Fresh from our Las Casas Heritage Tour, I had a massive hankering for a nature trip – somewhere down South, if possible, since we’ve already just been up North. Google offered up many options for a quick weekend trip, but what really struck my fancy was Bankong Kahoy Valley in Dolores, Quezon since it boasted of being literally in between a rock and a hard place: Mounts Cristobal (holy mountain) and Banahaw (devil’s mountain) Bangkong Kahoy – wooden bench in English – is retreat house-slash-jump off point-slash-activity center-slash-organic farm-slash-mini Frisbee stadium-slash-dog haven. A retreat house because, sitting in between two…
