Sagada
Trip Start
Mar 26, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 26, 2009
Sagada,
Luzon,
Philippines
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The next day I wanted to take Fran hiking in the cave and we found 7 other people to form a group, so we hired a guide and off we went. What I didn't realise is this was not just a hike but proper caving! We had two gas lamps and down we went... 150 feet underground. We started to scramble over rocks and climb through. I was worried about Fran seeing as I told her it was a nice normal hike haha.. but she got straight into it. We had to take our shoes off because bare feet was better to grip on the certain rock, then it got trickier. We had to wade through water, climb through gaps and through bat poo.
Fran in cave
. then came a bit where you had to lean back, hold a rope and climb a few meters with a big drop behind you.. oh god. You needed a bit of upper body strength and Fran was a bit nervous especially when one of the men made it across then slipped and fell slightly.. half way I thought she was stuck bt no she made it across and smiled with excitement and on we went. It was great! A 2 hour adventure and we saw amazing rock formations and blue underground pools and came out full of adrenaline and smiling.
On the way back to the hostel we walked to the Hanging coffins, yep that's right, years ago these people hang their dead off the mountains face in coffins and they are still there. You can see these old wooden coffins tucked into crevasses and the odd skull poking out..weird.
We both loved Sagada. It had a great atmosphere, incredible scenery, sunshine and the people were very friendly. We stayed 3 nights then made our way back to Manila only as a stopover to make our way south to swim with the giant whale sharks... next
