The easiest way to escape the city life! If your into nature or mountaineering but only have little time to breakaway from your stressful work, you sure would want to run and cross the Island Garden City of Samal for that desperate time out. Hiking buddies, Jake, Kela and I patched up for this overnight vacation in Puting Bato to feed our feet off from lusting.
From Davao City, we rode a bus going to Peñaplata terminal for about an hour, then a habal-habal to Tayapoc, Puting Bato. There are two trails to Puting Bato but we took the most convenient Tayapoc trail because it's the only way Jake is familiar of. It was late in the afternoon that we came over the mountain.
There's an entrance gate going to the peak, but it was closed when we got there by 6PM. It was getting dark and there's no one around, and no other way when we surveyed the scene, so we just barged in. There's an entrance fee too, of P20.00 for overnight stay. We were the only people out there so we just left our payments outside the hut.
We cooked our dinner and talked over the night, enjoyed our bonding until our mouths thirst for more water. There has to be a water source! But we only found a large pail of it that really looked dirty and contaminated. We squabbled over boiling it to be potable, but did not push it. Instead, we diverted our feelings to the serenity of the night and we got this beautiful view.
It wasn't a clear starry night, we even thought its going to rain, but amongst the misty dark clouds there lies the full moon. Its light mirrors on the calmness of the sea, and gives silhouettes of the plants and trees that dance with the wind. The coldness had not made me debile and empty, rather it filled my soul with the joy of coming to this world free and resilient. And that somewhere out there, someone will come to me and show me the rest of the world. ☺
Waking up in the morning in this beautiful refreshing place is such a wonderful feeling I couldn't ask for anything more. I thanked God for bringing me here!
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| Jake strolling |
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