MOUNT MACULOT: The Day Hike Challenge
The Scenic Taal Lake: View from the Rockies Summit, Mount Maculot The Plan Midway our review for the Bar Exam last year, my housemates--Chris and Kends--and yours truly, started fantasizing about a hiking getaway. Perhaps we were under a lot of stress that time that the thought of climbing a rain forest--with all the limatik , muddy trail, and scary steep slope--seemed so relaxing =) It was Chris who came up with the idea, as he used to hike in Mount Isarog (Camarines Sur) way back his college days. Naturally, Kends and I also wanted to go! Basta lakwatsa game kami, with nary a care to the consequences that will ensue, haha... I suggested Mount Maculot in Cuenca, Batangas . Mount Maculot is located in the town of Cuenca, in the province of Batangas, which is around 76 kilometers or more than 2 hours away from Metro Manila. It has an elevation of 706+ meters above sea level. According to one mountaineer friend, Mount Maculot's l...