Location Details:

From:  Brgy San Nicolas, MacArthur Highway, Bamban

To:      Dap Dap         

Via:     San Nicolas Valley and Barrio Mainang           

Time:  3Hrs 35Mins                                 Distance: 15kms                       Total Kms to Date: 370  

Hare:  Single Malt                    

Comments: We started on MacArthur Highway and went on through San Nicolas to the valley behind. Following the concrete road (Being concrete means that rich folks obviously own property somewhere along the way) took us past Sitio Sto Nino and about five strangely named religious compounds all with their own very large no trespassing sign. (Ah Ha, the rich folks). Halfway up the road we turned off onto a single file track, which went past a few farmhouses and yapping dogs. Continuing upward and having to fight through some tough bush we eventually got to an abandoned hut where we had a rest before venturing higher up the steepest part of the hill, which was the East Ridge overlooking Dap Dap. We carried along the ridge for a couple of kilometres to reach the edge of Barrio Mainang and a cold coke at a local sari store. Bypassing Mainang we followed another narrow track through shady trees, tall grass and a couple of streams. This track started to take us back in the direction we had come from so finding another trail we ended up doing a big loop back to the opposite end of Mainang. Running out of time we opted to take the quickest way, about two and a half kilometres, down into Dap Dap and a couple of drinks at a sari store beside the jeepney terminal. The main feature of this hike was that we found Induces does not wear underpants. He ended up scaring women, children, local wildlife and fellow hashers alike because he also has a hole in his shorts. Every time he lay down for a rest or sat legs apart in a jeepney his bollocks would be dangling about for all to see. Not a pretty sight. Donations for a patch for his shorts very very gratefully accepted.

Rotary Sign Ridge, San Nicolas.

San Nicolas Valley