A picture is worth...

I'm sure that you've heard me mention on a number previous posts, how difficult it has been to try and obtain any kind of photographic details of the Abaga Falls area via the Internet. Even when using more specialized search engines like Google or Microsoft Live Search, the results are less than rewarding. In fact, it would be very safe to say that one could easily locate ten times more photos of alleged Big Foots or Loch Ness Monsters of the world than photos of Abaga Falls or the surrounding area (recent or otherwise). The reality here is that there just aren't very many photos of Abaga Falls available. Again and as always, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

The most frustrating part of course for someone who is trying to take their cause to the streets, is that without any sort of visual or photographic depictions of Abaga Falls available, it is very difficult to rally people into action. In other words, how do you convince people to make any kind of effort to save and conserve something that they can't even see? This is a very "tough sell" to say the least.

It was during one of my recent image searches on the web for "all things Abaga Falls," that I came across the following photo of Limunsudan Falls. This spectacular two-tiered waterfall also lies on the outer fringes of Iligan City and is part of the surrounding system of dramatic waterfalls that are the city's claim to fame. It seems that this particular photograph has had an especially strong impact on me mostly because it is one of the few that I have recently come across that, in a way reminds me of the overwhelming beauty and grandeur I experienced as a boy exploring the Abaga Falls area. This photo in many ways, represents the primal beauty of Abaga Falls that I remember so vividly some 60 years ago. I can only hope that when the day comes, when I can somehow get my hands on similar photos of Abaga Falls, the beauty and grandeur will still be there...