Cast and Carry

We all love Team Building, don't we? It builds up teamwork, it develops deeper friendship. And that's what happened in Banio Kreek. Team Awesome! This place is not too far. I guess it took us less than two hours to get there from Eastwood, QC. For their rates and more information, you may visit their website here . Banio Kreek Farm We arrived there at around 12 noon. Our lunch were already prepared. Nice cook! One of the best sinigang ever. They have other menus, but we have baon so we ordered only one dish. After we ate lunch, they have kuyas there who washed the dishes for us. We're sooo spoiled. I love the pool. It's only 5 ft, there's no way we could die there hahaha! I love the videoke - one of my friends Ken really enjoyed singing like whole day, whole night? Lols. The boys get to play billiards too. I and Maru scout the whole area and found really great stuff such as swing, see-saw, heart heart flowers, etc. It was such a cool place, I'm te...

I prayed for courage, and God gave me faith instead. It’s 7o’clock in the morning, still got hangover. Not hangover as in “hangover” but hangover from my most amazing climbing experience (so far). I am still overwhelmed as I wrote this blog. It was June when I first ascended Mount Palay Palay. I thought that, that climb tested my limit and that there could never be harder than that. This blog explains why. Moving forward, this was my 6 th climb. I filed for half-day VL so I can take a nap before leaving, atleast I could get some rest. It was past 9am, all of us were in McDonalds MDC100 --- me, Lester, Emong, Jhenelle, Carrieh, Joseph and Jona. No cab everywhere, whew! There were few, but refused to go to Coastal Mall, where we could ride a bus going to Tenarte. Finally it was almost 10am when God sent us sweet, little manong who drove us all the way to Coastal Mall. Heavy traffic from Eastwood to IPI, but smooth along EDSA. It was almost 11am when we arrived in the ...

Nasugbu, Batangas Jump-off point: Evercrest Golf Course, Nasugbu LLA: 14.0408 N 120.8011 E 811 MASL Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 2-4 hours Specs: Minor climb, Difficulty 4/9, Trail class 3 with 60-70 degrees assault Features: Open trails, rolling slopes, scenic views of Batangas ..... Just when I thought I could go no farther, God gave me enough strength to take one more step. I remember what Kuya Bim kept telling us when we asked him to compare the mountains we were planning to climb, "every mountain has unique characteristics." When I was reading blogs and feedback about Mt Batulao, I guess I underestimated its wonder and difficulty. First and last stopover was in Tagaytay. We bought ingredients for sinigang. Ofcourse, we ate Bulalo!  Hahah, that was me! After we ate Bulalo. We headed to jump off, prepared everything as usual. I bought sleeves for protection against the sun. This time, we were with Joseph (orig BYOB...

Date:                      June 29-30, 2013 Location:               Mount Pico de Loro Information   Elevation: 664 m Difficulty: Walk up Best months to climb: April, May Convenient center: Maragondon, Cavite How to go to Pico de Loro?   Significant people: Lester John Bella                  my significant partner POT                                         Philippine Outdoor Tribe Bimbo Baldo                 ...

Date:                   May 6-7, 2013 Location:              Mount Maculot Info: Mount Maculot is located at Cuenca, Batangas and is considered a minor climb with difficulty of 3/9. The mountain is about 947 m (3,107 ft.) tall and is also located adjacent to Taal Lake . Mount Maculot and its 700-metre (2,300 ft.) high volcanic rock wall called The Rockies, is said to be part of Taal Caldera's crater rim. Significant people: Lester John Bella                  my significant partner Regine Abigail Lalog             my sister POT                           ...

Date: June 16 - 17, 2012 Location: Mount Maculot Info:         Mount Maculot is located at Cuenca, Batangas and is considered a minor climb with difficulty of 3/9. The mountain is about 947 m (3,107 ft) tall and is also located adjacent to Taal Lake. Mount Maculot and its 700-metre (2,300 ft) high volcanic rock wall called The Rockies, is said to be part of Taal Caldera's crater rim. Significant people: POT         --- Philippine Outdoor Tribe Bimbo Baldo     --- POT President Karen Banan     --- Bimbo’s fiancée, my former HR Manager Camille Canlas     --- my climb buddy, my previous QA How to get there?     From Manila , take a bus bound to Lemery Batangas and get off at Cuenca town proper. God won’t let me do the impossible…. Karen Banan, my HR Mngr, who is also my friend, invited me to join their hike – together w...