Mt. Manabu | 001

Sto. Tomas, Batangas

Jump-off point: Sulok, Brgy. Sta Cruz, Sto. Tomas

LLA: 13.9777°, 121.2413°, 760 MASL

Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 1-2 hours

Specs: The name Manabu is said to be abbreviated from 'Mataas na Bundok'.

It is one of the three major peaks of the Malipunyo range (the other two are the

Malipunyo summit and Susong Dalaga peak). Probably because of its geography,

it's usually cloudy in Manabu, lending an almost nostalgic air. Although Sto. Tomas

is a peripheral town of Batangas, the dialect used among the locals in Manabu

is distinctly Batangueno.It adds a local flavor to the Manabu experience,

much like the homemade kapeng barako which Mang Pirying,

owner of the hut midway through the trail,would offer the

hikers climb, Difficulty 2/9, Trail class 1-2.

Before I start, sorry for interruption for being outdated because my laptop
was broken in months ago so I think I need to buy new one. Anyway
from month of April to October, that's my long break and this
November I started again to hike at Manabu Peak with the
colleagues of my schoolmate, Sir Arnel Buhia for dayhike.
It was just an usual hike with my friends.

At the jump-off of Malaraya-Malipunyo. Again, the 6 Steps to Responsible

Travel first is to research your destination. So just start trekking with my friends.
Being a nature lover we should to be responsible when hiking
just leave nothing but footprints.

start trekking

@ Starbucks "daw"

An epic view #pecker

Find the black cat :)

At station 5, look what I found a big c***.

It's nameless tree maybe it was carved by the locals.

A very talented who made a remarkable pecker by tree.

       

         

At station 6, I was wondering why some hikers they overlap on the cross

and yet so happy, with that manner of impudence. Whatever we saw in

our environment we must take care of that and as long as you can

do not tamper/touch anything instead we should to preserve

and highlight anything around us. Just cherish every

moment that you took in our lives and leave

nothing but footprints.

   

Coconut juice break. He's staring at me, so cute little boy. 

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Guinea Pig

Cavia porcellus, also called the cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from Guinea. The scientific name of the common species is Cavia porcellus, with porcellus being Latin for "little pig". Cavia is New Latin; it is derived from cabiai, the animal's name in the language of the Galibitribes once native to French Guiana. Cabiai may be an adaptation of the Portuguese çavia (now savia), which is itself derived from the Tupi word saujá, meaning rat. Guinea pigs are calledquwi or jaca in Quechua and cuy or cuyo (pl. cuyes, cuyos) in the Spanish of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Ironically, breeders tend to use the more formal "cavy" to describe the animal, while in scientific and laboratory contexts it is far more commonly referred to by the more colloquial "guinea pig".

Iguana

Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America. It can range from 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) including their tail. The two species of lizard within the genus Iguana possess a dewlap, a row of spines running down their backs to their tails, and a third "eye" on their heads. This eye is known as the parietal eye, visible as a pale scale on the top of the head. Behind their necks are small scales which resemble spokes, known as tuberculate scales. These scales may be a variety of colors and are not always visible from close distances. They have a large round scale on their cheeks known as a subtympanic shield. Iguanas have excellent vision and can see shapes, shadows, colors, and movement at long distances. Iguanas use their eyes to navigate through crowded forests, as well as for finding food. The tympanum, the iguana's ear drum, is located above the subtympanic shield and behind the eye. Male iguanas, as well as other male members of the order Squamata, have three hemipenes.

Millipede

Millipedes are myriapods of the class Diplopoda that have two pairs of legs on most body segments. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together as one (the name "Diplopoda" comes from the Greek words διπλοῦς (diplous), "double" and ποδός (podos), "foot"). Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball, like a pillbug.

The name "millipede" is a compound word formed from the Latin roots mille ("thousand") and pes ("foot"). Millipedes range from 2 to 280 millimetres (0.079 to 11 in) in length, and can have as few as eleven to over one hundred segments. They are generally black or brown in colour, although there are a few brightly coloured species.