Taken January 2010. Me and my friends hiked around Sagada until we got so exhausted, we had to sleep on the grass to recover. I don't get to do these much lately. I miss these.
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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…