Road trails are the best way to reach the place, even bikers loves to visit here doing biking adventure. There are stories behind in this areas particularly here and according to the elders, this areas was once a sugar cane extraction areas. There was a big structure built here made of light materials just like lumbers, bamboo pieces and a big grinding stones used for extracting sugar cane. Aside of that, a very old chapel also built here but as many Generations has already passing by those structures are totally vanished without a trace. The only thing to indicates is the site.
Centuries has past when the place was turned into a wide areas of coconut plants. The place is also perfect for farm raising animals like cows, goats and carabao because of lots of grass grows here covering the entire land. This is located near at the slope hill were Native people lives that time. Almost 200 old coconuts can be seen and found here and all of it are already produced lots of buko fruits.
At the slope hill of the place is the vast site of banana plants. But the first agricultural plants is here was a vast of Sugar cane and corn plants. It was once an open field but as many years has past, it is completely turned into a vast of banana plants. Residents who lives near in this areas like to visit here to do hunting and aside of that, photographer and adventuristic people also visited here to explore the relaxing and beautiful views here in Manticao mountain. Archeologist says that the reason why those native people likes to lived here and plant lots of agricultural plants its because of the fertile soil. There is also a dried stream near at the agricultural farm and and as many Centuries has already past, the stream was completely dried leaving lots silica stones.
This was once a spring of water were native people fetched water for their drinking purposes. This walls of rocks composted with big chunks of silica rocks, it gaves a great and good contributions of the residents that time but now, it is also already dried and collapsing. This dry spring connects to the stream here and it headed down to the not far enough from here.
If we talked about big trees and wild plants, there are lots can be found here. Some of this is this old germilina and mahogany trees located at the slope site near at the farm land. Lots of wild animals like birds flying around the place and it grows big and wide giving the place a cool and shady one.
According to the elder people, this has already reach ages 100 and until now it still grows and lives. I truly imagined how fascinating it is but the estimated ages of this trees is based on the year of the first people who lives here. It gives a cool shady place because of its wide branches and producing lots of big vines and wild plants grows at the stems. Native people worshiped their Gods here in this tree that time placing some offer like wild animals and crops.
This big chuncks of stone was already rolled down from the top of the Mountain many years already. It landed here half-burried and almost covering with wild grass. This stones was also served as an offering table that time and until now, this stone is still on its original place.
The stories are connected and proved that it is very true because asI arrived at the areas, there are some broke potteries just like this I've found during my Travel adventure. Broken pieces of old potteries scattered to the ground and some of it are still covered with soil. Fore me, this is truly and archeological site suited for those who loves Mountain climbing adventure.
Until next post, have a nice and safe travel to everyone.
