Mt. Pulag

Mt. Pulag is the second highest peak in the Philippines and has the most breathtaking sunrise, for me, unparallelled.

Among us Ibalois, the peak is sacred. It is believed that the spirits of our ancestors dwell here with "Kabunian". It is located in the municipality of Kabayan in Benguet which is also known as the seat of the Ibaloi culture.

It is most ideal to scale the mountain during the summer months.

I have not been up there in years. The Cordillera Tourism Press Corps, now headed, by Harley Palangchao and Sly Quintos, if I remember right, usually coordinates a trek to this majestic place. They were not able to pull it off this year because of the elections.

Next year, I hope, they arrange one.