So, we talked about meeting at 10PM in the Florida Bus in the Lacson, Manila
terminal to talk about our itinerary when we get there. As usual, Filipino time, and since my mom was watching Maging Sino Ka Man, dumating na kami sa terminal almost quarter to 11 na, which is the ETD. Julie and I introduced our friends to each other, Louie and Abby. So, how was the bus? It was cold, very nice for PhP460, new and pink (Louie loved it haha). We sat in the second row. Nice cute boys at the back, who sadly did not stop at Banawe with us. (Sayang! That could have started our trip right! haha) There's a CR at the back, but I didn't use it so don't ask me what it looks like. ETA in Banawe is 6AM.When we arrived in Banawe at around 7 AM, we met up with our guide,
which is a friend of a friend of Julie's, Kuya Elmer. At that time, we haven't decided yet if we're going to sleep one night in Banawe, or two nights in Sagada. When the guides told that we could do a tour for PhP 900.00 for the whole day, that definitely changed our mind! 
Hindi pa included doon ang transportation fee and there wasn't much to see in Banawe naman eh, aside from the terraces. We just wanted to catch the first jeep going to Bontoc so we could go to Sagada, which was 830 AM. That gave us at least one hour to see what we could in Banawe, we just said that we want to go to where you could see the rice terraces in th PhP 1,000 bill. And then we left for the jeep to Bontoc (PhP 130.00 lang ata eh), arrived in Bontok by 11 AM. Took a long time because of the small, dirt road, and traffic caused by the machines working on the road. No worries, we had our breakfast there with sandwiches and took in the scenic green mountains with pine trees (Baguio used to have these trees but not anymore, or not in abundance).
We thought of walking around Bontoc for a while, and take the next jeep to Sagada (12NN jeep, PhP 35.00). We went to Cathedral of All Saints which was just nearby. We also went to Cable Tours to buy our tickets (PhP 600.00), as a safety net and make sure we can go home because we weren't sure of our costs at the time. Even though we were very hungry at the time, we thought of waiting and just eating lunch when we get there. I think malas ata kami sa transpo eh. In Banawe, one of the tricycles got a flat tire (Hint: That's not the trike that I was using haha). And on the way to Sagada, the jeep we were riding started to smell funny, sabi ng mga elderlies that we were riding with clutch burn daw. Good thing, we were near Sagada na at the time, just in case. Even though it was medyo slow, the elderlies that we were with were nice and very talkative! We asked about the place and if they know where Residential Lodge is, owned by Mary Daoas. I pronounced it wrong, though so there were a bit confusion at first hehe at least that was a conversation opener 
Where we arrived in Sagada, we went to the inn we're staying Residential Lodge Inn kay Tita Mary's as recommended by several bloggers (PhP 200.00/head/night with nice hot water). Then we went to the famous Yogurt House to order food, and signed up at the Municipal Hall, then went back to Yogurt to eat the very yummy food! Pasta costs 120, rice meals were 150 and sandwiches were less than a hundred ata eh. It was hard to choose, especially when we asked the waitress, everything in the menu are best-sellers daw. Basta I read that the pasta were good because they were very cheesy, so all of us just had pasta. It was around 2PM na at the time. Since kanina pa kami gutom, ang bilis namin nabusog, and instead of ma-impacho, we just took our food out (and made it dinner! haha)
We thought na baka ma-hassle pa kami if we took caving, so instead we just walked around. We tried to go to some of the places on the map that were scenic, such as the ones listed in the Sagada sightseeing places. We trekked and saw the Cemetery, Calvary, Echo Valley, Hanging Coffins, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and Sagada Weaving. We also went to one of the Souveneir shops near Sagada Weaving, and talked to the natives there. They suggested that since there were only 4 of us, we commute or walk around if we want to save money, instead of renting a transportation. (We were hoping kasi to met up with some other tourists para share the load.) They also recommended some restaurants, most of which I already found on the blogs. However, they suggested tasting the Sagada specialty called Pinikpikan, where it is composed of chicken (the whole thing including the head, feet, and liver, intestines part) and smoked pig (they call itag). It needs very tedious preparation though, so we have to tell the restaurant the day before. Oh yeah, it also consists of Killing Me Softly way for the chicken... Poor chicken, all that torture! We went also to the bakery, bought some bread, talked to other tourists and natives there (there's this cute kid Andre, hihintayin daw ni Julie pag laki niya). Julie also sang videoke there and I think nag-online pa ata eh. Afterwards, we went home, unpacked, fixed our things, tried to plan the next day.
Oo nga pala, this is Julie's love interest haha See more pics here
Some other time, I'll post Day 2. Gutom na ako eh...
