SAGADA AdvenTOUR: Day 1 (Part 1) - On the Road Going to Banaue, Mountain Province

December 26, 2011 around 7:00pm we're already at Ohayami Terminal in Sampaloc, Manila ready for a road trip going to Mountain Province.

A lot of passengers bound to the North waiting at the terminal.
Mabilis napuno ang mga bus papuntang Banaue.  It's December so expected na maraming pasahero.  (Better to reserved a seat before your travel date para sigurado kayo na may mauupuan kayo.)

our bus going to Bontoc, Mountain Province

Marami kaming kasabay sa bus na foreigners.  Marami din namang locals.
There's this nun na taga dun sa bayan before Banaue (sorry i forgot the place).
Katabi namin sya ni Christy sa upuan.  Panay kwento nya about sa kanyang assignments at being a nun.......  Until napagod na din si sister at nakatulog.

After naming lumampas sa Nueva Vizcaya, ramdam na namin ang sobrang lamig additional pa ang aircon sa bus.  I did everything para lang di lamigin ng todo.  Kanya-kanyang diskarte.

Sino ba naman ang di lalamigin kung ang dinadaanan ng bus ay ganito?

Suddenly, biglang may nagsabi ng "AY! MAY SNOW NA DITO SA LOOB NG BUS".....
Nagulat kami and hinanap ang snow!
We laugh when sister said : "AY! GALING YAN SA UNAN KO!"
Nabutas pala yong dala nyang unan at lahat ng laman nun sumabog na sa sahig nung bus.  May nag-joke pa ng: "Ito namang si sister! kala tuloy namin kaya sobrang lamig kc nag-i-snow na!"
Tanggal antok namin sa kakatawa! 

It was already 6:30am of December 27, 2011 but we're still on the road.  Our guide Kuya Sotero keep on calling and texting me kung nasan na daw kami.  They were already at Banaue para sunduin kami.


Around 7:30am na when we arrived at Banaue.  We met Kuya Sotero, our guide and told him that we'll gonna eat breakfast first.

There's a resto in Banaue named "People's Lodge and Resto".  I read a lot of good reviews about this resto.  So we decided to  try their breakfast.  The place is great.  Overlooking at the rice terraces.
Again, a lot of foreigners too at the resto.

my breakfast

the rice terraces

After eating breakfast, we headed to Bontoc, Mountain Province.  But before we left Banaue, one group picture muna hehe..

We planned a stop over at the Banaue Rice Terraces View Point (the one in 1000 pesos), but the weather didn't permit us.  Sobrang kapal kasi ng fog.  But thanks.  I still have the reason to be back at Sagada haha!

The Banaue - Bontoc - Sagada route is not that easy.... you need an expert driver for this route.
That's what we did.  We rented na jeepney na bumibyahe talaga from Sagada to Banaue.

Pero ang view naman na madadaanan nyo ay priceless!

Up next, our stop at Bontoc Museum.....

You may also read:
SAGADA AdvenTOUR
Day 1 (Part 2) - Bontoc Museum