where to next?

I'm climbing Mt Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines this September! It's been five long months since I haven't climb any mountain. That's very unusual for me. Anyway, here's our itinerary.

Day 1
8:00am ETD for Jump-off point at Sitio Baruring via Digos-Kapatagan Road
11:45am ETA Baruring
12:00nn Lunch
1:15pm Trek to Sitio Colan
1:20pm Trek to Tumpis
2:30pm ETA - Tumpis
5:00pm Dinner, Socials
8:00pm Lights Off


Day 2
4:45am Wake Up Call
5:00am Prepare Breakfast/Packed Lunch and Fetch Water
6:30am Trek to Tinikaran Camp 2
11:00am ETA Tinikaran Camp 2
Lunch
11:45am Ascent Summit via Boulders (Botoy's Ridge or 87 Degrees)
4:00pm Dinner, Socials
8:00pm Lights Off

Day 3
5:00am Panoramic View of the Summit
6:00am Breakfast and prepare packed lunch
7:00am ETD
9:00am ETA at Lake Venado
12:00nn ETA at Century-Old Almasiga Tree. Lunch
2:00pm ETA at Garuk
3:00pm ETA at Colan Campsite
5:00pm Kapatagan

ten places i want to go

Here's my list of the top 10 places I want to go to before I kick the bucket.

1. Greece
Since I was a child, I have always been fascinated with Greek history and mythology. I remember Edith Hamilton's Greek Mythology as one of my favorite books. I would love to one day to go there and see in persons all the structures that amazed me when I was a kid.

2. Italy
I'll make a wish at the Trevi Fountain, eat gelato while walking in the streets, taste the Tuscan wine, ride the gondola in Venice!

3. China
I would love someday to take a walk at the wonder that is the Great Wall and to enter the Forbidden City

4. Maldives
What else but the beach! I could picture myself lying in the sun and basking in the sun's glory.


to be continued...

the sweetest thing

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each others eyes for an instant?” ~Henry David Thoreau

Took this photo while we were riding on a banca that will take us to Nogas Island.