This is the second time that my son Justin is visiting Camp John Hay in Baguio City, the coolest place north of Manila and summer capital of the Philippines. He was afraid of riding a horse on his first visit but this time, he was not afraid anymore and he wouldn't leave the camp without riding a horse. He was very persistent on his request so we let him do it with the condition that his mom will join the ride. To our disappointment, the guides told us that they do not allow two people ride a horse at the same time. we also thought that the horse ride trek would be on a very short distance only. But alas, the guides told us that the half hour horse back ride will go quite some distance inside the forested area of the camp. As we were adamant by the conditions, we told Justin that he would ride solo by himself and that they will go far into the forest but he would not budge. He is determined to do his first ever horse back ride. We finally gave in and entrusted him to the Igorot guide who assured us that everything will be alright. Justin also told us that he's alright and he can do it excitedly.
A few meters going inside the wooded area, we were still very worried, so we sent his "big sister", Michelle to ride another horse and follow Justin. And off they went towards the woods. It looked like a very very long thirty minutes because we were anxiously waiting for them to come back. Every time a horse gets in sight, we were hoping that it was already Justin. We almost counted all the horses that emerged from the woods and several horses later, they finally emerged. Upon seeing them, it was the only time that we have relaxed and thanked God for the nice adventure for Justin who is very very happy that he was successfull in riding his first ever horse and became an Equestrian for thirty minutes.
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