Showing posts with label Talim Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talim Island. Show all posts
Mount Tagapo
Locals say that there is a rumored treasure on Mount Tagapo. This explains the open pit at the summit. They also say that the name of the island may also be due to the sharp toothed crocodiles which used to roam free in the Talim Island.
Mount Tagapo View
At the heart of Laguna de Bay lies Mount Tagapo. Its unique geography makes it a worthwhile hiking destination. You will have to board a pumpboat from the towns of Rizal to reach the island; this boat ride will take you to the scenic lake and its fishing villages. You will realize that Laguna de Bay is so huge it's almost like a sea. Then, on Talim Island, as you start hiking, you will be surrounded with bamboo; the whole island is like a grove, and people live on the bamboo, which islanders use to produce furniture, toothpicks, and even charcoal hence the name Tagapo, from taga which means to chop. The trails are easy and in hours you will be at the peak; There you can behold the entire Laguna Lake and its coastal towns; the skylines of Makati and Ortigas as well as nearby Mount Sembrano.
Talim in Rizal
Talim Island is technically under the municipality of Binangonan, Rizal. Pump boats ply the routes to different barangays in the island, connecting them to mainland Rizal. Less frequently, there are also trip to Calamba Laguna. Talim island, as its name suggests, is shaped like a blade, cutting across Laguna Lake from south to north. Its uniqueness, as an island community within a large lake, is unparalleled.
Talim Horizon
Talim Island is an hour away from the Binangonan. The island is a community that line its shoreline. You can reach one barangay to another by hopping on boats that regularly ply the route. in the middle of the island stands Mount Tagapo. Legend has it that there is a black emerald buried in its heart.
Talim Island
Talim Island is located at the center of the Laguna de Bay lake under the municipality of Binangonan on the western side and the municipality of Cardona on the eastern side in the province of Rizal. The island is rich in bamboo grass, with which islanders make different types of furniture such as bamboo sofas, cabinets, tables, chairs and a lot more. It is the main source of their living, while fishing on the lake is only secondary.
Two parishes are located in the island. Santo Domingo Parish is located at Janosa, Binangonan, and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish at Navotas, Cardona.
One famous feature of Talim Island are the "Bundok ng Susong Dalaga" (Maiden's breast mountains) - two huge mounds of conical hills resembling the female breast, which are the highest peaks of the island. These two hills are among the more famous of several hills in the Tagalog regions who share the same name, because local folks of old often named identical conical hills as such. This feature is best observed from neighboring Mount Sembrano across the lake.
The island consist of 26 barangays, 17 from Binangonan and 9 from Cardona.
Binangonan
- Amyanan
- Bangad
- Binitagan
- Bombong
- Buhangin
- Ginoong Sanay
- Gulod
- Habagatan
- Janosa
- Kasile
- Kaytome
- Kinaboogan
- Kinagatan
- Pinagdilawan
- Rayap
- Sapang
- Tabon
- Malakaban
Cardona
- Lambac
- Boor
- Malanggam
- Calubacan
- Tuna
- Balibago
- Navotas
- Subay
- Ticulio
- Pikot
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