La Mesa Ecopark: Ecotourism in the city
Hidden in a secluded area in Quezon City is this ecotourism haven which I finally got to see today, along with the million other people that also decided to come and hold a party in every nook imaginable within the 2000-hectare forest that surrounds the dam. Well, at least it wasn't only me who suffered from the heat of the "kwaresma sun". For those not familiar with the La Mesa Dam , here is a quick backgrounder: It is THE supplier of drinking water to the entire 12 million residents of Metro Manila. Therefore it is very important to every resident in the Metro and each resident should contribute towards it's preservation and maintainance for a sustained drinking water supply. It went into a state of disrepair due to many factors, among them, illegal logging (I knew it) and lack of funds (where'd it go?) Fortunately for us Filipinos, concerned NGOs came together to promote its rehabilitation and today, only about 1/10 of the original area needs to be ...