Saturday, March 21, 2009 approximately 11 something AM, we reached Mt. Pinatubo’s crater and it was amazing!

The Pinatubo experience was unforgettable and was a lot of fun Ate[Mommy] Wins, Mark, Jeca [Mark’s Girlfriend], Greyz, Narod, Marco, Yumi, Mitch, Pilo, Frytz, BJ [Ate Win’s friend, which I thought was a boy but turns out she’s not :-P] were my buddies in the day trip

Here’s our itinerary [by Ate Wins]
02:30am - Assembly at Shell/McDo Ortigas                                  
03:00am - ETD to Capas, Tarlac (you can order breakfast at McDo and we’ll 
have it on the road)                                                      
06:00am - ETA Tourism Office; registration                                
06:30am - 4 x 4 ride to jump off point                                    
07:30am - Start of 3-hour trek (might be shorter depending on your, well, 
willpower and tagal ng picture-picture J)                                 
10:30am - ETA crater; free-time, swim, explore                            
12:30nn - Lunch break                                                     
02:30pm - ETD to jump off point (2-hr trek. mas mabilis bumaba and less   
pictures na!)                                                             
04:30pm - ETA jump off point; 4 x 4 ride back to Tourism Office           
05:30pm - ETA Tourism Office; wash-up                                     
06:00pm - ETD to Manila. Stop over for dinner  

Ate Wins gave us the itinerary and some tips on what to bring, what to wear and all sort of stuff for the trip and that helped me a lot preparing and they teased me about that they said I was in full battle gear :-p wahehe

The view of the site was amazing and so mesmerizing, you will really appreciate nature I will never forget the 4×4 ride [I got to taste mud, ashes, earth, lahat na :-P] and swimming in Pinatubo’s crater [I love swimming but swimming in the crater was a bit scary for me, it was like the bottom was a black hole that will gobble you up but I was just imagining things hehe it’s scary if you can’t see the bottom  :-P] The water there was freezing, I thought it would be lukewarm wahaha!

Thanks to the two kuya manong guides for carrying our lunch and guiding us to the crater [I was afraid of getting lost… remember anawangin?] and kuya *I forgot the name* for letting us take a bathe in your house after the trek, super thanks
Before going home, we had dinner at Dencios metrowalk [Ate Wins was not there though, she had to go home because her mom was looking for her already]. I arrived at our apartment, 1something AM I guess. I was super exhausted plus aching muscles but it was fun!

**I did not take any pictures, just this one though [and it's blurred :-P] Ate Wins, Greyz, Narod, Frytz brought their SLRs and Mark took a lot of pictures, I’ll just grab the pictures from them ahehe

my cam’s only pic [blurred sowee] from the trip

Frytz, BJ, Mark and Jeca

injury? i got this before the Pinatubo hike, it got worse during the trek but it was okay, it’s just a tiny wound