"The Laiban Dam was at the heart of the Manila Water Project III, conceived in 1979. But grave human rights abuses during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, coupled with civil unrest, halted its construction. It languished until 2007, when the government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won Chinese funding for it. But it was quickly shelved again, part of the fallout from a corruption scandal linked to Chinese funding for a separate infrastructure project."
Source: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/a-philippine-tribe-that-defeated-a-dam-prepares-to-fight-its-reincarnation/
An ominous abandoned tunnel that was part of this project remains carved into a hill deep in the Sierra Madre along the Agos River, and a relatively new accessible trail now allows you to get there without extreme difficulty. So I decided to take the Aprilia SR GT 200 down that trail to put it through its paces for a fine Sunday morning adventure.
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