Grandpa's Inn Vigan

... the first time we were up north so we decided to visit. It was a political ...

... allee voir un spectacle de danse traditionnelle, qui se tenait sur la place plublique. Nous avons ete invite a danser avec 2 petits enfants (8-9 ans) terrorises comme nous, devant une foule de plusieurs centaines de personnes, encore avec les journalistes, la tele et le gouverneur qui nous disait quoi faire au microphone. Une chance que nous avons le sens du ridicule. Une chance aussi qu'il nous ont pas demander d'enfile les costumes, Rejean ...

... too hard. Still, only four hours after I left the Sunset German resort, I was 120 km away in Vigan. Vigan is a world heritage city. Unesco says so. The locals agree. They have put up plaques adorned with the Unesco crest and other heraldry on seemingly countless buildings. The slaughterhouse has one. Allow me to quote part of it. "Originally constructed in 1931, the Vigan Abattoir has supported over the years, the growth of the meat industry of Vigan and its neighbouring ...

... was still room in there somewhere for some stunning mountains. How deceptive this one island proved! At least to me, who looked down on it, arranged in two inadequate dimensions, and presumed I could conquer it. The first bus ride out of Manila lasted through the night, and deposited me in the middle of nowhere in the dusky grey of pre-dawn, the only cold hour of the day. A second bus ride trundled further north, back into the heat and light. I woke ...

I think I'll never grow too old for road trips. I always loved them when I was a kid, when I was in high school and college, and still loving them now. The bickering, the inside jokes, the laughter, the singing out loud (badly), the pass-the-chips-to-the-back with the entire family. Planning a road trip for the family always stirs up great memories ...

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 coloniale espagnole en Asie. Connue pour ses rues pavées, son architecture mélange les ...

... midnight. In particular, I thought so, when I saw the miserable neighborhood around the bus terminal. Fortunately, we caught a bus left for Vigan in a while. <br><br>After a 7 hours ride from Manila, we finally arrived in Vigan. We didn't know where we should get off the bus, so we chose a stop on a compartively busy street. I had heard that Vigan had the festival just on that day and had expected something special. However, it looked like an agiricultual festival, but didn't meet ...