Scintillating Sagada
*Traveled to Sagada in September of 2014
It was a very spontaneous trip up to the Cordilleras. There wasn't an itinerary. We jumped on to the last trip to Sagada after a short trip to Baguio.I thought that it was just a 3 hour ride but turned out to be six. 😲 The ride was quite scary. It felt like a slow roller coaster ride sans the seat belts. I honestly feared for our lives when the sun already went down completely and we were still on the road. I was a complete paranoid imagining the bus jumping into an infinite abyss. When we arrived, we couldn't appreciate the view as it was night time already, so off we went looking for a place to stay. Hostels are quite cheap, I think we scored ours for just about Php500 per night and of course you shouldn't expect a grand room for that price. We didn't even have a fan and but we didn't need it anyway.
As the sun slowly came up we saw the grandness that Sagada is. Tallest pine trees, greens all around, fog, cold chilly weather and friendly faces.. a pretty good first impression.
The food scene is quite enjoyable too. I especially liked my Salt and Pepper meal and the infamous lemon pie paired with mountain tea.
During our stay we just walked around and appreciated what was around us. We talked to some locals and just immersed ourselves in their culture. We weren't able to do a lot of activities because my mom called with some bad news about my sister (turned out to be a false alarm) but then it's a perfect excuse to come back.
We enjoyed our short but sweet stay. 💛
It was a very spontaneous trip up to the Cordilleras. There wasn't an itinerary. We jumped on to the last trip to Sagada after a short trip to Baguio.I thought that it was just a 3 hour ride but turned out to be six. 😲 The ride was quite scary. It felt like a slow roller coaster ride sans the seat belts. I honestly feared for our lives when the sun already went down completely and we were still on the road. I was a complete paranoid imagining the bus jumping into an infinite abyss. When we arrived, we couldn't appreciate the view as it was night time already, so off we went looking for a place to stay. Hostels are quite cheap, I think we scored ours for just about Php500 per night and of course you shouldn't expect a grand room for that price. We didn't even have a fan and but we didn't need it anyway.
As the sun slowly came up we saw the grandness that Sagada is. Tallest pine trees, greens all around, fog, cold chilly weather and friendly faces.. a pretty good first impression.
Their beautiful church
The food scene is quite enjoyable too. I especially liked my Salt and Pepper meal and the infamous lemon pie paired with mountain tea.
The famous Sagada Lemon Pie
Salt and Pepper's Chicken Inutom
Cool joint we spent our evenings drinking. You can leave (or take) anything you want. There were undies!
During our stay we just walked around and appreciated what was around us. We talked to some locals and just immersed ourselves in their culture. We weren't able to do a lot of activities because my mom called with some bad news about my sister (turned out to be a false alarm) but then it's a perfect excuse to come back.
Makes me wanna fly fly fly right about now... Twenksyu for taking me on this ❤️💜❤️ trip, mah friend
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