Tila Pilon Hills (Year end climb-2022)

       Since the pandemic, me and my partner done climb every year end, so last December 30, 2022 we decided to do another year end climb, this time is in Doña Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan. We left at home at around 5:00AM I used google map to help me in direction where we going through because this is the first time we will climb Tila Pilon Hills located at Brgy Kalawakan in Doña Remedios Trinidad (DRT) riding in my Motorcycle. We arrived at the jumpoff at about past 7:00AM.

      After we registered and secured guide we start the trekking.Tila Pilon has a 2 trail, the free one which is mostly uphill and the other one is mostly gradual but you have to pay a fee because its a private property. After more than 30 minutes of trek, we arrived at the foot of the hill. Before you reach the summit, you need to trek uphill of 117 steps according to the signboard. There is a signboard of Tila Pilon Hills at the foot of the hill. Upon reaching the summit you will see a 360 view of DRT bulacan and nearby province like Biak na bato in San Miguel Bulacan. 

Foot of Tila Pilon Hills

View from the Summit

Fee Breakdown

Guide Fee - 300php (1:5)

Registration - 20php/head

Parking 20php

      

Dumaguete

After Several years, 4 years to be exact I'm back here in my blog. Well I will start again, my First Trip this year. Dumaguete.

The airfare was book last May 2016, my first try of booking in a promo airfare by cebu pacific, Monday March 20 our flight, wake up early and leave at home at 9:30 AM, travel time going to the airport took us 2 hours. This is my first time to travel with my honey in a place were bot of us are strangers, luckily i have a friend there. I contacted mitch if she can accompanied us in touring around dumaguete and luckily she was available that time.

Arrived at dumaguete past 5 PM, of course cebu pacific flight always delayed Mitch met us in the airport. We check-in in Nicanor Hotel dumaguete, not a five star hotel but the room was nice. After  check-in we ate our dinner and mitch accompanied us in one of the place in dumaguete which they called boulevard, I've notice here that there were so many foreign tourist and according to mitch there are a lot of foreigner living in this city.

Sunrise at Dumaguete Blvd.

March 21, 2017, we rent a single motorcycle that we will use in our tour, the cost for a single motorcycle for the whole day is 500, actually for 24 hours. Our first destination will be Casaroro Falls which is located in Valencia. According to mitch, you have to trek going down for more than a 200 steps, then a 5 minutes trek going to the Falls which is true and you have to trek going up the same route that you go down.

Casaroro Falls

After Casaroro Falls, we go to the Redrock falls or what they caled in our local language is Pulang Bato Falls. It was calls redrock maybe because of the color of the rock. The water is so cold and we were able to take a dip and swim.

Pulang Bato Falls

After Pulang Bato Falls, we went to one of their power plant and head back to downtown for lunch.
After Eating lunch we go to our next destination which is the balinsasayao lake, it took us almost an hour to reach the place.