Trek to Ditumabo Falls, Aurora
The ride from Baler going to Ditumabo, a small village of San Luis, Aurora, was not easy. The road was rough and unpaved, with small boulders seemingly strewn over it, testing the suspension system of the two tricycle cabs that we (the same people whom I went surfing in Baler with) hired to take us to the village. Much of the four-kilometer trip was also uphill, making the engines cry out as our drivers, Anthony and Carlo, struggled to stabilize the vehicles as we trudge along. Our destination was a waterfall called Ditumabo Falls, also known as Mother Falls. One of the two tricycles that we hired After arriving at the village we set out to "twenty-minute" hike, crossing several footbridges made of bamboo and driftwood, across streams and through footpaths carved on hills. The 20-minute hike easily went to almost an hour. Randy, Aroma and Sigrid crossing the footbridge The clear, cool waters of the stream that we forged gave hints of what were in ...