We failed to join the team of Mt. Apo climbers on the first week of October but found another adventure which took us(well maybe not at the peak) at least at the foot of the Mt. Apo. . . Kapatagan!
Our adventure started at 6 am of October 1. Oh well, we were supposed to be there at 5:30 but unfortunately only Louraine came on time while the other three girls(that includes me) were LATE! So there we were at Mercury Drug Toril all 4 girls at 6:00 am waiting for the early morning bus.
Took the non-aircon bus bound for Malita and paid P45 for an almost one hour ride to Digos. At the terminal we(or rather Louraine) hurriedly bought the famous Mer's bibingka for baon. We didn't stay there long careful not to be witnesses nor victims of those alarming bomb explosions. Then we got into one of those tricycles and asked the driver to bring us to the wet market where we can find a ride to Kapatagan, and paid P60 "pakyaw".
At the market, I felt like we were some sort of celebrities being stalked by motorcycle drivers trying to offer their service to take us to Camp Sabros. After a series of negotiations, we got ourselves one single motorcycle and agreed at P80/person special delivery to jump off point somewhere near the Information Center for Mt. Apo mountaineers at Sitio Baras, Kapatagan.
Our adventure started at 6 am of October 1. Oh well, we were supposed to be there at 5:30 but unfortunately only Louraine came on time while the other three girls(that includes me) were LATE! So there we were at Mercury Drug Toril all 4 girls at 6:00 am waiting for the early morning bus.
Took the non-aircon bus bound for Malita and paid P45 for an almost one hour ride to Digos. At the terminal we(or rather Louraine) hurriedly bought the famous Mer's bibingka for baon. We didn't stay there long careful not to be witnesses nor victims of those alarming bomb explosions. Then we got into one of those tricycles and asked the driver to bring us to the wet market where we can find a ride to Kapatagan, and paid P60 "pakyaw".
At the market, I felt like we were some sort of celebrities being stalked by motorcycle drivers trying to offer their service to take us to Camp Sabros. After a series of negotiations, we got ourselves one single motorcycle and agreed at P80/person special delivery to jump off point somewhere near the Information Center for Mt. Apo mountaineers at Sitio Baras, Kapatagan.
Off we go and swirled our way to a 29 kilometer up & down motorcycle ride feeling the cool wind and early morning rays of the sun on our faces. Public vans(earliest trip @ 9 am) were also available for those who want a comfortable ride. But because we're the adventurous kind, we opted for the "habal-habal".
We arrived at the jump-off point before 9 am and started our uphill climb to Camp Sabros. It almost felt like we were with the climbers group as we slowly hiked our way up enjoying the beautiful panorama of Mt. Apo with smiles of astonishment on our faces. Before we knew it, we were already there in less than 20 minutes, sight seeing and breakfast while walking included.(kinda fast? whew! mountaineers' pace huh)
Early birds catch the worms, but I guess we(the early birds) came earlier than the worms 'cause we got nothing to catch when we arrived. Upon arrival , we seated ourselves on one of those picnic tables & benches and took time to swallow our sandwiches with a little help from our bottled water. There were people around but nobody cared to talk to us so we went straight to the counter and listed our names under their P300 promo composed of 2 tandems and 1 solo on the longest zip.
Our turn to zip came, first tandem to fly were Louraine and yours' truly. For first timers, I should say shout your heart out while flying. It was my first time to try that sort of thing and I screamed to my heart's content---shamelessly! It was such an electrifying experience especially the solo zip on the 400m line.
I felt a little worn out after all the flying so we settled under the pine trees and found a nice picnic spot. Good thing our rover scout Mae brought her sleeping bag where we sat and scattered all our food. Would you believe we ate our lunch which we bought from a carenderia at Digos market straight from the plastic cellophane? We still had a hearty meal though, with all sorts of chichiria for dessert.
We just laid there with full stomach, almost feeling the fog on our skin, as we feast our eyes on the beauty of Mt. Apo peak at a distance. Spent a little time to rest and more time for pictorial. The place started to look crowded as tourists continued to arrive in groups.
Manong driver, who also served as our bodyguard and photographer, took us back to Digos
proper on a thrilling roller coaster ride with his motorcycle. We bought few goodies from Mer's at the terminal for pasalubong then went straight to the bus bound for Davao.
After being recharged, we packed up our things and walked our way to the famous Agong House by Kublai Milan about 20-30 mins walking distance from Camp Sabros.There we kept on taking pictures of ourselves and all the unusual sight and stuff . It's already around 2 pm. while mr. sun was in his hottest hot moment, when we decided to end our pictorial madness.
Manong driver, who also served as our bodyguard and photographer, took us back to Digos
proper on a thrilling roller coaster ride with his motorcycle. We bought few goodies from Mer's at the terminal for pasalubong then went straight to the bus bound for Davao.The day was kinda short but the experience was great and adventure was fun. I really had a great time and I bet the other 3 girls felt the same. I think I'll be back for more one of these days...
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