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Mt Pinatubo's Beautiful Disaster

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This post is way overdue and for some reason, I have forgotten this in my draft folder. Anyhow, here you, and hope you enjoy reading. =) In June 1991, Mt Pinatubo in Zambales erupted and was considered as the second largest terrestrial eruption in the 20th century. Ash clouds covered almost all parts of Luzon bringing darkness and ash falls went as far as Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia. It killed thousands of Filipinos and destroyed agricultural livelihood, infrastructure and most especially the indigenous village of the Aetas.  Early morning 20km 4x4 ride with our tour guide start of the 5km trek After two decades of Mt Pinatubo's eruption, my cousins and I planned to trek to the Pinatubo Lake. The trek was scheduled on a Sat so we left Manila after office and stayed in our relatives in Bulacan as the call time is at 5am -- 5am we must be at the tour operator's site in Capas Tarlac. We left Sta. Maria, Bulacan at 3am and we reached just in time for the ori