sagada trip: stop-over at mt. polis and bay-yo rice terraces

huge statue of virgin mary at mt. polis, ifugao province

another stop-over going to sagada, mountain province is the mt. polis wherein you will find this huge statue of virgin mary. it's along the road, and the driver would usually stop by this so that people could take some pictures.

sagada trip: stop-over at banaue rice terraces, ifugao province

banaue rice terraces, ifugao province

going to sagada, we made a stop-over at banaue rice terraces (or banawe rice terraces, whichever way you want to spell it). you should take the manila-banaue-bontoc-sagada route to be able to have this sidetrip. 

sagada trip: day 3 - bomod-ok falls a.k.a big falls and echo valley

note: this is a re-post from my multiply site. i figured it is much better to move all my travel related posts into one blog and this is it. i hope this will inspire you to visit the place and help you in planning your trip. enjoy! 

date of travel: April 2008

beautiful sights to behold on the way to the bomod-ok falls at sagada mountain province 

passing through rice terraces on the way to the 'big falls'

third day at sagada...trekking ulit!!! kahit sobrang pagod the day before at sobrang sakit ng katawan, tuloy pa rin ang trekking. this time, sa big falls otherwise known as bomod-ok falls, ang punta namin...sobrang layo pa daw from the town proper ang drop off point going to the big falls kaya we decided to hire a vehicle na lang going there...from the drop off point pa lang, kita mo na ang magandang view ng rice terraces...yes, rice terraces, magsasawa ka sa rice terraces! even heard someone said na-excite daw sya sa rice terraces and then after a while, naumay na raw sya! hehe...

sagada trip: day 2 - mt. ampacao - lumiang burial cave - sumaguing cave

note: this is a re-post from my multiply site. i figured it is much better to move all my travel related posts into one blog and this is it. i hope this will inspire you to visit the place and help you in planning your trip. enjoy! 

date of travel: April 2008

mt. ampacao at sagada, mountain province

second day at sagada was about hiking and caving...lakas ng loob namin to na pagsamahin ito...we didn't know what we're going into considering that it would be our first time to go caving...hehe...

sagada trip: day 1 - manila-banaue-bontoc-sagada

note: this is a re-post from my multiply site. i figured it is much better to move all my travel related posts into one blog and this is it. i hope this will help in planning your trip. enjoy!

date of travel: April 2008

just came back from our sagada trip...soooobrang pagod! but worth it naman...we promised ourselves to go back, pero wala ng trekking at caving...tamad mode na lang...hehe...

stop-over at banaue rice terraces

as planned, we took the manila-banaue-bontoc-sagada route in going there...we asked the florida bus line beforehand kung kelan pwedeng magpa-reserve ng tickets...sabi, wednesday daw (friday ang byahe namin) and so, hubby went there on wednesday after office to buy/reserve the tickets...and guess what? 2 tickets na lang ang available at magkahiwalay na seats pa...2pm daw sila nag-open for ticket sales, at naubos na agad...dahil ayaw na namin maghanap pa ng ibang bus at dahil iisa lang din ang byahe ng florida going to banaue, we took the tickets and pray na pumayag makipagpalit yung katabi ko ng upuan para naman magkatabi kami ni hubby...we're lucky, 'coz hindi dumating yung nagpa-reserve na katabi ko...meant to be talaga...hehe =)

sagada itinerary

note: this is a re-post from my multiply site. i figured it is much better to move all my travel related posts into one blog and this is it. i hope this will help in planning your trip. enjoy!

(sagada map i found in the net, forgot from what site, apologies, if you happen to know from which site this originates, please let me know so that i can acknowledge accordingly)

transportation:

going to sagada, we choose the manila-banaue-bontoc-sagada route (via Florida bus line). para me side trip sa banaue at makapag-picture-picture syempre. we're hoping to get to see other places too if time permits and if there are other groups that we can join to split the cost of hiring a jeep to tour us. going back to manila, we choose the sagada-baguio-manila route (via Victory Liner from baguio) naman para medyo relax na ng konti ang byahe (this according to what i read on the net). if you could reserve tickets, please do, para less hassle.