Ambuklao Dam

Source: pcarrd.dost.gov.ph

Brad and Lou at Ambuklao Dam

On our way home from this Cordillera trip, we passed by the newly rehabilitated Ambuklao Dam in Benguet. I was really amazed at the condition of the roads during this trip because they were all concreted. When I was a young girl studying in Bokod Elementary School in Bokod Benguet, the roads were in a bad shape. Just above the Ambuklao Dam, the road was very narrow with many sharp curves. During the rainy season,  there were many landslides and road cuts along the way. Sometimes, the jeepney's wheels would only be a few inches from the road cuts and it would seem like it would fall down into the deep ravine below. I always had a stomach ache everytime we passed by the highest portion of that road above the dam because I have this fear of height. I always prayed that we would not fall into the deep ravine below and end up into the lake. 

Thanks to the government, most of the roads connecting the towns of the Cordilleras are now concreted. That's a very big improvement from the muddy roads that I knew back then. We were going to buy some tilapia fish from the private owners who are operating a fish pond in this lake but they already sold their catch for the day. The tilapia coming from Ambuklao Dam are very tasty and these are also sold at the public market here in Baguio City.