Mt Makling

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Mount Makiling in Laguna is a legendary mountain that has inspired numerous tales, poems and legends owing to its mystical dweller and 

protector - Maria Makiling. The contour of the mountain is said to be the sleeping/reclining profile of Maria Makiling. Our national hero,

the great Jose Rizal himself published an article in La Solidaridad about Maria Makiling:

"According to eyewitness, she was a young woman, tall and graceful with big black eyes and long and

 abundant hair. Her color was a clear pure brown, the kayumangging kaligatan, as the Tagalogs say.

 Her hands and feet were small and delicate and the expression of her countenance always grave and

 serious. She was a fantastic creature, half nymph, half sylph, born under the moonbeams of Filipinas,

 in the mystery of its ancient woods, to the murmur of the waves on the neighboring shore. 

                        In fact, Mount Makiling is an inactive volcano that rises to approximately 1,109 meters above sea level and stands at about 3576 feet. It is a

                        forest reserve undedr the official stewardship of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).  The mountain is ideal for hiking, camping,

                        trekking, mountain biking, and bird watching.

                        Mt Makiling hosts man-made attractions such as the Makiling Botanical Garden > and The National Arts Center ; its natural attractions include the 

                        mountain's highest peak (the Peak II), the Flat Rocks, and the Mud Springs. 

                        Flat Rocks is basically a river bed where numerous and huge "flat rocks" can be found. Although the water was inviting, we were not allowed to swim,

                        there were lots of leeches/blood suckers (limatik in Tagalog) there.

                         The Mud Springs has been popularly but erroneously known as the crater of Mt Makiling. The Mud Springs site is actually one of the mud pots left  

                          in the mountain. "A mud pot is a type of hot spring that is formed when due to volcanic heat, sulfuric acid breaks down surrounding rocks into clay.

                          These boiling pots of mud produce a very strong and distinctive/offensive sulfuric smell (warning to those with asthma or other respiratory diseases).

                          You can also see thick smoke coming out from the sulfuric vents. 

                                                                                                                           Good morning to aII ..................

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