It's adventures like these that make us realize how lucky we are in the Philippines. Just at Cuenca in the province of Batangas at the south eastern corner of Taal Lake, the blogger behind My Gulch has some breathetaking shots of her hiking adventure with her buddies over at Mount Makulot. The mountain terrain offer a lot of larger than life views of the surrounding lake and Taal Vocano cone and a lot of at-the-edge experiences. A great hike for those in Manila.