Monday, 28 July 2014

Sagada ( November 2013)

We trek back to Tinglayan and waited for the bus bound for Bontoc.

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The Bus Fare is 100php and it was a zigzag road passing by mountains. It was almost t 1 and a half hours ride. We arrived in Bontoc Market and decided to have something to eat near the area before heading to the Jeepney terminal bound for Sagada. It was about 45 minutes to an hour ride and the fare was 45php


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  This is the view that welcomed us as we checked in our hostel- George Inn

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George Inn

 It was almost dark when we arrived in Sagada so we just decided to take some rest and plan for our activities the next day.

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That Night, we also get to try the ever-famous Yogurt at Yoghurt House. This restaurant also offers different Salads, Pastas, Sandwiches and other meals.

yummy Yogurt
yummy Yogurt

The next day, I woke up early and decided to avail the Cave connection - Lumiang Burial Cave to Sumaguing Cave that took us (me and the tour guide) more or less 4 hours.  I did the spelunking alone since my friend is not really into caves.
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Upon the entrance of the cave, coffins welcome the visitors.

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the coffin   

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 Kuya Edward preparing our light


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the last natural light we would see before we start the spelunking

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Then we started the spelunking. The cave was all the way downhill.  I crawl, swim in ice cold water to get passed these caves.

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The view inside the pitch black cave was lit up by the lamp of Kuya Edward.

It was beautiful!
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choco-caramel rock formation! :)

You'll get drenched in cold water and that's part of the adventure. ;)

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After we took photos, finally..... We saw the light again and then I realized.. I survived the cave connection! :)

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I Survived!!

 Then we walked back to where Kuya Edward parked his car.

We walked to this view!- Awesome!!!   

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Kuya Edward then brought me back to my Hostel

I washed up and me and Albert decided to have late lunch at Salt & Pepper Diner

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mountain tea


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After we ate, we met Kuya Edward and started our Echo Valley Tour.

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We saw this place on our way to our destination.

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What a beautiful place to pray!

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Then we passed by Sagada Public Cemetery

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We trek down to have a closer look of the famous hanging coffins.

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Ancient Igorot believes that the higher the place they hang their loved ones coffins, the closer they get to heaven.


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my Good friend Albert Jumping for Joy!  LOL


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Then we trek back to the point where everyone shout their heart out to hear their echos, unfortunately mine isn't very cooperative! lol, Kuya Edward and Albert told me that my voice has a high pitch, I tried it over and over again... but still the same result. My echo didn't bounce as much as the guys' echo would do.


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Kuya Edward Sitting on his father's tomb.

I convinced Albert to try Balut, and he said he'll try. ;)

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Albert bravely tried BALUT ;)


We had dinner in Lemon Pie House and ate offered to buy Balut  across the street for Albert.

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Another must try in Sagada.. Lemon Pie!

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The next day, we decided to see the Sunrise at Kiltepan, unfortunately it was too foggy that we didn't see anything.

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Kuya Edward then decided to bring us to Bokong Falls instead.

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**Here's our Itinerary... 

Day 2:
  • Arrival in Bontoc
  • Take a jeepney/bus bound to Sagada
  • Dinner at Yoghurt House
Day 3:
  • Register at the tourism office
  • Start the Cave connection Tour
  • Late Lunch
  • Start the Echo Valley tour
  • Dinner at Lemon Pie House
Day 4:
  • Start early tour to Kiltepan (4:30 am~)
  • Re-route to Bokong Falls
  • Return to George Inn
  • Check out
  • Take the jeepney to Bontoc
  • Breakfast at GoldenFish Cafe
  • Take the jeepney bound for Banaue

Contact Persons:

Kuya Edward:  +639463233269   (Super accommodating Tour Guide)

George Inn: DORA- +639209483133     +639185480406



..this is the continuation of   ----- Kalinga/MeetingFangOd

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