Malama

Ligao City, Albay, Philippines

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Places

Nipa Hut

Journeys

The Road to Malama

An overland journey from Manila to a rural home base in Albay, following the regular provincial bus route that continues beyond Ligao City toward Pio Duran.

Photos

Mayon Volcano rising behind green rice fields in Albay, Philippines.

Mayon beyond the rice fields

Mayon Volcano viewed across rice fields in Albay.

Grass Thatched Table Rental

A grass thatched covered table that we rented for the day at Nipa Hut.

A peaceful day at the ocean

A beautiful day spent at Nipa Hut.

Nipa Hut

The Malama Countryside

Just on a short walk near the family home.

Fishing Boats

Nipa Hut

Front view of a decorated Philippine jeepney marked Pio Duran, Ligao and Tabaco City.

Jeepney serving Pio Duran, Ligao and Tabaco City

The jeepney we hired to bring the family to the beach.

View across the road from a family home in rural Malama, Albay, with coconut-covered hills beyond.

From the doorstep in Malama

Looking across the Ligao–Pio Duran Road from the family home in Barangay Malama, Ligao City, Albay.