Mount Santo Thomas
January 12, 2006.
I’ve been in Baguio City for so many times. One of my uncles lives there and we occasionally visit him and his family. But I can say that my trip to Baguio City last January 10-12, 2006 is one of my most treasured memories in that place. I was with my closest college friends and my ECE family. Conceivably that was a perfect time to relax--setting aside those unfinished works and projects and emptying our mind from those brain-bloodying review materials.
We arrived at Fine Breeze Cottages, in Baguio City at exactly 8 o’clock in the evening. We were grouped according to our 'gang' . Sir Ronald Silverio handed us the key of our respective rooms.We had no activity that night so I decided to ask permission to Engr. Silverio to go out of the hotel premises and spend the night with my bestfriend, Hazel Mae. She studied at SLU-Baguio city so when she graduated her nursing course she decided to practice her profession there. She fetched me after Sir Silverio permitted me and we went to her apartment.
Our second day was our "free day". We were toured to different tourist spots of the summer capital of the Philippines like The Mansion, Mines View Park, we were also toured to Philippine Military Academy and finally to Burnham Park where I enjoyed boating with my friends. We were also advised to buy “pasalubongs” that day because we'll have no time to roam around the following morrow.
January 12, 2006. We hiked the highest peak of Benguet-the Mount Santo Tomas. From fine breeze, we did some on-road riding proceeding south to marcos highway then the crossing leading to greenvalley village, past the village starts a kilometer of off-road then starts the + or - 4 hours uphill trek to the summit of Mount Sto. Tomas, time it takes to reach. We walked for almost four kilometers! It was so uneasy for me to climb that 2,256 meters high because I have a history of asthma. The road is narrow-beside that is a cliff and there were many little stones and many big ones too along the path so we had to take extra extra care in order for us not to slip.
There are two places to "FINISH" at the summit, one would be the "RADAR" and the other is called "RELAY STATION" which is the topmost part of the mountain, the summit ("RADAR" or "Relay Stn.") is usually covered by clouds so there’s a cold and relaxing climate up ahead, a refreshing reward after a continuous long uphill ride.
When we got there, we enjoyed viewing from the top. It felt as if i'm already in heaven because i almost reached the sky. The main reason why we were there is to visit the different broadcasting towers of the different stations. We were permitted to visit the radio shelter of NBN 4, GMA 7 and IBC 13. They explained us the process of transmission and reception and they also showed us their facilities and taught us how they are working.
It was soo tiring but I really really enjoyed that activity. All’s well and ends well… that was really e great day worth lookin’ back..
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