A Destructive Beauty

The magnificent Mayon volcano. It's an active volcano, beautiful yet destructive. The cone is considered to be the world's most perfect cone for its symmetry. Mayon stands 2,462 from the shore of the Gulf of Albay about 10 km. away. It s the most active volcano in the Philippines which erupted 40 time since 1616. The latest eruption was in 2009-2010, it served like a natural fireworks for the new year. 

However, the most recent destruction was in 2006 which, again buried villages, destroyed most of the farmers and local residents' source of living. If you can see about is a nice house which obviously had to be abandoned for a big volcanic rock ran trough it. 

It is common that Legazpi city experiences earthquake oftentimes. When there is ashfall, schools and universities would cancel classes. Residents near Mayon would be evacuated depending in the PHILVOCS warning.

Mayon Skyline

Hoping to see the other side of Mayon, we went to Mayon skyline which nestles on the eastern slope of volcano at an altitude of 2, 700 ft. t is popularly known as "heaven on earth" because of the hanging clouds and the pleasant climate. 

On the way to skyline was first sunny dry road. But the closer we get to Mayon, the wetter the road is becoming. It could be just after the rain or it's just really foggy close and up there. 

We traveled that high and that far only to see fog at our destination. It was disappointing that after you've passed a risky and dangerous, slippery road, you'll not see a reward when you get to the top. It was this foggy that we couldn't see Mayon or the Pacific ocean, lakes and the different towns surrounding Mayon.

I don't complain, I just told myself, we can always come back, hopefully at the peak of summer so there'll be less clouds and fog. The most important was that we were able to get back down to the city safe and sound.