Mt. Pulag National Park
Posted by Lakwatsero in Adventure, Nature, Spots on 26. Aug, 2010 | 4 Comments
Mt. Pulag National Park is the third highest mountain in the Philippines and the highest in Luzon. Standing 2,922 meters above sea level, the National Park is a favorite trekking destination and considered to have the most beautiful cloudscape and summit’s landscape of all the Philippine mountains, thus tagging it as “Playground of the Gods”. Also [...]
Good Morning Sunrise at Mt. Pulag
Posted by Lakwatsero in Travelogues on 16. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
February 22, 2009, at 0300H, my group left Camp 2 of Mt. Pulag for a two-hours trek to its summit. We all braved the dark trail and freezing cold. At 0500H, before sunrise, we were the first to reach the summit. We waited some time as the sun started painting the sky with its magnificent [...]
Mt. Pinatubo
Posted by Lakwatsero in Destinations, Luzon on 11. May, 2009 | 8 Comments
In 1991, a dormant volcano north of Manila discharged millions of tons of sulfur dioxide in the air when it was awaken after more than 600 years of nap, on what is considered as the largest and most catastrophic volcanic eruption in the recent years. Ashes covered the entire Luzon landmass and even reached Vietnam, [...]
