Spit it Out!

My brother and I started our walk at around 3 am from our house to Aguinaldo Hi-way and eventually wait for the organizer and other hikers at McDo Palapala at 4 am for our hike at Mt. Marami in Maragondon. Marami is the the tagalog word for many or plenty. For me, Mt. Marami stands for maraming lakad , maraming  hingal , and maraning cramps, yes... Cramps! It was the first time that my both legs got cramps during a hike and that made our hike extra long, one of our tour guide even carried me (thanks kuya Vin). We started our trek at around 8:30am and instead of the usually wide, open trail used by hikers, we took the old trail. The old trail is more shaded according to our guide but the amount of time to trek to the summit is just the same as the open trail. At first, I can't comprehend how come that the trail we're taking is shaded... Just look at the photos above, there are trees but it doesn't give shade or something... haha! We walked like that ...

After my hike last month, I joined another hiking event last Sunday with my two college friends. It's Jen's first hike and Mavic's second one after our Mt. Gulugod-Baboy hike 2 years ago. So, I think Mt. Balagbag would be great since, according to the organizer it is beginner friendly and the blog reviews about it tells the same. The trek to Mt. Balabag's summit is so easy, you don't even need a guide. The trail is wide, no buwis buhay whatsoever to go through. But don't underestimate it, no matter how easy the climb is, it still makes your heart and body work double time. At the center where we logged in. The wash up area is the side of the center. The wide trail of Mt. Balagbag Mt. Balagbag is also famous to bikers and riders Easy yet hard...  Kyaa! Rest area! We also logged in here. I wonder what plant is this... It is on the bench where we sat at the rest area. Mavic and Jen a few kembot to the summit. They a...