If you think my Singapore tour would be my last series of travel blogging, then you're wrong. Honestly, all I needed was a little time to edit more videos that I took at my latest adventure this summer. Also, I'll probably be blogging about local tours for now 'cuz let's face it, travelling abroad can be VERY expensive here in the Philippines (unless you have all the time in the world to hound for Seat Sales...)
So here I'll be blogging about my 3-Day Ilocos Adventure with the fam. Firstly, my mom booked us on a tour group called, A Whole New World Travel Express, this isn't the first time we booked a trip with them since the previous year we went to Sagada. (which I'm planning on blogging about as well... give me time...)
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| Click this pic for the link! |
When travelling with AWNW, you should probably keep in mind that their usual meeting place is between Trinoma or SM North Edsa in Quezon City, where you'll ride a 13-seater van and spend the night on a road trip until you reach your destination in the early morning.
In our case, we traveled for 8 hours on the road, (with stops in between of course..) and reached Ilocos at around 6AM, with Paoay Church being our first destination. Here we ate breakfast and took some pictures here and there, before we had to leave for our next destination.
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| Can you spot me by the "Y"? |
Looking back, our 2nd destination was what I would consider as the highlight of the day 'cuz we were going to conquer the sand dunes on a 4x4 vehicle!
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| It's a sign! |
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| You'd think I'd be ready for this... |
The ride costs 2,500php in total, with a maximum of 5 people riding at the back. You can leave your hats or other valuables beside the driver's seat in front if you think the rides getting too bumpy or windy for your taste, which in my case, I had to do just that.
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| Groufie! (is that how you spell it though...?) |
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| Jump for Joy! I made it this far! |
Of course, there were picture takings in between and a good view of the ocean; there was also a sand boarding booth during the stops which I just had to try. It's part of the experience after all.
I felt like I had all my adrenaline sucked out of me after the thrilling experience at the sand dunes, so I didn't really mind the historical aspect of our tour when we went to the Malacañang of the North (home of Ferdinand Marcos).
We went to eat lunch after that, but since we were too hungry to care, none of us got to take pictures of the place. After our hearty meal, we went to Cape Bojeador Light house which was said to be haunted. ( not that we'd be seeing any ghosts in the early afternoon during that time...) So after a few pictures and souvenirs, we were ready to head out again.
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| Doesn't exactly look creepy in this time of day... |
Second to the Sand Dunes, I'd say I enjoyed trekking at the Kapurpurawan Rock Formation just because you get to be creative with your Perspective pictures.
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| Isn't this such a tiny rock? :D |
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| I got the "wind" in my hands! |
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| I'll huff, and I'll puff... |
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| View from here... |
Lastly, before checking in at our homestay, we stopped by the Bangui Windmills since Ilocos wouldn't be complete without them.
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| Must be really windy in this part of town... |
At around 6PM, we arrived at Cathy's Homestay where we'll be sleeping at for the next couple of nights. We were dead tired so we didn't get to catch the sunset at the beach nearby, so we just unpacked, ate dinner in our room, and got our things ready for another early adventure the next day.
Find out next Sunday where we'll be going on our 2nd Day at Ilocos! :D
