29 - 31 JULY 2016

Hi Ram!

I know, I’m so tamad when it comes to writing my travel blogs. So yeah, this happened last July 2016 and it’s January 1, 2019 now as of writing this. Hahahahuhu!

Just a bit of a back story: when I was in college, prolly circa 2009, I stumbled upon a book entitled “The King of Nothing To Do” and in there he mentioned about a road trip to Pagudpud. I was young then. I don’t even have an idea where Ilocos is or which one among Ilocos and Iloilo is in the north and which one is in the south. (But that was a decade ago. You ask me now where a certain place in the Philippines is, and I can point it in the map in less than 5 seconds.)

I never imagined I can actually be IN Ilocos.

Fast forward to 2016.
YEY! ILOCANDIA!!!!

So we met up in QC, I joined a group tour again and there were 2 vans. We were on the road on the night of July 28th. The next day, we reached Bantay Bell Tower at around 5am.

DAY 1:
0510 Bantay Bell Tower and Breakfast
0830 Ilocos Norte Arch
0845 Juan Luna Museum
1000 FEM Mausoleum
1130 Paoay Church
1230 Malacanang of the North
1325 Sta Monica Church (tour)
1420 Sinking Bell Tower and St. William Cathedral
1530 Paoay Sand Dunes (not in the picture)
1830 Check in at Century Hotel






























































DAY 2:

The next day, we woke up at around 04:30 am, had breakfast, and then we were on the road for our second-day itinerary, starting at Cape Bojeador.

ITINERARY:
0900 Cape Bojeador
1000 Kapurpurawan Rock Formation
1230 Lunch
1400 Patapat Viaduct
1445 Bantay Abot Cave
1530 Blue Lagoon
1845 Dinner
2015 Back at Hotel.

JUMP SHOT!

Sisig Burger

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET IN ILOCOS

DAY 3:

Our last day in Ilocos were mostly in Vigan are. That was our last stop. Also, weather news reported an incoming storm in the north. It was raining heavy by the time we were leaving Vigan.

ITINERARY:
0800 Breakfast
1145 Pasalubong
1215 Baluarte Zoo
1330 Calle Crisologo, Lunch, and more Pasalubong
1530 ETD to Manila
2025 Dinner at Leeza’s



















I wasn’t able to try their empanadas because I wasn’t really a fan of empanadas. But I did try the Pinakbet Pizza and that’s O-M-G! It was orgasmic. You should try that, too!

Going to Ilocos by land travel, man, it was a long ride. But, I don’t know, I’ve always find joy in long rides. There’s a sense of peace it in. You were in a moving vehicle driving through time and yet the world around you seems to slow down…

Till next time, Ram!


xoxo,

RAM