Before leaving for Laoag City, we took group photos with the hotel staffs. With me above is Miss Kaye and the receptionist. Miss Kaye was in constant communication with me even when we missed out flight from Manila. Even throughout the bus journey from Manila to Vigan, i received calls to make sure where we were and that their staffs were on standby once we arrive in their town. Without a doubt i would recommend Hotel Salcedo de Vigan to anyone who would want to visit this beautiful town! We then continued our journey heading north to Laoag City. On the way, we stopped by one of the landmarks which is listed as a Unesco Site, Church of Paoay. Founded in 1593. We barely had 1 hour as we needed to reach Laoag City before dark. Hannah,”Guys, you have only 30minutes!”. Everyone scrams! LOL We left Church of Paoay in a rush and headed towards Laoag City where it poured heavily upon arrival and we also got to eat …. …. wait for it …. Pookie Pookie….!
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Philippines Day 2: Eating Dirty Ice Cream
Continuation from the previous entry, we carried on with our Calesa ride (horse ride) where we were later brought to one of the main reason why we stopped in Vigan town in the first place … The Bantay Church. Some of asked me, why did i visit churches in the Philippines when i am not Christian at all, which is rather an odd question -_-! You don’t go to another country visiting what they are not famous for. That totally defeats the purpose of traveling all together. Futher more, the past trips has been more on Hinduism and Buddhism and to be fair to my fellow Christian friends, Philippines was the ideal place. The rest ventured into the church where else i waited outside as i felt i wasn’t dressed properly. A group shot before leaving the church. We then proceeded to the Bantay Bell Tower which was about 5 minutes walk from the church. We then climbed up the bell tower to have an overview of Vigan town. There weren’t anyone else at the Bell Tower, so we basically we conquered the top of the tower. We hung around for about 20 minutes before leaving for the main town
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Philippines Day 2: Plan B
On the way to the airport, i sensed that i should be prepared with plan B as the possibility of missing the flight was almost inevitable. A few months before, Angeline and i mapped out the roads that would lead us up to northern Luzon and checked if it’s possible reaching there without the plane. The reason why we had to map out the roads was because if you do a quick google map check, there isn’t a proper route. So we had manually check and if buses were going to the Vigan or even Laoag City from Manila. The answer was YES. Thus plan B was initiated. Plan B as backup and B as for … BUS. Partas Bus to be exact. *Some requested for a map to show where we were heading and so here it is. We are stuck in Manila where we missed our flight to Laoag City which at the far north. So plan B is to take a bus to Vigan City first before continuing by van to Laoag City. Having taken a grueling bus ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap with chickens hung upside down by the passenger beside me through out
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Philippines Day 1: Missed the flight
The idea of going to Philippines came just before we left for Indonesia. With Airasia having yet another promotion, i couldn’t help resist looking through. Initial plans were to go to Taiwan but of course when i realized the dates weren’t to my liking, i immediately shifted to Philippines. We managed to get return tickets for less than RM 60 and that was a bargain i tell you. A bus ride to Singapore alone would have cost more. By the time i have booked for Angeline and i, my mailbox was filled with messages asking where is my next destination. This was even before i announced on facebook or twitter. The day finally came and we were all excited to see how Philippines is. As for me and Angeline, we were just waiting to unfold all our plans that has been tailored for the whole lot. Besides visiting places in Philippines, we were also there to meet up with our blogger friend, Hannah! A day before the trip, the Penangites arrived first as the flight to Clark, Manila is early in the morning. So we all checked into Tunehotels @ LCCT before heading off for dinner via KLIA Transit (RM
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Backpacking to Philippines #php10
It was during last year’s Zero Fare when we bought our tickets for Philippines. It was before we even left for Bali, Jakarta and Yogyakarta! Crazy i tell you ! I never had any plans to travel right after Indonesia but with the total price for return flight RM 45 flashing on my screen, who could resist ?! That’s right, 45 ringgit for a return tickets to Philippines. This was way before Airasia hiked up the price of check in luggage. You can say that we were lucky. In the Philippines, we will be joined by our local Pinoy Ambassador, Hannah ! As usual, i won’t be going to the typical places but will be going far up north, Northern Luzon where we will stop at Vigan, Laoag City, Pagudpud and finally at Manila. This time around, my bag has been significantly lighter cause the clothes i am bringing are light weighted ala jersey types. We would be traveling in public buses in certain area so a light bag would be a good bag, lol. My DSLR is out again. It has been hibernating for God knows how long. Every trip, ever since Cambodia i have been using Crocs as
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