Archive for September 2009

Metro Manila Floods caused by Typhoon Ondoy Tropical Storm Ketsana

I do not know where and how to begin this blog entry. I am still so overwhelming sad with what happened in the Philippines after reading all the updates on the aftermath of the flash flooding in the Philippines especially Manila and Metro Manila areas caused by Typhoon Ondoy Tropical Storm Ketsana. Embedded video from [...]

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Scotland Lochs: Loch Ness, Loch Lochy, Loch Linnhe, Loch Creran

When we left Inverness, we drove along Loch Ness, Loch Lochy, Loch Linnhe, Loch Creran, and Firth of Lorn going to Oban. Loch Ness is the second largest loch in Scotland in surface area of about 56.4 square kilometers or 21.8 square miles, Loch Lomond being the largest with surface area of about 71 square [...]

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Inverness, the Mouth of the River Ness in Scotland

We left St. Andrews and went to Inverness. It took us at least 6 hours and 30 minutes to travel from St. Andrews to Inverness instead of the normal travel time of 3 hours because we followed the Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail. We stayed at the Waterside hotel along the Ness Bank as it had [...]

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