The Philippines: Tagaytay and Taal Volcano

As any Filipino will tell you, Taal is a vocano that's so huge that not only a lake has formed inside its caldera, but also that a smaller crater has popped up in the middle of that lake, and that this crater now has a lake of its own in it. It's a lake on an island in the middle of a lake! In reality, there are many smaller craters all around the original caldera, which is indeed huge (probably good 15-20 miles in diameter). The volcano has been active lately, and the trips across the lake and onto the island weren't running, but we could still see the stupendous views from one of the restaurants on the rim in the town of Tagaytay.


This is the most visible crater inside the lake, but still just one of many:


Fish farms on the lake:


Weather system coming in: