Road to Cambulo

Jump Off at Kinakin

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been out on the road. So when a fellow climber and one of the officers of MFPI Ms Ruby, invited me to join an Akyat-Aklat Outreach Project by Batch 19 of of MFPI’s individual members, I jumped at the opportunity and hey it would be a great start for the year to do an outreach. Last outreach I’ve done was way back in 2001. So off we go to Cambulo, Ifugao.

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Pass of the Ocean Clouds: Road from Da Nang to Hue

One of the “must-see” in Vietnam is the Road from Danang to Hue. In fact, National Geographic included this scenic route as one of the 50 Places of a Lifetime under the Country Unbound category. And passing by this route twice, first via a train to Hue (which the experience warrants a separate entry later) and on the back of a motorcycle on our way back, it definitely is a road worth tripping.

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The view from here

The wonders of technology never cease to amaze, the world grows smaller as technology gets bigger. Yesterday I had the chance to fly to San Jose, Mindoro, and Antique via Asian Spirit’s new Jet BAe 146. It may sound like a promotion but I appreciated it more when it took only 20 minutes to arrive in Mindoro. Back then when we went to Pandan and Apo Reef via Land and Boat, it took us 2 hours to go to Batangas, then another 2 hours to Abra de Ilog then another 5 hours Bus on a dusty and rough road to …

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