Conquering Sagada Day 1

From Baguio, we took a non-aircon bus (Lizardo Transit) at the Dangwa Station near the Public Market. A ticket costs Php 220 per person. You get a discount if you're a student or a senior citizen (Php 182). Their trips start at 6 a.m. and every hour afterwards (until 11 am, I think). The best time to take would be the 6 to 9 am trips, because travel time is 7-8 hours and you wouldn't want to reach Sagada in the evening.

Spectacular view dots Halsema Highway. It doesn't reall matter which side of the bus you sit on. Just make sure you are not near the wheels unless you want your face powdered with Highway Dust along the way.


Thankfully, there were stopovers during the trip. Absolutely necessary for taking a pee.

After 7 hours of traveling, we arrived in Sagada by 1:00 p.m. Our first stop was Masferre Inn beside the Municipal Hall. Ella was pooped and looked like that. We ordered dinner plates which costs Php 160 each but was large enough to feed 2 pax per plate. Good food.

The view of the Mission Compound from Masferre's Inn.

After lunch, we roamed around town to window-shop. This pic I took in front of St. theodore's Hospital.Note the halu-halo stand by the road side. To sagadians, the cool weather we found there was hot enough for halu-halo.

Resting by the curb side on the way to rock inn. Happy to be in Sagada, curves and all. hehehe...

How often do we walk slowly here in Manila? Almost never. We took our precious time to walk to our hotel, a good 2 km away from town. Sounds daunting? Ha! You wouldn't even notice it in Sagada. Walking is a pleasure there.

But we did get tired. So when we espied the marker on the way to the inn, it caused a minor celebration.

Walking the path (rocky, of course). Almost there!