Spent the past week planning an upcoming trip and realized how reading blogs has been so helpful to me. It's always nice to read from someone's personal experience because the input is just more raw and honest. So I thought I'd contribute to the world wide web's helpfulness by writing about my travel experiences too. First up, Danasan Eco Adventure Park.

Share the bike and split the time if you wanna save on the fee.

Now this was pretty easy and fun. We all hopped on our ATVs and followed the guide along the trail which goes up and down the road - you of course have full control on how fast (or how slow) you wanna go. It's a great start to your adventure-packed day because this gives you a mini tour of the park and gives you a glimpse of the other areas and other adventures they have in store for you.

After this, we decided to eat lunch first. They charge corkage if you bring your own food so we ate at their restaurant instead. The food was so-so and the price was at tourist-price. So I suggest you bring your own food if you want to save. Noticed other groups bringing food without being charged too. Oh well.

2. Trekking + Tyrolean

Our ride to the next adventure.

The trek wasn't bad at all. Here we are, where the tyrolean adventure begins.

They start you off with a zipline.

Where you stop halfway.

Then you shift your body, turn yourself around towards the other direction, lean back, and pull yourself towards the other side. And yes, that's why it's called the TYROLEAN. Cause you lean back, and pull on the tight rope. Get it, get it? Lol.

I made it! I'm not one with a lot of upper arm strength. So if I can do it, so can you. ;) But if I had to tyrolean the whole way, that would be a different story..

3. Rappelling
I've tried rappelling only once before - in Cagayan down the tallest tree there. But that was a different story because manong guide controlled the ropes - how fast I would go down and would stop from time to time and all I did was hang tight and scream.

This time though, was down a waterfall and I had to do all the controlling. Have NO idea how I did it.
They teach you to lean your weight back, take one step at a time down, and push the rope to bring yourself further down. This one required arm strength to control the rope, and balance. My foot slipped a couple of times. This happens. Don't panic.
It's funny cause I think I only got scared and momentarily panicked when I got to the bottom part where the water was already splashing my face. But all it took was a couple of steps and I was done. Yey. :)

By the time we finished this, it was almost time to go. We wanted to leave the place early enough so that we don't drive down the mountain in the darkness or get stuck in the city traffic during rush hour. But we couldn't resist going on one more adventure.

4. Spelunking/Caving
We chose to go on the easy route since one, we were short of time and two, we had a 10-year-old with us.

Before you go into the cave, check if the flashlight on your helmet works. It's completely dark inside so the flashlight is essential.

Maintain poise. Even while spelunking. :))