We all thought it rained throughout the night. That’s what happens when you stay at a lovely inn right beside the river. After a few hours of refreshing sleep, it was time to go on our way to finally meet Fang-Od. We bid the ladies of the Sleeping Beauty Inn goodbye and said thank you to the gracious owner, the town mayor, who in return sent us his well-wishes.Our guide, Francis, hailed a jeep to take us to Bugnay, the
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Travelling on foot is still the best way to explore and move around a place, with the added benefit of toning your leg muscles while you’re at it. It can be a guided tour, one with specific stops in mind, or just wandering aimlessly and seeing where your feet will take you. When PTB came up with the Blog Carnival topic for this month, I thought of the best walking tours I had this year. Of course the Walk this Way
To meet the last tattoo artist Fang-od in the village of Buscalan, one has to board a bus to Tabuk for 12 hours, and take a 3-hr ride from Tabuk to Tinglayan. Ride from Tabuk to Tinglayan There are regular trips from Tabuk to Tinglayan at 7 and 8 in the morning, but since misadventures seem to love us, we missed both trips. At 10AM, we stood at the jeepney stop waiting for any form of transportation. I asked around
Photo from here The arts were not a huge part of my growing-up years. I stared at paintings without a vague sense of its depth, I saw ballet performances on TV and switched channels, I never tried to scrutinize minute details of sculptures, and the only theater play I thought to watch live was The Sound of Music (only because I loved the movie as a child). The first play I watched was Nick Joaquin’s The Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
There is absolutely nothing that could go wrong with a 12-hour bus ride. Or so I thought. Earlier this year I took a smooth 13-hour bus ride to Tuguegarao. I boarded the bus and slept all the hours away. This time around, it was a different story. It all started with a plan to go to Kalinga with a new friend we’ve met at Batad. I called Victory Liner a day prior to the long weekend and the representative said