Mt. Pinatubo Hiking Adventure (Day tour)

picture taken from Wikipedia / USGS

 Introduction:

Mt. Pinatubo is an active volcano located on the island of luzon about 87 km. northwest of Manila. It was June 15, 1991, Pinatubo produce the second largest eruption of the 20th century complicating the eruption was the arrival of typhoon Yunya bringing a lethal mix of ash and rain.

Source: Wikipedia

The 1991 eruption created a caldera and was subsequently filled with water form rains and lake pinatubo was formed.

Sorry naman kung medyo blurred yung pic( thanks to kuya lad for the pic)

I was invited by my brother together with his group to experience an action packed journey to the crater lake.

How to get there:

Ride any buses going to Baguio, Dagupan (that's victory liner for us) and alight at Capas, tarlac (175 per pax cubao to tarlac) , after that take a trike to take you directly to Sta. Jualiana Tourism Office (P300 for 4 pax).

Author's Tip: be early as possible.

The Tourism Office and the 4x4 adventure:

Sta. Jualiana Satellite Municipal Tourism Office.

Once you are at the tourism office you can now negotiate with the 4x4 operators. (P1300 +  per person , maximum of 5 pax per 4x4 unit).

It was a very sunny and cloudless day, a perfect weather condition .

An almost Monochromatic landscape

Some river crossing

There are currently 2 ways to reach the crater lake, the first one is the "old trail" which takes 1 hour 4x4 ride + 2 hours trekking. The second one is the " New trail" takes 2 hours 4x4 ride + 30 minutes trekking. We chose the later.

The trek starts here: 

The Famous "Where do you belong" sign

At last after 2 hours of traveling by 4x4 we arrived at the rest station which is 1 km away from the crater.

Into the forest.

Almost there konting lakad na lang

 Yehey!!! We made it!, We made it!, Hoooray!

A sight to behold and yes! we conquered Mt. Pinatubo 

Author's note:

Hiking this volcano is a no joke specially for us ( why? because we are a little bit too healthy)  but its fun and exciting.

Thanks for viewing!.

Why do you travel?

Calle Crisologo -Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Somebody just asked me recently "Why do you travel" typically my answer would be like this " I'm searching for something" shocked to my answer they'll automatically asked another question " what are you searching for?".

Mt. Ampacao - Sagada, Mountain Province

 Truthfully I don't even know what I'm searching for, funny isn't?, am I wasting my time traveling around the countryside looking for the thing that almost impossible to find?. (Hopefully not)

Why do I travel?

Marlboro Mountain - Sagada, Mountain Province

 Some says it's FRIENDSHIP, well I do managed to gain new friends while traveling.

On our way to Pongas Falls - Sagada, Mountain Province

Some says HAPPINESS specially when finishing up a challenge.

Sunrise Viewing at Kiltepan Peak - Sagada, Mountain Province.

Others says its FREEDOM, no parents watching your every moves, no brother or sister ordering you around, but when on the road I'm longing for their voices to shout at my ears. 

But I Guess I need to travel more to find out the answer.

Author's Notes:

Pardon me for my english and writing skills but I'm doing my very best to improve it. thank you!.

Ditumabo Adventures

Introduction:

Ditumabo Falls is located at  San Luis Aurora popularly known as the Mother Falls and it is 30 - 40 minutes away from the town of Sabang.. It's the biggest waterfalls in the province.

Start of the Trek:

the Jump Off point

Me and my guide were given 2 options on how we are going to cross the river.

 Option # 1

Cross the Manmade Dam or

 Option 2

Cross the Bamboo bridge ( na may maniningil na bata sa dulo), we chose this one.

Moving On.

lakad-lakad din.

Notice the Giant pipelines?, Ditumabo falls also serves as a source of electricity for the town of San Luis so the local government of Aurora constructed a Hydroelectric power station near the area.

Crossing the rivers.

River crossing #1

River crossing #2

River crossing #3

This is the most challenging part of the whole trek, the current is strong and I have to battle it as I pull myself to the other side. Buti na lang marami kaming kasabay.

Climbing the pipes and the Temple Run moment.

Temple run moment kaso wala naman hahabol.

small waterfalls along the way.

You need to climb the pipes to reach the the paved path it's a sign that you're minutes away from Ditumabo falls.

Welcome to Ditumabo Falls.

palpak na photo ops. hahahah!

According to the guides it rained  before the day of my Ditumabo adventure so the water is too strong, lots of water droplets(hamog/ange) everywhere mababasa ka kahit hindi ka magswimming, There's a guy who brought his dlsr to capture the beauty of Ditumado Falls but decided not too mababasa kasi camera nya.. Thankfully, we were able to get back tothe jump off point a lot quicker.

Thanks for viewing.

 

Sunrise, Sunset and Beyond.

A set of sunrise.

Stop over at NLEX

Kiltepan peak - Sagada, Mountain Province

San Basilio, Pampanga

 A series of Sunsets.

Potipot Island, Zambales

Potipot Island, Zambales

Calatagan, Batangas

Calatagan, Batangas

and a single piece of Beyond.

Calatagan, Batangas

Thanks for viewing!.

Some kind of a Photoshoot (How I wish).

For the very 1st time landscape photography is not the subject of my pictures.

But of course my favorite landscape and nature photography will not be forgotten.

Author's Note:

*The people involve for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pic gave me their approval to post the pictures.

Thanks for viewing!!!!