ilocos escapade day 2: conquering ilocos norte!

october 18, 2007

having no clear idea where we're going.. we woke up early to go to laoag.

we had breakfast at a store in the pagudpud market.. we were so, noisy, but the owner was really nice. she gave us hot water for our coffee and instant noodles. a typical break fast in manila savored in pagudpud.

after the 2 hour bus ride to laoag, we went to the first museum we saw.. hehehe!

after taking gazillion of pictures in the said museum, our tummy's were already rumbling. we went to the city hall to ask for things to see and where to satisfy our hunger. we were directed to la preciosa, and there we met cris, our tour guide for the day.

we rented a jeep and together with cris we went to different spots in ilocos norte.

as gigi requested, we went to fort ilocandia. had pictures taken, of course. we bought a pack of tabacco as souveneir and had an appetite for ice cream.

we then went to a golf course on our way to the malacanang of the north. then we explored the old malacanang.

then,we went to the very beautiful paoay church. although, the church inside is very "new" the facade and everything you see outside is still very majestic.

we were like in amazing race as we rush to batac to be able to see marcos' moseleo. and gigi is such a big fan of the marcoses. thinking that it closes at 5:00 pm we are very much sure that we'd still be able to see it. but then, it was closed. and saw the sign, it closes at 4:00 pm. we didn't leave right away since gigi was so eager to see it today. with eloisa's charm and all. they opened the moseleo for us! and there.. the wax copy of ferdinand marcos.

before we head back to pagudpud, eloisa would not stop until we get a picture of anything "batac". since that's her last name and all. so, there. at the welcome ark of batac, she posed and took a lot of pictures.

we were so tired. and at last we reached laoag. we said good bye to chris and to our very silent driver.

we opted to have take out jollibee for dinner and we brought "groceries" which includes, tequilla! heheheh! it's for the next day..

on the pagudpud terminal, the next in line to leave was the same bus we rode yesterday when we first arrived in laoag! the conductor was able to remember us and gave us the same deal of taking us straight to our resort.

in the bus, we met this kid that came from school in laoag and goes home in another town that is about an hour of bus ride. it was really late. and we asked how old he was, he said his in first year high school and he looks like 9 or 10. his name is france.

we also met "nanay", the old lady who was jolly at first and ended up scaring us!

after eating, borris, eloisa and i decided to spend some time by the sea shore. shared stories and laughed. the tide was so strong. the stars were so many and so bright! there were even falling stars. i think i saw three. and i don't have any idea what to wish for.

such an eventful day.. but still can't wait for the next!