day 6 - in transit

highlight the low lights!

When traveling plans are always meant to change...

Vigan-Baguio-Sagada was the original plan. But when you don't know how to go about the original plan then better consult the blogs then change your plan and plan another plan, which is Vigan-Baguio-Banaue. The last minute decision made over an outdated and questionable blog entry at some internet cafe in Vigan. Laughing our uncertainties away but crossing our fingers for the what would hopefully be the right decision. Yey! adventure!

Shower wherever, whenever as long as it's free....

A true backpacker sometimes sacrifices hygiene over budget. However, there are ways to be hygienic and still save the budget. How? Ask my dear two friends Motha and Bally who couldn't resist taking a bath in a very public restroom at the Partas bus station. The faucet, pale and tumbler was all they needed to make it work. No joke! good thing there weren't many passengers... using the restroom. As for me, I got pretty shy and just had a half bath. Don't judge us. It's not easy to be sweaty, sticky and smelly. It would just ruin our picture perfect moments! Besides, we're just girls after all.... hahaha   

Ignorance is the best medicine for drunk lunatics...

Here's a tip on arriving at dawn when the town is still asleep. Always go to that store that is bright and with security guard, it's safer! Though not always. But when some disillusioned drunk lunatic claiming to be Gerald Anderson messes with you, ignore and pretend that you don't hear him, not even when you are shaking within. He's bound to back off knowing he can't get a reaction from you, but if he won't, you can always call on that guard to be your knight in shinning armor who in turn would call on the policeman to be his night in shinning armor, and together they will be on the lookout for you like a knight in shinning armor. 

Trust me, Baguio's self-proclaimed Gerald Anderson scared the wits out of us. The one and only person who gave us shivers on an already freezing dawn.

10 hour bus travel is always longer on day time.... 

Trust when I say that long distance land travel would always be best done at night. Not only are you just gonna sleep the hours away, but it would also save you accommodation. Unfortunately for us, since we didn't know the bus schedule we just took the chance and went with our guts and proceeded to the bus station bound for Banaue in hopes that they travel during the day. Lucky us there was one for the day. In fact, only one for the day. So if you plan to go to Banaue, catch the buses that's scheduled at night. There's a couple of them and it starts at 8pm.

Seriously Department of Tourism, hear me out and publish online bus schedules and fares for the key tourist spots in the country. If you do... then you're most welcome, coz I'm pretty sure you'll thank me for it. But I'd be shocked coz then it would mean you've read my blog.. or stalked it? hahahaha... oh, wishful thoughts be real! ;)

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 Vigan to Baguio (Partas bus fare) : P324 each

10:45pm - 3:00 am

Taxi to KMS Bus Liner (Banaue bound bus station) : P 47

Andoks breakfast (where crazy Gerald approached us) : P 57

Baguio to Banaue (KMS bus fare) : P 415

8:00am - 6pm

Dinner at People's Lodge Inn : P 100

Rough Investment: P 943