Well, it's Maundy Thursday today and I just don't have anything to do yet here at home. I am still downloading some torrents and so I decided to visit my blog and just write something here.
As I recall, the last post here was from my solo trip to Bacolod which happened last October 2014. So let me just continue my travel post with my first hiking attempt at Mt. Pulag. :)
Last December 2014, I went to Mt. Pulag via Ambangeg trail with Jay and my other two officemates from DKS (Nina and Cat). If I may say, I am not prepared for this hike. I was physically unfit. I did not bring enough clothes and forgot some essential stuff for hiking.
Mt. Pulag stands at 2,922 meters above sea level. It is famous for its sea of clouds and the view of Milky Way galaxy at dawn.
Hiking Mt. Pulag via Ambangeg trail is not very difficult. As they say, it's like walk in the park. Being the third highest mountain in the Philippines, it is surprising that you can actually reach the campsite in 3 hours.
If my memory serves me right, we arrived at the campsite at almost 5PM. We rested for a while and then we had a glimpse of the sunset. The clouds were moving very fast. After a while, it was already dark.
We were not lucky to see the sea of clouds in the morning because it rained very hard between 8PM-8AM the following day. We had a small tent so just imagine the four of us inside trying to get some sleep while we were all very wet.
I would like to go back to Mt. Pulag again and hopefully be able to see the sea of clouds.
Here are some of our pictures from that trip:
Jay checking the top load jeepneys
Cat and Nina posing while sitting on top of the jeepney
Of course, ako rin, dapat meron :)
Jay and I posing with Benguet mountains as backdrop :)
Can't remember which part of the trail this is. But as you can see, the soil is still dry
There are several tents already when we arrived at the campsite. Plus, it is already foggy over there.
Chasing light. It looks like Mordor from the movie The Lord of the Rings.
Campsite 2. There were so many campers during that time.
Picture of success! Congrats Jay for reaching the campsite!!!
Our picture during the sunset with Mt. Pulag as our background.
Us four inside the tent. Pinilit magkasya sa good for 2 na tent. >_<
With Cat and Jay
