Ilocos and Cordillera Trip


About a week ago, I, together with two colleagues embarked on arduous journey to explore Ilocos and the Cordillera regions, or at least their main points of interests. Now, I am beset with an enormous task of piecing together the highlights of the said trip. This task is enormous in a sense that I had to keep the balance among several factors to make this piece an interesting read. One such task is to keep this as informative as possible while sparing the readers the boring details of logistics and itinerary. So I decided to just focus on the itinerary alone leaving other details on a separate section.

The whole trip, from February 22-27, spanned a total of 6 days. There are a lot of stories to tell and a lot of observations to share. Since discussing all of those places I just one article would be too boring, I intend to post the articles by installments. That’s something to look forward to. Isn’t it?

So, here is how it’s going to be divided.

February  22nd 2011: Ilocos region

February 23rd 2011: Sagada, Mt. Province and Banaue, Ifugao

February 24th -27th 2011: Baguio City (flowerfest), La Trinidad, Benguet.

So, keep a tab on this blog as I am going to post the details of the trip, plus lots of pictures, observations on local cultures and practices and a whole lot more.

Happy reading!!!!


“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”--Don Williams, Jr.


Please click on the links to go directly to a specific posting.

Day 1: Ilocos Region



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