At first, I don’t understand what do people get from hiking. I saw them posting it on Facebook every now and then. I mean, what are you going to do in the mountains? Until one day, I joined a club in the company I work on, where employees that are adventurous go on hike, surf, and travel with a cause etc.
So yeah, I registered to their hike at Mt. Ulap. But it doesn’t sound that easy ! I don’t have the things that I needed for the hike. Great right. LOL. So here is the list of what should I get.
Those things kinda overwhelmed me. So I contacted a friend that already hikes mountains so often. Asking advice and all. Apparently he drags me into a mountain hike right before the MT . Ulap trek. They are just week apart. He said I should just join so I could experience it with myself and know the Do’S and the Dont’s.
SO HERE COMES MY FIRST HIKE 🙂 Presenting, MT. BINACAYAN, Rodriguez Rizal.
This hike was amazing. It was AWESOME! So beautiful. But before you get what you have reaped off, you have to endure the tiring trails. We started with a prayer for all of us to be safe then proceed with the assault on the trails. I said to myself, “what have I entered into”. It really was tiring. BUT as what have I said, it was so worth it. OMG! I cant even explain how perfect it was! We started hiking at 4am and we’re able to catch the sunrise. The view from the top is priceless. All that sweat and complaints had really paid off.
Conquering this mountain only needs less than P1000. The expenses are as follows:
- Guide fee is P500 (This already works for a group. Its up to you if you want to add more for their effort of taking photos 😉
- You have to buy gloves since this mountain have rocky/rough surfaces. I guess it cost around P30-P50. I cant remember how much haha Apologies. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Might as well bring slippers for the wawa falls after the trek. YEP. You can chill after.
- Ofcourse water. Lots of water.
- I also bought energy drink and chocolates
- Going down, there will be a mini store where you can buy foods/drinks.
After the trekking, its just right in time to get some lunch and we decided to rent a “Kubo” at wawa Falls. You have to pay for it as well. We have rice and eggs with us. Our guide initiates to buy us cooked meals already so it was a good lunch I could say. Below is the photo of us in Wawa Falls 😀
The falls was very refreshing. It feels like a massage after the tiring long trails. Be careful tho coz every time you climb up you’d probably slide just like what happened with my friend and I. haha! It was fun but hurts in the ass hahahah! This experience was pretty amazing that made me wants to hike more 🙂
Adios! 🙂
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