you grieve not;
for that which you love most in him
may be clearer in his absence,
as the mountain to the climber
is clearer from the plain.
--Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), The Prophet (1923), On Friendship
When you leave your hometown, a part of you is left behind. Childhood memories remained etched in ones memories. I love the mountains and the simple life the village people lead. The villagers are hard-working people. They live with what they have but they always have smiles on their faces. Tired and weary of poverty and yet full of spirit and hope for the future. There must be a way for them to rise up from poverty.
I am happy I had a chance to visit the village of Balutakay, the "vegetable garden of Bansalan."
Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines and overlooks Davao City, a few kilometres to the northeast.
Mt. Apo was first climbed on October 10, 1880 by a party led by Don Joaquin Rajal.
Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the country. The summit is very easy to reach, unlike other mountains such as Mount Halcon and Mount Banahaw. On May 9, 1936, Mount Apo was declared a national park by President Manuel L. Quezon. The mountain is home to over 270 bird species, with more than a hundred that are endemic.
A stratovolcano, Apo is flat topped, with three peaks. A source of geothermal energy, the time of its most recent eruption is unknown, and none are verified in historic times.
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Apo
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