Province of Nueva Vizcaya and Benguet
January 21-22, 2012
Onboard Victory Liner, we left Manila at 11:15PM for another major climb up north. We were all excited and ready to scale Mt. Ugo in Benguet province from Nueva Vizcaya.
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Jump-off point at Kayapa Market, Nueva Vizacaya |
Following our itinerary, we were supposed to be at the bus terminal in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya by 05:00AM but we were delayed due to a road accident involving a trailer truck just past the Dalton Pass.
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Trail leading to Dumolpos Village |
We were at the bus terminal at 7:00AM. We boarded the jeep and head on to Kayapa, the jump off point. It was past 8:00AM when we reached the municipality of Kayapa. We had a quick breakfast and prepared our packed lunch.
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Crossing Fences |
We started trekking past 9:00AM. The trail is generally good and steep. Pine trees were everywhere.
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Landscape view of neighboring mountains |
By 12:00PM, we reached a small village, Indupit and we had our lunch. While at Indupit village, we met a pastor who is heading for Domolpos Village. We continued trekking at 1:00PM heading towards Domolpos Village. It was past 4:00PM when we reached Domolpos Village.
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Cascading mountain summits |
Domolpos Village has a church, elementary school buildings and a small clinic. After fixing our things in one of the school buildings, we met someone from the clinic and the pastor and had nice talks with them. We met also few of the kids and donated few school supplies like notesbooks, pencils and medicines.
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Domolpos Elementary School |
At about 6:00PM, we went up the church and had our dinner there. The church was made of wood and it was nice. After dinner, we had socials and nice talks with the pastor. We left the church at about 8:00PM.
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Domolpos school building |
The following day, we had a light and quick breakfast past 4:00AM and then started trekking at 5:15AM. It was very cold and the sky was clear as we can see the stars and the moon.
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Sumptuous dinner |
It was an amazing experience for all of us on the trail to see the surroundings turned orange - gold as the sun rises.
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Sunrise at the trail leading to Mt. Ugo summit |
We continued trekking and reached the summit at about 7:30AM. We started our descent by 8:00AM.
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Trail leading to the summit |
The trail going down is steep and long. By 10:45AM, we reached the old saw mill and continued our descent. We had our lunch by 12:00PM along the trail just before Lusod Village. At 1:00PM, we continued our final descent. The trail is steep and open.
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Mt. Ugo summit |
At 3:30PM, we reached Itogon Village and passed through the hanging bridge. We stoped for a while for picture taking.
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Overlooking a river |
At 4:00PM, we reached the Brgy. Hall at Itogon, Benguet and prepared to leave for Baguio onboard a jeep.
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Crossing the hanging bridge |
We were at Baguio city past 5:00PM and had lunch there. We were all back to Manila past 5:00AM the following day.
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Municipal Hall, Itogon Benguet |
It was another exciting adventure with friends!!
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