
Holy & Eccentric - Mt. Banahaw
The Holy Mountain
The class of 10-VBA went around the area of Mt. Banahaw, also known as the Holy Mountain. This was done during their Educational Outbound trip held last September 28, 2012.
Mt. Banahaw is a strange place. That's not to say anything offensive about it; I myself confess that strange is somewhat of a compliment in the context I think of. It's a strange place because so much of culture, tradition, and history has been retained in it, whereas nearly everywhere else is filled with modernity. Before we got to the Mt. Banahaw area, we witnessed extremely annoying construction trucks, stoplights, mall signs, and Pizza Hut delivery banners: all of these we saw about 15 minutes before arriving. It was ridiculous. However, you could feel a change in...