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... paying for the bus?!
Post-cold shower, I went online, and all-knowing Google revealed that.... the airport-city shuttle is actually a FREE service! How wonderful!
Feeling less dodgy, I think Rob and I can sleep a little easier tonight. I'm miffed that there's no hot water, but at least our room has AC, is clean & tidy, and well, we have a room.
We have some sightseeing plans for tomorrow, so hopefully that all works out!
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Paoay Cathedral
... of the church. The roof looks like a barn roof. One of the strange things about this site is that I was the only person here. Some world heritage sites are huge tourist attractions like the Dubrovnik City Walls or even some of the ones in China, however I was all alone in this one. This was only the second world heritage site in my life that I have been to and been all alone. The first one was the Paharpur Ruins in Bangladesh.
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Visita Iglesia de Ilocos Norte (visit San Nicolas)
The San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church is located at San Nicolas Ilocos Norte. The name of the town came from it. The main product of the town is pottery. This is the town where you can see the Cocacola plantation. The town celebrate its DAMILI FESTIVAL during the month of December. The fiesta starts on December 26 and ends on the 30th.
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Sinking Bell Tower, tabacco monopoly landmark
The City of Laoag is the capital of Ilocos Norte, its name means sunshine in Iloco, that's why Laoag City is also called sunshine city. This city continues to preserve its rich culture and tradition. The Kalesa, a horse drawn vehicle during the Spanish colonization period can still be seen in the roads and highways inside the City of Laoag and it is treated as the ...
Beauty queens and chicken intestines.
... about the quite controversial ex president Ferdinand Marcos who was born here in batac just out side laoag, I don't know too much about the history but he was allegedly involved in corruption, helped himself to billions of dollars from the treasury and He also deliberately placed the Philippines under martial law in 1972 to keep himself in power for a longer period. First I saw the statue in the park then moved on to the strange and eerie mausoleum which houses the embalmed body ...
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