ECO-TOUR TO NABUNTURAN BALIK KINAIYAHAN FOUNDATION

(Top) Bukal Hot Spring in Mainit, Nabunturan        (Below) NBKF....overlooking Nabunturan

Descending from the winding trail.....

A pose upon waking up..in the Training Center 's veranda.......

BOODLE BREAKFAST....

       ( We got this travelogue from  the interviews  we have  had from teachers/students  who have gone to Balik Kinaiyahan Foundation)

Last July1-2,2011, the Monkayo National High School science teachers with the Principal III ,Mrs. Editha T. Jao and some selected officers of YES-O went to an ECO-TOUR at Nabunturan Balik Kinaiyahan Foundation for an environmental immersion. The group left Monkayo at 5:00pm and was met by Dr. Winefredo Maglana( the founder of the said foundation) in his residence in Nabunturan and shuttled them to the hilltop where their Training Center was located.The view below  amazed the group for lines of matured green  trees abounds. And in between rows of trees are patches of lots planted with vegetables and flowers. The group said that they really admire the wonders of the diversity of living things in the surroundings from plants to animals."There is co-existence taking place among wildlifes.."..according to Dr. Maglana. He added that amidst his busy schedule in New York,USA as surgeon, he always see to it that  July will be his vacation month to visit Philippines and stay in this hilltop for he consider this as paradise and that this forest as his legacy to the people of Nabunturan bringing the town bountiful water supply from the watershed of the NBK foundation.

       The group have dinner by candlelight and entertained by the sound of the birds chirping and the singing of the night crickets under the moonlit night. After eating, Dr. Maglana shared his  stories of environmental activities done to develop this area and how he had influenced other people in the community to join his cause of preserving this hillside as water reservoir of the town. . By 11:00p.m. the group lay down to rest with the coolness of the surroundings as natural air conditioning.

         Upon waking up , they have seen the thick low lying clouds covering the town proper below and witness how this fog rises as the sun perks on the mountain fronting them. What a sight to behold! according to ma'am Eding.....They have breakfast  cooked by Efrain Celiz(Gen Science teacher) of fresh vegetables harvested from the gardens of the foundation. And on their n their way home...as they walk along the trails....,they carried the treasured memories  of their stay ....a night at  the hilltop  of Nabunturan.