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All Driving, No Sleeping: Wedding Crashers
My experience landing in Manila's airport is described by 3 words: hot, sweaty, crowded. From the moment we got through the terminal, it was humid and full of people. One nice thing is that we had speedy help through immigration, to get our luggage, and straight through customs. My swollen feet and crankiness only required two things when we reached home: a nap and a shower. However, that is not what I got.
Instead, my mom convinced me to get in a ...
Philippines
Yesterday we awoke to blue skies and decided to hit the road early so caught the 7am bus to Baguio. The views were spectacular as we meandered through the mountain roads and slowly began to return to the hussle and bustle of city life instead of the relaxed vibe of the mountains. We arrived to Baguio about 1pm and decided that we would just continue on our way so we caught the next bus to Vigan at 2pm arriving into Vigan at 7.30 that ...
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 ...
Exploring Vigan
As with all of our beach landings to date a small welcoming party of local children and passing fisherman greet the arrival of our tender on the beach. They appear fascinated by the inflatable nature of our boat, compared to their heavy wooden fishing boats that we see scattered across the beach and ocean. As with the previous evening a local bus soon appears to transport us into Vigan.
Spanish-era mansions, ...
Night on the town
... activity. To the east we can see the odd container ship sailing the well trodden route between the east and the west but outside that we have nothing but the sea, the sky and a little breeze!
Absolutely on schedule we drop anchor at Sulvec Bay some 6nm south of Vigan at 1430. The Bay boasts nothing but a small fishing village. However, it is the closest 'safe' anchor that we can find to Vigan and is only a short ...


