Travelogue

"The Hidden Beauty"

     The world composed of many beautiful places and one of that places is the Philippines. Philippines have many beautiful tourist spots and cultures that has been discovered and cultivated but there are some places that are still hidden and undiscovered, especially the Jimenez, Misamis Occidental. It is composed of twenty-four barangays and there is this one barangay that made me experience lots of adventure, the barangay Carmen. This barangay is a rural place. It was a big province that has many chilling rivers and beautiful mountains like the mount Aquino that I visited many times. According to a legend, this mountain is called barangay before. The mount Aquino is very alluring and stress-relieving, from the peak of the mountain you can see the whole city of Jimenez. Its beauty is world class but because of its location on the top of barangay Carmen, it is tiring to do mountain climbing and other activities, plus the fogs, that's why only few people dared to go there. On the other mountain, Mount Malindang, you can find a waterfall and a hot spring; the hot spring forms like a lake. Old people said that it has a volcano under the water, that's why it is hot.

      Moreover, it is also a mysterious place because of the roots of the trees called
"Balite" holds the water of the spring as a barrier so it would not flow. Even though the hot spring is totally magnificent, it is still not the main attraction of the barangay because the most visited spot is the Kalutungan falls. The falls is very high and the water is very cold; as in cold even if its noon. The scenery is very captivating but it is still not very known by everybody because it is hidden. Some tourists who visited this places take some rest in Mayor Quimbo's garden; they can sleeping a cottage and feel the refreshing air. This garden is very quiet and it has different beautiful flowers and trees before, but the other flowers died now because of the lack of maintenance. When I was there, I enjoyed taking some pictures and picking some flowers. I also enjoyed staying in the third floor of the cottage because I can see the whole city of Jimenez.

      One of my target in this summer is to visit the Jojuma falls. It was discovered by uncle Josepth Cabug. Jojuma stands for Joey, Juven, and Marjorie, who are the daughter and sons of uncle Josepth. According to my cousins who visited there already, this falls is much more beautiful than Kalutungan falls because it has two falls and the water is also very cold and deep. It is surrounded by trees and big rocks, which makes me more interested and excited to go. Jimenez has many beautiful and amazing natural sceneries already and yet there is still some that is not discovered and that's what I want to do this summer together with my cousins.