My Sagada Trip

It was yes...my first time to go to Sagada. But I never thought that the travel time would be that long...anyway...while on our way to Sagada, first it took us 6hrs to get to Bontoc. But before Bontoc, nag stop over kami to see the wonderful view of the historical Banaue Rice Terraces. At last, sorry if mababaw ang kaligayahan ko..nakita ko narin sha with my own eyes! natuwa lang ako sa sobrang kagandahan nya. And while travelling the rough road in the Mountain Province, i noticed di lang Banaue ang may mga rice terraces...halos lahat yata ng bundok sa Mt. Province meron...hahaha kakatuwa! Iniisip ko palang bakit ba kasi nawili sa mga rice terraces ang mga ifugao? Yun pala..na bore daw sila...ETCHOOOS!!... When we arrived at a small but beautiful town of Sagada, we checked-in first at the George Guest Inn. Rested for a while and had lunch. After that...we ready ourselves for trekking. So ayun na...ang tinrek nga namin eh ang Bangaan Rice Terraces, then off to Bomo-ok Big Falls. mejo malayo ka palang eh ramdam mo na ang tilamsik ng tubig sa balat mo...so sobrang lakas ng bagsak ng water from the top of the mountain. ang ganda nya...GOD is so GREAT talaga! Second day, 1st up in our itinerary is Cave Connection. The last time i had caving was way back 2003, sa Mt. Banahaw. Pero, again who would've thought that it would be the best cave connection i will ever have! First up, sa bukana ng unang cave na papasukan namin, may mga coffins na naka lagay or nakapatong sa mga malalaking bato sa itaas ng cave. They said that the people there believe in Reincarnation that's why di nila nililibing ang mga dead people. AYUN NA! hahahaha! ---one thing that i really liked in this trip was learning all the new stuff that i never learned in school - appreciate the beauty of history, and nature. Why? kasi nga naman you're just in school and you only see it in books...but nothing beats the feeling of excitement once you see these kinds of things with your bare eyes! ^_^ First reminder ng mga guides namin..."watched your head"..jusko po! umpisa palang papasok palang ako sa gitna ng mga naglalakihang boulders...TOINK! ayan...naumpog na ko...di kaya dahil sa excitement?hehehehe. It was already after 2hrs when i found out na malayo pa pala ang tatahakin namin papunta sa kung saan.....at last...nakita na namin ang mga naglalakihang limestone formations sa pinaka gitna ng cave...the water is clear and ang lamig...that after we dipped in umuusok kami..hahaha!(pero di pwedeng inumin yung water..), limestones forming animals like turtles...and the genitals of a man and a woman...DI AKO NAGBIBIRO!!! as in!! hahahaha! Our guides again gave us some facts about the place. They were saying that a million years ago mt. province or philippines per say..was underwater...one proof of that is the shell fossils that we saw engraved in the walls of the cave. AMAZING!!! again, karagdagang kaalaman ito! Dumaan din kami sa area kung saan malayo palang eh amoy mo na ang guano (bat shit) na amoy --- KAPE!!! oh diba! at feeling ko 80% ng mga putik na nilalakaran namin ay may halong bat shit...well..dun nga naman kasi sila nakatira... Hindi biro ang dinaanan namin sa cave...i cannot deny the fact na delikado ang ginawa namin..dahil kahit sa cave may mga bangin din...but...6hrs inside the cave?we walked, climbed, rapelled, crawl, dipped in the cold water...and everything...after that...paglabas namin ng cave...WHAT a sense of FULLFILLMENT. Sabi nga ng guide namin, bihira sa mga locals ang nag cave-connection...and our group was one of the rarest who dared trekked inside the cave. and to me...that is really something. It was not my usual weekend..but hey..what's life w/o unsual things? Thanks Travel Factor! Zai Jian. ^_^