Sanafe Lodge
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Lights Out
Took the night bus from Manila originally to Lagawe. A bridge had collapsed because of the typhoon just days ago. Missed it by three days by the time I arrived in Manila. The owner of Friendly's said it was the worse he had seen. But the flooding went down quickly in Manila and folks were laying papers out to dry.
Once I got to Lagawe …
Briefly in Banaue
"Listen!"
"What???" I asked, startled by Rob.
"It's completely quiet! I bet the Chupacabra's out there killing all those freakin' animals!"
I burst out laughing hysterically at Rob's assessment of the brief respite we had from the gaggle of farm creatures that live in the pen below our window, and then, stupidly decided that I …
Bye, mountains
We're back at the Sanafe Lodge, but this time, not as overnight guests. We left Native Village Inn at 1pm, decided to skip the Banaue Rice Terrace Viewpoints since we had absorbed and appreciated the CONCEPT of rice terraces, and found ourselves back at the airy, pleasant patio of the Sanafe Lodge restaurant.
Our overnight bus to Manila …
PHILIPPINES: BOONDOCKS OF BONTOC, SAGADA, BANAUE&#
After a near panic-attack—or maybe it was claustrophobia, I'm not sure—from being in rooms without windows for six days straight, I get on the bus from Baguio to Sagada resolving to do better. I even find banana bread. That’s a good sign. "You ever have before?" the lady behind the smile asks. I smile back. Does a hippie live in …
Rice Terraces of World Heritage proportions
The trip to Banaue took a bit of pitching to Kev, who felt we'd already visited a lot of rice terraces on our trip and wasn’t sure it was worth the arduous journey to see more. To make my job even harder were stories of how hit and miss the weather is, with mist and rain often obscuring the view. Even Michael Palin failed to see anything when …
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