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For those of you are realizing just now, after being to Paris or Rome or Madrid, that our country is beautiful, yes, it is. And yes, we have a lot of interesting places.
Sagada is one of those places – right on the backpacker trail (the so-called banana pancake trail) and offers a lot to the traveler (local or foreign) in terms of natural wonders, opportunities for adventure or even simply for that laid back “in the country” type of feeling.
Here, I’d like to showcase some photos I took during my trip there. Photos which capture the spirit of the place and which hopefully will entice others to explore and see for themselves how beautiful our country truly is.
Kilala ng bagong Ugandan roommate ko sina Yna Macaspac (Kristine Hermosa) at Angelo Buenavista (Jericho Rosales). Kagabi, napagkwentuhan naming napanood niya sa Uganda ang Pangako Sa’yo (The Promise). Nagulat ako, hindi ko akalaing makakarating sa kanila ang mga palabas sa atin. Alam kong napalabas sa Southeast Asia ang Pangako Sa’yo (pati rin yata saa China) pero hindi ko naisip na makakarating iyon sa Africa. Dubbed in Ugandan daw yung kanila kaya maraming nanonood sa kanila. Ang alam nga raw nila nagkatuluyan sa totoong buhay sina Echo at Kristine. Hahaha.
I found my self forgetting the present in the embrace of the past.
There was a time when I was a grad student when I just had to stop and let go. I found my self one night in Vigan. The trip was unplanned.
Vigan is 404 kilometers north of Manila. It was an Asian trading post before the Spaniards came. It then became the capital of the encomienda of Juan de Salcedo in the 16th century. Hence, the mixture of Oriental and Spanish influences in its architecture.
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