- Some guts
- A lot of faith
- My new backpacking buddy – Deuter Act Trail 32 (they sell it in most Toby’s branches) . I think I’m inlove with Deuter backpacks. I feel giddy just looking at mine. You know why? I love the way it looks, it's durable, structure isn't heavy, in fact, it removes some of the load off you.
- Headlamp and flashlight plus extra batteries for the fearful of the dark
Clothes - Swimming goggles, a waterproof pouch and a lot of water-proof bags
- mobile phone for emergency calls to love ones - just in case I get tired of talking myself
- Etc etc
And lastly .. - a map of Davao. Let me share something for the nth time, I really love the EZ maps. It only costs 99 a piece and it contains streets, location of establishments (like hostels, gas stations, churches, mountains) and other landmarks of the area. You can buy it in any National Bookstore branch. They have maps for the 3 major islands, Metro Manila, several provinces and regions. They also sell limited international destination maps like Guam.
To kickoff 2017, I returned to the Cordillera region with one of my closest friends, Jules. We wanted to take it easy so we decided to try a couple of short but very scenic trails in Benguet I found online (References posted below).
Barangay Tawang in La Trinidad,the capital of the province of Benguet is less than an hour from Baguio city and features several accessible, scenic mountain trails - Mt. Yangbew (also known as Mt. Jambo), Tayawan view deck and Mt. Kalugong. These are all beginner-friendly or as the younger Pinoy millenials would say, pabebe-friendly. :P
Since we were taking a super early bus ride, (1:30 AM early! :P), we made sure we got nice, comfy seats. Fortunately, with 3 days prior to the trip, we were able to book online via iWantSeats.
In five hours, we arrived in the City of Pines and walked towards Session Road to hunt for a hotel. Fortunately, a vacant room was immediately available at Benguet Prime Hotel so we were able to leave our bags. We took our sweet t…
Barangay Tawang in La Trinidad,the capital of the province of Benguet is less than an hour from Baguio city and features several accessible, scenic mountain trails - Mt. Yangbew (also known as Mt. Jambo), Tayawan view deck and Mt. Kalugong. These are all beginner-friendly or as the younger Pinoy millenials would say, pabebe-friendly. :P
Since we were taking a super early bus ride, (1:30 AM early! :P), we made sure we got nice, comfy seats. Fortunately, with 3 days prior to the trip, we were able to book online via iWantSeats.
In five hours, we arrived in the City of Pines and walked towards Session Road to hunt for a hotel. Fortunately, a vacant room was immediately available at Benguet Prime Hotel so we were able to leave our bags. We took our sweet t…