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Sagada Slideshow
Sagada
Travel Blogs from Sagada, Philippines
Trekking around Sagada
Got up early and had a massive breakfast at the "Yogurt House", were we had banana & yogurt pancakes. With the aid of a tourist map we set off to find the famous hanging coffins. Even to this day the locals sometimes hang coffins on the steep ...
Spelunking
... fairly appropriate given its true meaning. Well, it was indeed my first time of this adventure. I've seen a lot of pictures of Sagada online, pictures of my friends in their facebook accounts, and of course in this web site. When I saw it and heard about ...
Breezy bodies and spelunking in Sagada
... of respect and that you are in professional hands. The hanging coffins are something quite remarkable to see; in addition to the Philippines they have also been found in Indonesia and China where it is believed that they were first used amongst pagan, ...
Sagadan to the Highest Mountain Level
... which makes it so cool...or warm. St.Mary's Church Sumaguing Cave Hanging Coffins I could die now. Sagada’s serenity can be deceiving especially when someone isn’t really expecting anything beyond extraordinary. If it ...
Altitude fitness
Hello everyone from Northern Luzon, Sagada, Philippines! I really wanted to get an entry on here sooner but I've been on the go a lot accumulating stories for your reading pleasure. First off, I'm sorry I won't be able to ...
Sagada... need I say more!
... Cosalan. It was an extremely informative and inspiring forum about the potential bamboo has, if developed more widely here in the Philippines. Uncle Ronny is planning on funding a small bamboo nursery at ENCA Farm. We are also working on plans to plant ...
Why aren't you here?!
... disarming. I am sure I will have all of my stuff stolen because I am so at ease. I never wanted to visit the Philippines. I always thought Thailand would be my first taste of Asia. You know...good food, cheap accommodations, friendly people, safety...all ...
Arriving in Sagada, and checking out the village
... we saw. After an hour we arrived in Sagada, and all trees were pine trees. The trip costed 30 PHP/person. Sagada is quite different from other Filippino villages. The houses are sturdier, built for the relativly cold climate. After having found an ...
Sleepless in Sagada
... that we needed to make plans, book flights and reserve accommodations now but it was just not that simple. Transportation in the Philippines is irregular at the best of times and prices for flights fluctuate wildly from day to day and between carriers. We ...
Two Danish Girls in Sagada
... trip through the two connected caves near the town is one of the greatest experiences in my life. Practical stuff: We stayed at Sagada Guesthouse. The rooms was clean, nice and cosy. There we're hot water and free refill of drinking water in the ...
High's and Lows
... was a lovely, cheery place to stay and the food across the road at the Yoghurt House was out of this world (well, out of the Philippines world anyway!) It was about 9pm in the evening and we wanted to go somewhere for a drink to chill out after the day so ...
Mountain Province
... a flashlights and solid nerves. After Echo Valley I walked out to a small waterfall amidst some rice terraces in a small valley just behind Sagada, which had me sufficiently exhausted to call it quits for the day. As soon as it got dark, the rain ...
Coffins in the cliffs
Wandering the fields, terraces and country side. Guide to the cliffs where the locals place their dead. Apparently they are sacred sites and to this day the dead are folded up (knees to chest) and placed in a coffin before they are carried and winched up ...
My Playground
... , you shall never be so afraid of a tumble." -Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sagada is a dream playground for grown-ups. It was not ideal that I wore all white the day I arrived, but the ...
Lumiang-Sumaging Caves Spelunking Adventure
... water, but we refused to do so, because we're afraid that one of us might get sick, without completing our Sagada Adventures yet (we couldn't afford that,dude). After all, we've already had immense fun and tremendously exhilerating spelunking experience, ...
Mt. Kiltepan Sunrise Viewing
... a spectacular view of sunrise, a sea-of-clouds, and a great panoramic view of the Kiltepan rice terraces and mountain ranges within Sagada (although during fickle weather, it would be too cloudy for you to see one, so do not hold your breath). We woke-up ...
A Quick Splash at Bomod-Ok Falls
... at the market, we instantly headed on to our next extreme activity, that no one could afford to miss - that will be a trek to Sagada’s most visited 200-feet tall Bomod-Ok Falls otherwise known as the "Big Falls". We started our trek at ...
Adventures Up North
... very memorable for me. It was 5 whole days of fun and adventure as our group of around 12 went to Sagada, one of the adventurous spots north of the Philippines. For those who have no idea where this place is located, it's about 12-15 hours away from ...
Lake Danum Bonfire Dinner & Camping
... to Baguio City. While on the way, I couldn't help but to ignore my sleepy eyes, and just reminisced our 1'st Sagada Travel Adventure. That was already five moths ago, when we had that extraordinnaire and exhilirating experience. But that has been ...
Through the mountains to Sagada
... I saw on the road were Jeepneys. These are old WWII vehicles that were left behind by the Americans who used the Philippines as a base, and they’ve been converted into buses. They are all decorated very elaborately, and are quite fun to ...
Sagada: One of the most beautiful places I've been
... I got off the bus I was offered hash, but my main concern was to get some aloe for my swollen arms neck and face. Sagada not quite what I expected, a little more built up, but not without it's charm. My guest house is very central and cheap, very basic ...
Bonfire Dinner at Lake Danum
... . Animal rights people may cry foul over this practice but this custom has been around since time immemorial in this part of the Philippines. It is said that after the chicken dies, it is then sliced open to unveil a prediction in its gall bladder: ...
