Location Details:

From:  Golden Forest Farm, Kaligtasan

To:      Pabanlag, Gumain River           

Via:     Caulaman River, Canachili                   

Time:  4Hrs 50Mins                                  Distance: 20kms                      Total Kms to Date: 2398

Hare:  Single Malt                  

Comments: New territory today as we drove across the Gumain River at Basa Air Base to the small barrio of Kaligtasan. We meandered about for a few kilometres, wasting an hour, trying to find a way straight into the hills. When we found a track going westwards it degenerated into a bit of a nuisance where it was overgrown with tall grass. Nowhere else to go so we persevered until we came upon a proper trail. This was the real thing and it made our day as we strode through some terrific scenery before turning back on a different route to our finishing point at Pabanlag by the Gumain River. Pabanlag is a fair sized barrio but only about ten per cent of the houses are occupied. All others including the church are just empty shells with maybe a ghost or two floating in and out of the dark recesses. Must be a story here but there was nobody around to tell it.   

Caulaman River

An All To Familiar Scene