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Vigan
Travel Blogs from Vigan, Philippines
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Festival - Vigan - Festival
... 2 places differentes pour finalement avoir un bon cafe. Dans l'apres midi, nous avons visite la maison d'un ex president des Philippines mandate dans les annees 45-53 (Guidaro je crois). Nous suivions un couple pour aller voir un autre mariage mais ...
Exiting Baguio and Entering Vigan
... so hard at the music. We all had a laugh at their expense. The girls stayed for a beer or two and I packed it in very shortly after they left. Baguio turned out to be fine but glad to be out of there and glad to be here in Vigan. ...
C for Candon!
After a week of our Quezon trip with my family, I decided to drag them all again to my lakwatsa and since I have my alphabet travel, my mom suggested to go to Candon, Ilocos Sur. and so we did. YAY!8hours drive from Manila, we arrived just on time for ...
Exploring Vigan
... bounce from Tourist office, to Heritage Centre and finally Police Station trying to find someone who could help us to leave the Philippines with the necessary paperwork in place. At the Police Station we are told that the Mayor's Office might be able to ...
Vigan, colonial city
Hallo zusammen, viele Gruesse aus Vigan. Die Stadt ist die einzige erhaltene Stadt aus der spanischen Kolonialzeit (die Japaner sind vor dem Luftangriff der Amerikaner gefluechtet und diese haben ihn in letzter Sekunde abgebrochen). Die Stadt ist daher ...
Vigan
... leve nous fesons de meme mais cette fois il faut rester dans l'autobus et ce a quelques reprises aussi. C'etait bien rigolo. Vigan est une ville intact du temps des espagnols (enfin presque, puisque les batissents ne sont pas trop entretenu), c'est ...
Surroundings of Vigan
Hallo zusammen, heute habe ich einiges in der Umgebung von Vigan besichtigt, i.e. einige Kirchen:-) San Vincente ist ein kleines Dorf nur wenige km entfernt und hat eine typische spanische Kirche, die wie eine Festung aussieht. Santa ist ein ...
Night on the town
... tender to deeper water until finally we are able to motor back to our mothership. With calm waters sleeping is far more conducive than our previous evenings experience. Tomorrow, we will return to Vigan and ‘Clear Out’ of the ...
Toréador, prends garde
Vigan est la capitale de la province d'Ilocos Sur des Philippines, sur la côte ouest de l'île de Luzon, sur la mer de Chine méridionale. Elle est sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO parce qu'il est un exemple presque intact de ville ...
Vigan
Headed from Baguio to Vigan which is supposed to be the best preserved place for Spanish architecture in the Philippines. The intention was to stop off at San Fernando to check out the surf. I got off the nice air conditioned bus crossed the road and to ...
World Heritage Town
... go back to sleep. Vigan isn't a large city by modern standards (at least the tourist part of it). When the Philippines was under Spanish control, Vigan was the 3rd largest city, after Manila and Cebu. Some ways inland, it has a grid layout and the old ...
Its Not Grim Up North
... poor Dean as he tries to cram himself into buses and jeepneys designed for small framed locals. Vigan is a beautiful city, the 3rd oldest i the Philippines. It narrowly escaped being carpet bombed in WW2 and is now the best preserved Spanish colonial ...
Fiesta Time in Vigan
A quick stopover after Manila, we decided to travel North, quite far North in fact, to the historic town of Vigan. Back on the buses, for some strange and unfathomable reason the company decided it was a good idea to drop you in the city at 4am, in ...
Philippines
... ;streets but slowly began to melt in the heat so decided to take a siesta. We are in a Spanish colonial town after all. Vigan was almost destroyed by American carpet bombers during WW2 but they aborted the mission at the last minute as the Japs ...
Vigan
Vigan is a small city on the northwest coast of Luzon. Lily and I wanted to visit the first time we were up north so we decided to visit. It was a political centre during the Spanish occupation and survived the bombs of WWII leaving a nice Spanish vibe ...
Stepping back in time in Vigan
... , really atmospheric eating amongst the crumbling mansions and cobbled streets. Enjoyed lots of great local food, including the famous Vigan Longanisa sausage, and the best iced chocolates of the trip in the cafe attached to our hotel. ...
Vigan
... dreams of island hopping.) We grabbed a charter bus outside of town and took a 6 hour drive to Vigan. Vigan is one of the very few places in the Philippines left (relatively) untouched by World War II. By that I mean neither the US or Japan carpet bombed ...
Viva Pugudpod and Vigan!
... only 2 weeks away before the Nursing Licensure Exam! o.O 2. I really saved up my money just to see the famous ancient Calle Vigan. =) 3. I was able to see the breath-taking site of the huge Ilocos Windmills! (which I only see in films/tv before) 4. My ...
My 1st out of town adventure.. :)
Peachy & Cathy, my pretty friends that helps me to experienced my 1st out of town trip... We travelled by car for 4 hours back & forth.. thanks to Peachy! We really had fan.. ...
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
This is the first and last time that I have visited Vigan - and for work not for leisure :-( Theplace is romantic, looks very historical and some restaurants serve exotic ...
PHILIPPINES - Historic Vigan
Vigan City is one of the must-sees in the Philippines. Having been proclaimed by UNESCO as a heritage site, we just cannot miss this one. SO after giving a Culture of Peace training in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley, we then travelled all the way to ...
All Driving, No Sleeping: Wedding Crashers
... days, but the poor spend a lot of time outside in the sun therefore are usually tanner. My first real morning in the Philippines was spent eating breakfast next to the beach, a great way to start the day, lazily. Tomorrow, we drive to Baguio, which ...
the Phils 2
A Google earth, God's eye view of the Philippines shows it as thousands of tiny spots floating on the ocean. It looks like a land of coasts, thousands and thousands of convoluting, sinuous beaches demarcating the smashed pieces of island that make up the ...
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