Whoever knew that the once destructive volcano will turn into a trekker's paradise?
On a boring office day, one of my friends Skyped me a link to The Travel Factor. I was disinterested at first.. Until I read about their Indochina tour (!!!) this year. Then I started looking at their 2009 calendar. Surfing in Bali, touring Batad and Banaue, wakeboarding in Cam Sur, conquering Kota Kinabalu, white water rafting in Kalinga..
I love traveling and I wanted to join every single trip, but being on a tight schedule and a tighter budget, I opted for the day trek to Mt. Pinatubo.
We had a beautiful time and the photos can speak for themselves. :)
After registering at the barangay hall, we hopped into one of these 4x4 jeeps to take us to the foot of Mt. Pinatubo.
Between the town and the volcano, it was all plain with thick, dry grass growing on each side.
This is the waiting area at the foot of one of the high slopes. The jeeps had to go one by one to avoid accidents.
A stream flowing down the trekking route, just by the side of the "road". At times it would cross the walking path and our shoes had to get wet.
At the mouth of Mt. Pinatubo.
Swimming here is like taking a sulfur bath, they said.
On the way back we passed by an Aeta family just chilling under the sun. :)
The white sand-like soil surrounding Mt. Pinatubo is lahar, or volcanic mud spewed from the said volcano when it last erupted.
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