Occidental Mindoro: Way to The Mangyans

after crawling down a more than 10feet ravine just holding on to roots and after crossing a river, i was meters away to what i desired to see.

Occidental Mindoro: Stunning Scene

been trekking along the ancestral domain of the tribe of Mangyans; the mountains all around me - 360 degrees, are beautiful. and i think are easy to reach. below that mountain in the background is where a Mangyan community is. and that is where i went. 

Occidental Mindoro: Bridge Over Troubled Waters

this part of the cable-wire-bridge has thicker wires on its base. at the end part where i started, it has no wires like this; just plain "half-inch thick wire" to walk on. if i lost grip on those wires i was holding on to, the wild rapids of the river below me would have eaten me up and am sure i would have not missed the boulders. all these just to reach a Mangyan Community.

Occidental Mindoro: Batman!

this they call batman mountain. there is really a name for this mountain - Bato Singit. which of course, as usual, i forgot. but whattah view from this house of a Mangyan Family. they said, i can immerse for a week with them. or a month. what kind of life is it to be in a Mangyan community within their ancestral domain?


i dedicate this to Jana

Occidental Mindoro: Devil Mountain

this mountain filled my long 2-hour trip. only to find out that upon reaching the ancestral domain of the Mangyans, their mountains won my heart