Echo Valley Sagada

... went into them all. The mains points are that the family and the towns people take turns carrying the body from the home out to Echo Valley, this is only after at least 10 days of mourning the death where the body is usually sat on a chair on the porch ...

... cliff faces. In addition the coffins are usually hung under some cover so they are often found in caves also. The scene in Echo valley was definately spooky and searching for the hanging coffins by myself I spent lots of time looking over my shoulder. ...

... bassin de pierre naturelle. A la fin de l'apres-midi nous avons fait un sentier qui nous a amene dans le fond de la valle (echo valley), un sentier super le fun. A un moment nous avons passe dans une caverne avec un ruisseau pour y resortir un peu plus ...

... in our photo I may be deluding myself.         Our 2nd trek of the day was to a place called Echo valley. For once the name was very accurate. You really could hear your echo all across the valley. It was a beautiful place with ...

... come back up the cliff after viewing the hanging coffins. We eventually decided to descend the side of the 'cliff' and down into Echo Valley. The hanging coffins are exactly as advertised, old wooden coffins that are hanging from the side of a big rock. ...

... the century old coffins stacked up inside the cave.  It's pretty creepy. Mon. 3/29--  All day hiking today through Echo Valley to see the hanging coffins.  At the mouth of yet another cave we run into 3 grazing water buffalo.  ...

... Italian faces some ancient hanging coffins on the opposite cliff. A google search of his name and Sagada confirms the danger. In fact the approach to Echo Valley is through a cemetery. It climbs a hill and isn't actually very notable. As I ...

... most of the afternoon. Next morning it was hiking time, to quote from our guidebook, "There are many intersecting paths in the echo valley. many people set out for a 1 hour hike and return, hours later covered in mud and picking twigs out of their ...

... views, but just below the top a dog decided to protect it by madly barking at me. At least I managed to get to Echo Valley lookout, but the view was disappointing. Before lunch I took a jeepney back to Bontoc and subsequently a night coach to ...

... the day, sort of speak..he took me to a viewpoint of the surrounding towns, mountains and lots of rice..then to eerie Echo Valley to witness hanging coffins and to caves nicknamed burial caves - both which where they rest their elders in peace, out of ...