Just before graduation, we went on a roadtrip to the north! we went to La Union, Baguio and Sagada. I had a blast! We went to a beach in La Union, almost all the tourist spots in Baguio and we went caving in Sagada :) I can't even focus on one province because there are a lot of interesting activities we did in each one.
Who doesn't love BAGUIO?
These are Kat and Sunny! On their horsies! just like John Lloyd and Bea!=)))
We wanted to have a bonfire at Rules' bonfire place and make smores. unfortunately, it rained :( so we used their fireplace instead! they have a chimney! imagine, a house with a chimney IN THE PHILIPPINES! :) cool!
LADIES! kayla and gaila with rules' sister, april-rockin her full bangs
pretty place
presenting The Fedora 4 : sunny, cesar, hans and rules!
This is eskimo Rules! on the way to Sagada:)
And the adorable Kadishaaa <3>
lotsalovin going on ;)
SAGADA is such a lovely lovely province!
CAVING: Hans and Gail (aka the eloping couple:P)going through one of the 'holes' :)
Do I still need to explain why I fell in love with Sagada? <3 span="span">
Everybody!
Some parts were extremely scary! but it was definitely an adventure! the water was ice cold here!
It is really really pretty outside the caves too! tall trees beautiful landscapes and cool weather, oh i love sagada!
There are hanging coffins there but theyre too tiny to see in the pictures! People in Sagada still practice some pre-Christian traditions like placing the coffins on cliffs/inside caves instead of burying them (hanging coffins).
*Sagada also has a rich textile industry (it's a shame, i dont have a picture of their woven fabrics)
* All pictures are by Hans Fausto
Right after the La Union- Sagada- Baguio roadtrip with my blockmates, I went to Vigan! I stayed at the Baluarte. It is this extremely huge mansion owned by the Singson family - there's a zoo there too! they have tigers, a camel, ponies, monkeys and other animals one finds in zoos;) It was extremely hot there (especially compared to Baguio and Sagada) so I stayed in the room the whole morning and went out only during the night. They also have the best local/street food there! I couldnt eat enough of their bibingka, okoy, longganisa and their empanada! I had a fever so I wasnt able to do a lot of the things that I wanted to like learn pottery, visit the museums and go to the nearby beach but it was fun nonetheless!
Horse-drawn carriages + ancestral houses + old stone churches +cobbled paths = VIGAN 's beautiful, romantic streets :)
This is the street where the ancestral houses are. Some have been turned to restaurants/museums/stores :D i absolutely adore this place!
I finished the whole box in one night!!! This is their bibingka (rice cake), quite different from what we have here in Manila during Christmas season (they have it all year round too!).
The stores are filled with colorful native products! I was like a kid in a candy store :)
Oh! hey speak Ilocano there! i think that it's a beautiful language, i'd like to learn it some time :D
AGYAMAN NAK! :D
Bye Ading! :)
That was my North Luzon Trip! <3 div="div">
