tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19046587850826720402024-03-14T07:42:28.544+08:00NoelizmHotelier, teacher, mountaineer, tree-hugger, foodie, frugal traveler, sharing tips & rantsNoelizmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506813330826792065noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904658785082672040.post-41414051341786139642014-04-20T21:56:00.000+08:002014-04-20T22:14:00.044+08:00A Day in Kiangan, Ifugao<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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tour of Kiangan’s tourist spots. From the mountain’s jump off point, we
followed the cemented road that encircled the mountain, that leads to one of
their nice waterfalls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are the only <span style="font-size: small;">people</span> in the place that time. This is one
advantage of going to less-touristy places, as we have the privacy and all the
time to enjoy the place. The water from Mt. Kapugan is cold, has strong
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the main road. We've had a short snack while resting, before we proceeded to Ambuwaya
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bath and afternoon nap. At Php 150/head per night, their rate is good enough.
They have washing machine which we used to wash some of our clothes. If they
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time when I get back to Kiangan, I would visit the Yamashita shrine (where Gen.
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After an early dinner in Banaue, we proceeded to Kiangan, Ifugao, to spend the night there. Its a historical town, being the oldest town in the province. The heart of Ifugao settlement and culture, it used to be the capital of the province, and also known as the surrender site of Gen. Yamashita at the end of World War II.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a very late post of my hike in Mt. Napulauan last October 2013. Prior to the hike, I only had a practice dayhike 2 weeks before, so I thought I'm in shape. But I was wrong. I'm not prepared enough to keep pace with the rest of the Team Mandirigma, where I was a guest climber. The mountain has this technical description from Pinoy Mountaineer:</span></div>
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<b>Hungduan, Ifugao</b><br />
Major jump-offs: Poblacion and Brgy. Hapao, Hungduan<br />
LLA: 16°50′N, 121°10′E, 2642 MASL (<a href="http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/2008/02/highest-mountains-in-philippines_02.html">#15</a>; 1580m gain)<br />
Hours to summit / Days required: 9 hours / 2-3 days<br />
Specs: Major climb, Difficulty 7/9, Trail class 3<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While carrying a 12kg backpack, I tried to keep up with the fast pace of the group. However, this hiking speed coupled with the cold weather put a strain on my muscles, resulting to 3 episodes of leg cramps. The cramp attacks happened during the big step ups, that at one point I wasn't able to keep my balance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aside from being steep and sometimes slippery, the trail was made harder by lots of fallen trees, that we have to crawl while ensuring that our large backpack would still fit inside those tight spaces. Those situations really drain much of our energy. Anyway, our last group made it to the summit campsite around 7 pm, about an hour after the first group. I was afraid to get leg cramps that night, but good thing my sleeping bag kept me warm.</span></div>
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so I took her on a Morong-Baras-Tanay day tour of century-old churches and
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it along with the town in 1612. Now this current church’s frontispiece and
belfry were built by Bartolome Palatino of Paete, Laguna between 1850 and 1853. </span><br />
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unique in a sense that Chinese artisans helped in its construction. Whether its
Mr. Palatino of Paete or Chinese artisans, I would say they did a superb job in
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the cross, given life through wooden carvings that are very intricate to the
smallest details. I really admire the artisans who carved them, who probably
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left on a smaller road to see Daranak Falls. The local government had developed
the place for visitors’ comfort, at a fee of P 20/person. They open at 8:00 am
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itself. A nice end to cap our sight seeing tour. There were many visitors that
Sunday, crowding the adjacent mini waterfalls on the right side, as well as the
pool of the main falls. It was almost 4:00 pm when we arrived, and only my
nephew decided to take a short dip.</span></div>
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source of Daranak waterfalls. But with their P 100 entrance fee on this private
property, I skipped it. It would be absurd to pay that expensive fee,
considering that the more beautiful Maria Christina, Merloquet, and Tinuy-an
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Days after Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan struck Leyte and Samar, Phil. and foreign military personnel started to bring the survivors to Manila, with at least 6 C130 planes landing in Villamor Air Base everyday. Then a few caring Manilans noticed that some evacuees are left on the streets, with no means to get to their relatives in Luzon. So this core group of Manilans started the Oplan Hatid (Operation Drop Off) campaign for volunteer motorists to help transport the evacuees to their safe havens.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday, 20 Nov. 2013</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After signing up online on Oplan Hatid's temporary site <a href="http://oplanhatid.teleserv.ph/"><span style="color: red;"><b>here</b></span></a>, I drove to Gate 5 of Villamor Air Base to register. Then our group headed to the grandstand area to start transporting the survivors, after at least an hour of "bidding" and waiting. Finally at past 11:00 pm, there's a family of 9 people from Palo, Leyte who Sir Nikko and I will be transporting to Carmona, Cavite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we got back to Villamor, my next passengers are an elderly mother and her son from Tacloban. They stayed in their 2-storey concrete house in Tacloban during the height of the storm. Their house is still standing, but no more roof, and they only stocked food for 2 days. The son told me that they could see the famous photographed ship that was swept inland from their house. Since food is scarce and they cannot live on their exposed house, they decided to move in Sta. Rosa, Laguna with their immediate family members. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After my morning class at Enderun College, I proceeded to Villamor Air Base, where I also took my lunch. Aside from many volunteers who help out in receiving the evacuees, there are good hearted individuals who sponsors meals and drinks for both evacuees and volunteers. As long as a volunteer is not picky, he/she will never get hungry as there are many food, water, coffee, and even Coke soda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the handover of transport service to DSWD on 01 Dec. 2013, Oplan Hatid as a coordinating team will terminate their service. However, volunteer drivers may still contact DSWD at 0906-2988532, 0998-9821685, and 0998-9821398 for Hatud Kabayan as the replacement program.</span><br />
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Noelizmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506813330826792065noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904658785082672040.post-13178439836199520572013-10-11T01:09:00.000+08:002013-10-11T01:16:52.777+08:00IsKarGu Restaurant in Calauan, Laguna<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This "dampa-carinderia" style restaurant is just across Gaisano Mall along Jose Rosales Avenue. Customers can choose between cheap set meals, or raw seafoods that can be cooked any style. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their specialty is roasted chicken <i>inasal</i> style, seems well marinated, and a bit on the sweet side. Still, Aling Cora could do better for their signature dish, as it lacks its own identity. It is served with 2 cups of rice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many inexpensive accommodations in Butuan City. En route from Surigao del Sur to Manila, we stayed for a night in VCDU Prince Hotel along South Montilla Boulevard. Perfect location as its along the route of Bachelor Bus, and just walking distance from McDonalds along Jose Aquino Avenue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our contracted trike driver charged us P 120 for a round trip and waiting package to the Balangay Museum. He do not know its exact location, so he asked the locals in the Paradise subdivision how to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above photo shows the glass-enclosed remains of the oldest watercraft in the country, complete with rudder. One of the 8 discovered <i>balanghays</i> (boats) accidentally discovered in 1976, experts from Tokyo Gakushuin University carbon-dated the boat to have been crafted in 320 A.D. It is now approaching 1700 years old!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to the damp climate in a tropical country like ours, very few fossils and artifacts survive for discovery after a long period. So I asked the museum's staff how come the wooden boats did not decomposed, even if stuck in swampland after more than a millennium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He replied that the boats' wood material called <i>doongon</i> loves water, aside from being sturdy and bouyant</span>.<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He added that the excavated wooden boats might decay faster when exposed to air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Included on the museum are the wooden burial coffins produced between 14th to 15th century. Filipino archaeologists are trying to find more of them during the 70's, when they accidentally discovered the 8 wooden boats, about 16 meters away from the coffins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the back of the museum is one of the excavation sites. Most areas of Butuan during the pre-colonial era are submerged on the river delta, hence the presence of these buried ancient boats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On our way back to downtown, I saw Mt. Mayapay, the landmark mountain plateau of the city. I hope to climb it if I get back to Butuan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following morning, we continued our historical tour of the city. We visited another excavation site in Barangay Libertad very close to the highway. Fyi, the modern term barangay which is the smallest unit of political district or ward in the Philippines, was coined from the word <i>balangay</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not too far from the Balangay Shrine Museum's excavation site, the place is also located on a neighborhood. Those private lands and houses could be harboring ancient balangays underneath them, like the one discovered last year <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/321334/scitech/science/massive-balangay-mother-boat-unearthed-in-butuan"><b><span style="color: red;">here</span></b></a>. Reading that news article supports the story of a pre-colonial Kingdom of Butuan, and our ancestors' trading ties with China and Vietnam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Mangagoy, Bislig City, it seems that there are very few choices when it comes to accommodation. Based on the limited blog reviews and Trip Advisor, I chose to book in Casa de Babano through their Facebook account, as they don't have a website. They reply both on SMS (0926-7597277) and FB messages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One good thing when traveling is we get to try the food in other areas. When outside of Metro Manila, the food are usually fresher and cheaper as well. Here are some of the food we tried in Bislig City, including those I found in the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our third and final destination in Surigao sightseeing tour is the Hinatuan Enchanted River. From Hinayagan Cave, we traveled northeast to the coastal town of Hinatuan. We turned right from the highway junction to the barangay registration office. We paid Php 30 each, with official receipt that we have to present on the river entrance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This concludes our habal habal day tour in Surigao del Sur. It was a long day from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://noelizm.blogspot.com/2013/09/majestic-tinuy-falls-of-surigao-del-sur.html"><b>Tinuy-an Falls</b></a></span>, lunch in Ocean View, then <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://noelizm.blogspot.com/2013/09/hinayagan-cave-in-bislig-city-surigao.html">Hinayagan Cave</a></b></span>, before the Hinatuan Blue Hole. We paid our driver-guide Jikjik Torion (0949-8151877) with P 1,400 as agreed, plus tip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After lunch, we headed north to Hinayagan Cave in San Vicente, Bislig City. The cemented road became rocky, so its quite a pain in the butt for 20 minutes at the back of the habal habal ride. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our driver Jikjik doesn't know the jump off point to the cave from the road. Good thing that we stopped right near the jump off point, where a local old man reside nearby, and guided us to the cave. The jump off point is on the left side of the road, with a small nipa hut and signage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mouth of the dark cave where the river flows. According to locals, the cave was discovered by accident, when a hunter "Bidok" was chasing a wild boar. First it was named as Suhoton Cave, then renamed as Hinayagan Cave. <i>Hinayagan</i> means a place of announcement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would have been better if we visited at noontime during a sunny day. The light's reflection inside the cave would have been more warm and dramatic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may have heard of an old story when God created Earth. Just like the yin & yang, God is showing Archangel Michael that He is putting a balance on each country that he creates. There are both good and bad things in any place. In Europe for example, He made the people smart to start the Industrial Revolution, but He also gave them cold winters. In Middle East, it is very hot and barren, but He gave them crude oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Transparency International have included two past Filipino presidents (Marcos & Erap) on their list of 10 most corrupt leaders in 2004. I wonder if GMA will be included on their list on their latest update. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now the recent controversy on PDAF or pork barrel abuse seem to be the last straw on the temper of Filipino people, who are sick and tired of how the Philippine government is ran by corrupt politicians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being in the lower middle class, its hard not to get really mad to those necessary evils called politicians, when they literally steal our taxpayers' money without the slightest hint of decency or fear. Presidents, Senatongs, Tongressmen, Governors, Mayors, and government officials who are supposedly honorable servants of the people, are like wolves who we entrusted to watch over the sheep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is why our esteemed modern heroes, the OFWs, continue to be mistreated and abused on most parts of the world. Our soldiers who fight the bandits in Mindanao have to literally beg for food and water, surviving with broken boots and inadequate weapons. Even senators who were former military leaders, turned a blind eye on their former comrades once they are in power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who can we blame on this government shit hole? Its the gullible and dumb voters, who sell their votes and allow themselves to be manipulated by politicians. We are the laughing stock of the world for re-electing politicians who were convicted and overthrown from previous events. We easily forget the politicians' wrongdoings, so the history of plundering repeats itself, but on more daring and grander scale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cory Aquino and various People Power Revolutions failed to stop this cancer on political system. Graft and corruption is more prevalent and an open secret, because nobody rots in jail or receive the death sentence. These corrupt politicians can always hide on our inefficient justice system, while enjoying the comforts of a wheelchair, hospital, or resthouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough of those legal drama, "epal" proceedings, and political patronage. We need something drastic, swift, and violent solutions. Forget those laws and human rights for the meantime, until we fully cleanse the system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Ask a terrorist group to crash 2-3 commercial planes during a session on the Senate and Lower House. Or arrange suicide bombers to attend legislative proceedings, and become real martyrs. With divine intervention, the good guys will be called to leave the target premises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Arrange a supposedly peace talk or a winning military action in Zamboanga or Panatag shoal for "pogi" points and photo ops. Then they would be held hostage by the rebels or Chinese navy, who will demand all their money as ransom. We will ask half of the paid ransom money to be given back to Filipino people. Who knows? The hostage takers could be more trustworthy to deal with than our politicians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are just some of the adjectives I could use to describe the Tinuy-an Falls in Burboanan, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. You've got to see and feel the place personally to appreciate it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We paid the Php 50 entrance fee per head. I paid extra Php 30 for the life vest rental, and Php 100 for the raft service that will bring me to the base of the main waterfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snakes and turtles caught on the area are displayed in cages, outside the registration office. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A wooden bridge was constructed for visitors who want to transfer to the other side of the river. There are also some cottages for rental on that part. The bridge is also a good spot for photo ops. If there is morning sunlight, locals say that multiple rainbows appear from this vantage point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But for the more adventurous visitors, they could swim on the cold river. On my case, I wanted to feel how it feels like on the base of the 95-meter wide waterfall. With about 4 staff pulling the bamboo raft, we looked smaller as we got nearer the falls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The locals mentioned that there is a cave behind the water curtain, but I did not bothered to check it. I don't know, but I had a hard time breathing as we got underneath the waterfalls. Its like I was drowning, or having an asthma attack. Perhaps its the lack of air on that space, because my breathing normalized as soon as we got clear from the splashing water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To see the first 2 tiers above, I climbed the cemented and steel staircases on the right side of the main waterfall. Again, the local staff escorted me for safety reasons. This is how the upper waterfalls look, before the third highest drop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the picnic or wooden bridge area, I look like a dot on the top of the waterfall. That's me inside the yellow ring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at the picnic areas from this part is quite scary. It is a 180-feet drop on the waiting deep basin below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are tired of the usual attractions in Tagaytay, you can go further in Caleruega Retreat Center in Nasugbu (Batangas) after the Alfonso town. I've been to Mt. Batulao twice, but never got the chance to see the nearby Caleruega. Last July, I took my family and in-laws to this famous place for weddings and retreats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caleruega can be accessed by entering the Evercrest Golf Club (not operating anymore), just a few kilometers from the Nasugbu arc. But instead of going left to Mt. Batulao, we turned right on that fork in the road. Then its a downhill drive on mostly rough road. We paid entrance fees and parking fee, about Php 20-30 for each fee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is limited parking space inside the Caleruega compound, so we parked on their lower part near the garden and fishponds. My companions, especially the kids, enjoyed the relaxing environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On our way back to Manila from Sagada, we chose the Ifugao-Nueva Vizcaya route instead of passing Baguio City. It was another zigzagging traverse of the Cordillera roads, with views of mountains and pine trees. Yet Halsema highway would not be included on the world's most dangerous highways, if not for ravines and rock/mud slides we've encountered on a rainy roadtrip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aside from various waterfalls which I have no opportunity to take good photos, we have also seen many rice terraces, where we made two stops along the way. The first one is at Bay-Yo Rice Terraces in Bontoc, Mountain Province above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Banaue Rice Terraces are believed to have been constructed about 2,000 B.C. by Igorot ancestors, to be able to grow rice on the mountainsides. They are recognized as historical engineering feats by various local and international civil engineer associations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If my plans until end of this year push through, I might see 2 out of 5 of those in UNESCO's list, the Hungduan Rice Terraces and Batad Rice Terraces. The latter is the famous amphitheater-like terraces, the one always featured on the postcards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tired of the trails and views on top of the mountains? Going under the ground is a good break, to literally see what is beneath us. One of the major draws of Sagada is spelunking, or exploring its 3 interconnected caves. With 6 known entrance/exit points, Sagada caves are considered as the deepest caves in the country with lowest vertical drop of 163 m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I booked a Lumiang-Sumaging cave connection tour which costs Php 400/head, minimum of 2 persons with a guide for every 5 clients. I thought that I would do the tour alone, but I was surprised that Mr. A from our seminar decided to join me. Our guide Joey (0919-2151096) is the VP of SAGGAS, one of the two guide associations in Sagada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the town center, we walked for about 20 minutes to the short trail that leads to Lumiang cave. Its easy to find the way as there is a signage along the road, and the locals are helpful to give directions. But if going inside the caves, guides are mandatory to ensure the safety of tourists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The entrance of Lumiang cave is an attraction on itself, with the wooden coffins deposited on the right side of its mouth. The coffins seem short, because the mummified remains of the Aplai Kankanaey tribe here are placed in fetal position. Its part of their belief that their dead must also be buried in the same position as they were born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a large group of young tourists on this last destination, so we were not able to get the exclusive photo ops that we want. Besides, my phone is running out of juice, and cannot supply a flash for the camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After almost 3 hours of spelunking, we climbed up the rocky and slippery trail that leads to the mouth of Sumaguing cave. Our guide Joey congratulated us for finishing the cave connection in less than 3 hours, much faster than the 4 hours average per group. He mentioned that only 20% of their clients do the Lumiang-Sumaguing cave connection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will I do it again when I'm back in Sagada? Definitely. But I'm contemplating if I can do the Latipan crystal cave tour instead for at least 4 hours, which is 3 times harder than what we've gone through. Joey says the difficulty and the fee of Php 2,500/head, with 2 guides per tourist is all worth it to see the crystal cave.</span></div>
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country. Our group left Manila at night of 27 June 2013, hoping for a nice weekend
weather despite the onset of rainy season. Below is one of the many nice views
along the road as we entered Mountain Province.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The town’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">poblacion</i>
is small, with the new municipal building on the center of various inns and
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visitors must register at their tourism center for Php
20/head, which is situated on their old municipal building. The tourism officer
is helpful in providing info for tourists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They sell a simple tourist map of
Sagada for Php 15, detailing the location of hotels, restaurants, and tourist
sites. Schedule of buses going to Banawe and Baguio are also indicated on the back
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the road that leads to the caves, there is a ravine that
shows limestone formations similar to those found in Palawan. Those rock
formations are proof that the Philippine archipelago rose from beneath the
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see a few hanging wooden coffins. This is the less popular hanging coffin area,
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the ravine. Without a guide, I mistakenly took the left trail, then recovered
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for photo ops. Aside from their Igorot tribe who practice such burial, there is
an older tribe in China who observe the same practice, whom they believe to
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learned these from our spelunker guide Joey, who added that
they have separate burial sites according to their customs and beliefs. Those
hanging coffins belong to respected members of their community, who requested
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site to avoid repetition of tragic events. While the bad elements of their
society were buried on the deepest part of some caves, to keep their souls
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Afterwards, we went to the neighboring town of Besao for our
Lakbay Aral, less than 30 minutes drive from Sagada. This is past the road to Lake
Danao, on the other side of Mt. Ampacao. This signage that prohibits the spitting of “momma” or spent
betel nut, is more common here than in Sagada.</span><br />
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waterfalls that fall down on the river below. There is a perfect spot to view
its magnificence along the road. I would have descended on the main waterfalls’
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we asked our local host why they do not
promote their tourist spots, she responded that their local leaders do not want
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leaves. I did not expect that such healthy vegetarian dishes can also taste
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Noelizmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506813330826792065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904658785082672040.post-48816133644322009962013-08-11T23:33:00.002+08:002013-08-12T16:57:23.720+08:00My Stay and Food Experience in Sagada<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Sagada in Mountain Province has a lot to offer to tourists. Allow me to share my
experience with these establishments in the area.</span></div>
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hostels of Canaway and George guesthouses. Above left photo shows the facade of
George Guesthouse. The rock on the right photo is along the road to the caves
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George Guesthouse at the third floor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rooms rates start at P 1,200 per night for
rooms with TV and 2 double beds, that can sleep 4 persons. Linens are old but
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While on a seminar in Sagada, Mountain Province, I managed to squeeze a hike on the town's highest mountain. But to do that, I have to wake up at 4:00 am to start my trek by 4:30 am from the guest house. Understandably, it was all dark and quiet, as only a few souls are awake at that time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a peaceful and not-so-cold early morning of 29 June 2013. I did not wore my jacket, but I brought my disposable raincoat, in case it rains. Though its dark and I'm unfamiliar with the trail, I felt no fear, except for those aggressive dogs who I thought would bite me as they got near my path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trail starts from the cemented road that leads to Ambasing Elementary School. Then instead of following the rough road to the left, a local man told me to follow the right road uphill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of any travel experience is also trying the food options in the place that we visit. Below are some of the nice food experience I've had in Bangkok recently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When outside of my locality, I avoid the international fast food chains. This time, I made an exception, just to see what is the difference of the KFC menu in Bangkok against what we get in Manila. Well, their chicken fillet meal on the first photo shows how fiery hot it is. Yet its quite healthier as the side veggies offset the fats from the fried chicken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This simple coffee shop on the ground floor of Pantip Electronic Plaza is a good find. I ordered this sauteed seafood and veggie dish which is very good. It has lots of squid, prawns, fish, and mushroom in it, at very reasonable price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you like a Thai-Chinese food combination, try the MK restaurants. Their hotpot dishes seem popular, though I was not able to try it since I was dining alone. I've had their Chinese barbecued duck which is good enough, while their mango ice cream is better than S&P's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The restaurant's ambience near their Central World branch attracts the young crowd, and their food servers look like working college students. I just accidentally deleted the photos of the food I tried on the place. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was finally able to try a home-cooked food in Thailand, thanks to my Thai colleague Khun Ompthip. She brought this lunch dish cooked from a riverfish and coconut milk. The fish texture has that semi-rubbery toughness, which seemed like a pork meat. The delicious taste of the dish (its hard to remember its name), reminds me of <i>bicol express</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two months ago, I was sent by my company to assist Thai Country Club, just a week after I arrived from Hong Kong on business. I decided to come a day earlier, so that I can finally see the Ayutthaya Ruins, which I failed to see during my two visits in Bangkok a few years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 3rd class seats have no cushion and no air conditioning. The train car has a common toilet, but it has no elevated toilet bowl typically found on western toilet. The views are nice, especially with golden temples, ricefields, and golf courses, after leaving the city. Below are some photos of the train and the stations that we passed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While having cold drink to fight the summer heat, the lady owner of a hostel/restaurant in the area offered to drive me on her Toyota Innova at THB 600 for 2 hours. I would have taken it, if the family of 3 Europeans agreed to join me. Then I decided to have an early lunch of pad thai, on a food stall under a tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back at the train station, I waited for other tourists who would like to share the tuktuk rental with me. A driver lowered his tuktuk rental to THB 400, but I declined it. It took about an hour before I finally met an Indonesian-Chinese father and son team, who allowed me to join them on their tour. Below is our tuktuk ride for 4 hours of tour, for THB 600.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a giant leaning Buddha on the left side of the entrance. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good thing about joining other tourists on a solo tour is meeting new friends and someone to take my photos, hehe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a monastery with previous name of Wat Pakaew, built by King U-Thong in 1900 B.E. In 2135 B.E., King Naresuan repulsed the army of Phra Maha Uparacha of Burma, then constructed the large chedi below. The monastery was renamed as Wat Yai Chamongkhon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its the largest chedi or stupa I've seen so far. I climbed the stairs to get inside where people are offering their prayers. Looking below the stupa, I saw the other features of the monastery's compound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our third stop is Wat Ratcha Burana, which is just a across the road from Wat Maha That. Its a small place with a single prang, which is being restored during our short visit. No entrance fee here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fourth destination on our tour is Wat Lokayasutha, where I met 4 Filipinas also having their tour. This is the site of the biggest leaning Buddha in the area. Another free tourist site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our last destination is Wat Chaiwatthanaram. According to my younger Indonesian companion, the chedis and prang on the area has Khmer style, similar with those from Cambodia. This was closed during the flooding, as the structures might collapse due to weak foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next year when I'm back in Thailand, my wife and I will visit Chiang Mai along with Myanmar and Siem Reap, for another temple tour. :) </span></div>
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