Surf's Up, Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines

Just a weekend with friends.

To the Limit! Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines

On a whim we decided to visit one of highest inhabited towns in Luzon-- Sagada.  Now that it has already become a popular tourist destination, information on how to get there was very easy to find.  This was a lightning-fast, travel light trip because it takes about 12 hours to get there and we only had a weekend to spend.  I don't think we even spent 24 hours there!  So we entitled this trip "Sagadan sa Sagada!"

There are two routes you can take to get to Sagada-- one via Baguio, the other via Mountain Province.  We took the GL Trans bus from Baguio.

Our breakfast companion. ;)

Cave tombs.  In the early days the dead were preserved and placed in cave tombs in the mountains of Sagada.  Some of the locals claim their not-so-distant ancestors were buried here.

Rice plantations.

Of all the tourist attractions in Sagada, I believe spelunking (caving) is the most common.  The famous Cave Connection is exactly what it is-- a connection of caves.  You can enter one cave and come out of the other.  Given our time constraint (and the fact that we only started late in the afternoon), we opted to take on one of the smaller caves.

"The mother"

"The turtle"

"The father"

Our group of spelunkers.

The next day we had our breakfast at the Lemon House, one of the more famous restaurants here.  They serve some lemon pies and sweets plus teas and different types of coffee.

A cemetery on top of one of the mountains.

Inside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

We also visited the "Small Falls".  There was a bigger one about an hour's trek away, but we wouldn't make it to the 12noon bus out if we visited that, too.

A popular place for pasalubong, where traditionally woven fabric can be bought.  During certain times of the day you'll be able to see some workers weaving.