The Philippines is a country that is literally in the centre of the south east of the Asian region that is known to possess an attractive landscape, rich culture and fun hospitality. It is the times I will never forget because I had spent only a few days in a mountainous area, with the amazing lake. What was more, this trip helped me open up to what the outside world had to offer, but the vacation was also sorely needed to all the chaos and the clatter of the daily routine.
One morning I had come out in the early morning and the excitement had been running in my blood. The sceneries on the mountain adventure were full of beautiful sceneries of greeneries and colorful flowers that were covering the streets. It was a breezy air and the slight breeze impressed that I would be having a good time in my future. When I got to the base of the mountains, the majestic mountains welcomed me whose stature must have been delivered to heaven and their mere existence was humiliating and could not be contemplated.
The climb to the lake was an experience in itself. It was an outpouring of the symphony of nature of the beating of the leaves and the chirping of the birds in a dense grove. Every pause took me nearer to the lake and I had the sense of my excitement. It was not all sailing smooth, as it had to have me mount on steep places and cliffs, and traverse one or other rock, but which was made up by the magnificent scenes that presented themselves around me.
The ascending allowed me to enjoy different strategies and the wild animals that are unique to the area. Butterflies were flying everywhere, and I saw part of the monkeys, sporting with each other in the trees. I, too, stopped and listened to the silence of my immediate environs, to the pure air of the mountain, which was pleasant. There it was the lake and I had to walk several hours before I could get to the summit. The sight took my breath away. The sun had been cowering on the water and it was in a reflexive way glittering on the mountains. It was an excellent state, the landscape was almost unnaturally beautiful. I sat on a big rock in the lake, and the silence of the spot was allowed to oppress me.
The pine trees and the wild flowers grew high around the lake to make an ideal framing of this masterpiece of nature. I grabbed my camera and attempted to take a snap of whatever was going on but it is then that I knew that no picture could be captured to capture the beauty that was present. Rather I shut my eyes and heard the calmness of the wave on the shore, and was contented with the world. My stay at the lake provided an opportunity to reflect my life and the place of nature to ensure there is an ideal balance and harmony. It is a lesson, which taught me that I should stop hurrying and should enjoy simple things in life and that I must learn to enjoy the simple things. The adventure I had was not in solitude of the lake and the mountains as it was part of my inspiration and peace.
The time has come finally to make a comeback. The down was complete with laughing and mingling with other hikers with us all having the same attitude of awe-struck and enjoyment of the experience. I am glad I was refreshed, at least, when I came down, and I was carrying with me not only memories, but a new conception of the natural world. My visit to Philippines and the gorgeous lake and the mountains was not exactly a getaway since I used it as a self-discovery and reflection trip. Nature will take its method of putting us back to earth, it will make us mind what the world is, and what we are a portion of. I was grateful back at home and my heart longed to have further outdoor experiences.
