Hive Philippines Travel and Nature Photography #1069 - by Allmonitors

#1069 - Mount Mariglem Shots for Tuesday.

Greetings lovely dearest Hiveans across the world! A hopeful and peaceful Tuesday to us all. Wishing everyone a Tuesday that is productive and safe. Stay secure and know that Hive community is here for us all, keep grinding and a the best😉.

Moving now to our daily shots here is our early morning hike while on the way up to Mount Mariglem summit which began under a cloudy and rainy sky because of an ongoing typhoon and was brewing somewhere close and we could feel the presence with heavy air.

We four, five including the guide, had braced ourselves for a wet and miserable hike but we got lucky. As we followed the trail, the rain hasn't been around yet. It was as if the morning had decided to give us a small window of opportunity.

The world we currently have was wet though. The path was thick, slippery muddy and every leaf were drooped because of the weight of the recent rains. The temperature was still cold which seeps right through our garments. Our breath were visible sometimes in front of us in little white clouds as we walked.

There's some clouds and fog too that clung to the mountains, a silent blanket that limited our view to the overall areas around us. There were some small trees we encountered once in a while, it's all meadows and weeds up here and felt like we were walking through a secret world. The usual grand mountain views of the area were gone and got replaced by this mysterious atmosphere.

We stopped often from time to time to catch our breath but not just to catch our breath but to try and capture the surrounding beauty with our phones. We took photos of the fog and cloudy surroundings, photos of our selves included.

The silence was while being up here were broken only by the noise of our footwears in the mud and the voice of the guide explaining the history of the area.

We were wrapped in our own little world being here and were cut off from everything else. The climb was challenging with the muddy trail with challenging every step but our mood was peaceful and hopeful.

There was no sun unfortunately or panoramic vista to see here instead, we were completely focused on the small, beautiful details right in front of us covered by fogs. It was a quiet adventure, resilience to the gloomy weather and learning to find the magic in this kind of morning. The summit is still far from here, more to follow😉.

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Shot taken in Zambales, Philippines.