.

Actually hindi sa La Trinidad yun. Sa Atok,Benguet yun since umabot dun ng 6 degrees..sa La Trinidad, parang Baguio lang. Minsan mas mainit pa dun.

[smokingunmanila]

Originally Posted by Risk Taker

meron pa rin npa i learned this from our police neighbour who is a from Leon, di na sya umuuwi don kasi nga red alert pa rin ang area until now.

Thanks for the info...sayang talaga...pero mukang mababait naman ang mga tao dun...probably if I visit san miguel again...I will pass by Leon..and check the area....

another question..is leon a deadend coming from Iloilo city? kasi parang walang lusutan dun? or may daan papuntang Antique?

[Rall]

some places here in davao are cold... but not freezingly cold.
places where you can build your residence...

Barrio Eden...
Marilog to Buda area...
and Kapatagan...

[death327]

Originally Posted by smokingunmanila

My lola lived next town named San Miguel..I frequent Leon during my high school days because 1 of my classmate lives there... never went to the mountains because during those times...It was infested with NPA...nakaka takot..pero ngayon ata wala na...pero sabi nga nila..malamig daw dun sa bundok....maraming carrots, baguio beans etc...

Smokinggun may dugong Ilonggo ka rin pala. Hmmmm... tsek tsek..

[gen1]

I've been to Leon once back in 2004. One of the municipal councilors who met us there wore two 45's holstered miami-vice style. sarap batukan

I think the farthest i got there was either Brgy Lampaya or Tunguan, can't recall exactly. But I remember thet you needed to cross a wide bridgeless river to get there.

[tigidig14]

The Coldest Place in the Philippines
aling idang's freezer

[Ang Hari]

I would have to say Maybalay Bukidnon

[Sinjin P.]

^ You mean Malaybalay?

[chevy_boy]

Originally Posted by Bosnyboy

Sorry for butting in but was wondering with all the cold wonderful places in the Phils, why'd they chose Manila to be the country's capital? Wouldn't it be nice to live in a capital where you can experience really cold weather and also warm weather during the year? At least theres a reason to get out those winter clothes and wear them hehehehe. Kakasawa kasi yung tropical clothes eh

Just like Taipei and KL... Coz when i went there its cold..

[Ady001]

That would make a city hotter.

According to a UP report, cities had this urban temperature rise. In their study, cities that are densely pack tend to be warmer.

[coacozambo92]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Tumatangkad ang Mt. Apo ah.

Hehehe

Kaya nga painumin natin ng VITAMINS at MINERALS ang ating kabundukan para tumangkad hindi minahin. STOP MINING PHILIPPINE MOUNTAINS!!!

[normandb]

Mt. Pulag (Mt. Pulog) in Sagada is the coldest place where the temperature could go down below zero during the nights of November and December.