Mt. Mariglem: The Joiners Ep. 1
The Mountains Were Calling. And This Time, I Stayed. | The Island Explorer The Island Explorer Best shared to those who have the same passion for travel. Zambales · Mt. Mariglem The Mountains Were Calling. And This Time, I Stayed. April 2026 · Zambales, Philippines · Hiking I have always been drawn to mountains. But for the longest time, that pull took me across Asia — to the trails of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the ridgelines of Taroko, the trekking circuits of Nepal. The Philippines, for all its geographic drama, never quite registered on my hiking radar. it was probably the heat, or the better appeal to do so elsewhere. I was one of those people who assumed we'd cornered the market on beaches and left the mountains to someone else's bucket list. Mt. Mariglem in Zambales changed that assumption entirely. "I was not prepared for what I saw at the trailhead. Thousands of young people, geared up and glowin...