Climbing Mt. Ampacao
A butt-busting ten hour bus ride and another 2.5-hour jeepney ride were enough to exhaust our bodies, but these could never tire our spirits. We were, after all, in Sagada. Sagada is a town in the Mountain Province, tucked away…
Mt. Ugo Day 2: The Long Trek Down
This is the last post of the series about my Mt. Ugo adventure, if you missed the first and second portions, please click here and here. As they say, when you’re up, there’s no way but down. After an hour…
Mt. Ugo Day 2: Trekking to the Summit
This is the second portion of the series of posts related to Mt. Ugo. If you missed the first part, please click here. If you wish to see the last post of the series, please click here. I woke up…
Mt. Ugo Day 1
I felt a sense of excitement as the weeks drew nearer to the date that we were to climb Mt. Ugo. It would be, after all, my very first mountain-climbing experience. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I was positive…
