I'm a seasoned Project / Account Manager based in Manila
who likes to eat (food I haven't tasted before)
and travel (when I can).

Next Stop: DENR Visitor Station

Posted: December 3rd, 2008 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Travel | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

From the Victory Liner terminal in Baguio City, there was a chartered jeep that took us to the DENR Visitors Station.  (I forgot the name of the town).  It was a 4-hour trip.

We had 2 stop overs.  The first one was at the Ambuklao Dam.

The locals caught this really huge fish at the dam…

After the site seeing and photo ops, we headed to our next stop.  I, Allan, Trinka, Verchie, Winna, and Narod decided to go “top load” becuase we couldn’t bear the smell of the burning clutch / brakes inside the jeep.  Moreover, there were lots of bumping inside the jeep primarily because of the Formula1-style driving of Manong in the zigzag / dirt roads of Benguet.

Around 7:00 am, we arrived at Summer Place where we ate our breakfast.

Allan and I shared a plate of rice and a bowl of “Nilagang Baka.”  We also ate some of my Eng Bee Tin Beef Tapa (beef jerky).

After breakfast, we headed to the DENR Visitors Station.

At the visitors station, we attended an orientation about Mt. Pulag.  According to the orientation, Mr. Pulag is the 3rd highest mountain in the Philippines at 9,692 ft.  There are several trails to Pulag and 2 of them are Akiki and Ambangeg.  We’re taking the most popular trail – Ambaged. Akiki is a more traverse trail which takes 2 days to climb.

I’ve also learned that Mt. Pulag is famous for the Cloud Rat. Finally, there are a few rules that we have to go by. I can only remember 2…

  • No alcoholic drinks at the campsite
  • No sex outside the tent. Booo!!!

Bora Trip 2008 (May 29): Sex Shooters at Summer Place

Posted: June 11th, 2008 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Food, Travel | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

After taking a nap (after dinner), we decided to checkout the “clubbing” scene round 11:30pm. We checked out the bars in Station 2 like Hey! Jude, Juice and Summer Place. We decided to hangout in Summer Place since it was closest to our hotel. We were told that usually a local reggae band would play that night. We have probably missed their set since it was already past 12mn when we got there. There were only a few people hanging around, half of which are foreigners. It’s probably because it was Thursday and it was already lean season.

Establishment: Summer Place
What to do: Listen to live bands, which I have yet to experience. Hangout.
What to order: Sex Shooters. It is a combination of 6 alcoholic shots with sexy names and with different ingredients. Long island iced tea. I have yet to try these. What I tried was their Nutella Crepe. Yummy!
Location: Station 2