Day 16

Took a jeepney to Banga-an, about a 20-minute ride. Ole sat on top of the jeepney. Walked more than 1,000 steps down to a neighboring village, Fili______. As this path is the main one, the villagers have installed a concrete stairway with a shelter half-way down. We met in the shelter a man carrying a 50-kilo sack of rice on his back!

We were told the village is on a holiday and that we cannot go in to the village as it will bring bad luck to them. The woman said that the elders of the village are going to kill a pig under the big pine tree. Later, we found out through some villagers we met that it is a 5-day holiday to celebrate the end of the rice planting season. The killing of the pig is to bring a good harvest. So we were unable to see up close the Bomod-ok Waterfall, although it is visible from high up also.