Banawe-Sagada Trip (Day 1)

Read the Blog for a VERY detailed description haha

Basically, this is a 4N/3D trip covering both Banawe (which took one hour for us; we didn't go to Batad anymore) and Sagada. For our first night to end of first day (AKA second night), we left Lacson terminal in Florida Bus at 11PM, slept, and arrived in Banawe by around 7 AM.

7-730: talked with the guides; decided what our itinerary for the day
7:30-8:30: went to Banawe viewpoint (saw the original terraces for the PhP1000 bill)
8:30: headed for Bontoc Jeep; ate breakfast; slept
11:00: arrived in Bontoc; decided to roam; bought our Cable Bus Tours tickets, went and prayed at Cathedral of All Saints
12:00: left Bontoc; ate appetizer (AKA junk food); talk with very friendly natives and other lost-looking tourists hehe
12:45: arrived in Sagada; checked in at Residential Lodge Inn; ordered at Yogurt House; sign up at the Municipal Hall; ate yummy pasta at Yogurt House
2:30: started walking around the town; trekking by ourselves;
saw the baseball field;
saw the cemetery, took a wrong turn, returned to the cemetery;
saw another tour group with registered tour guide, followed them to lead us to the hanging coffins;
saw the calvary cross;
more photos of trekking, we lost the tour group;
finally saw the hanging coffins; pics in the cemetery;
arrived in St. Mary's Episcopal Church (it was closed, cannot pray inside);
met Andre, Julie's love interest;
17:30: went to Sagada Weaving;
talked and advised by the natives in the nearby souveneir shop;
reached the bakery on the way home, bought breakfast;
met up with some tourists from Angeles, Pampanga;
went to see what's in the market;
Julie sang sa karaoke;
went home, showered (sarap!), unpacked, fixed our things, finalized our plans for tomorrow

To be continued...

Albay part of Masbate-Albay Trip

Continued from Previous Album...

Day 3 in Albay: we went aboard a nice, cool ferry boat for 2 hours to go to Sorsogon, where we were met by Frank, business friend ni mommy and daddy. We were not able to go to Donsol anymore (boohoo) to swim with the whale sharks. Instead, we went to Legazpi, some of the sites such as the Cagsawa Ruins and slept over at this spring resort.

Day 4 in Albay: went to Mayon Skyline, eat very yummy halo-halo (which we attempted to copy at home haha), saw the geothermal plant from afar, went to see the waterfalls (I forgot the name hehe), ate at Waway's, and slept at Legazpi City.

Next day, we woke up early to catch our flight back home. Oh diba? We went through land, water, and air transportation for this whole 6-day trip.

Masbate part of Masbate-Albay Trip

A very long family road trip! From Manila, we went to Quezon Province (that's approx 3-4 hours) to board a ship for Masbate (which took, um I think 14 hours? nalimutan ko na eh, basta we slept there). April 28 to May 3, 2007 pa ata ito eh. Somewhere in those dates.

When we arrived, we were greeted by Tita Glo's family friends where we took another 2-hour car ride to Tita Glo's house. Basically:

Day 1 in Masbate: swimming by Tita Glo's beach front with the newly-made raft (inspired from our trip in Batangas)

Day 2 in Masbate: island hopping (where Macy was very popular and thought by the kids as Sandara haha)

To be continued...

ADMU Inuman

Inuman kela Jad last April 13, 2007

Holy Week in Tagaytay

As the title said, Holy Week in Tagaytay
Thurs - not able to go to church because of the traffic
Fri - visited three churches lang
Sat - Calatagan, Batangas
Sun - mass, ppl's park