One of the best things that I enjoy about my job is to do fieldwork outside Manila, and I’m lucky to have had a client with its main accounting department located in an island! It’s actually a coal mining company located in the island of Semirara in Caluya, Antique (somewhere in Visayas na po ‘to for those who do not know the place; it’s near Capiz, near Mindoro, or better yet, near Boracay!).
It was a 30-minute ride from the airport to Coron town proper and the weather was gloomy that day :( We were worried that we might not be able to carry on with our Day1 activities (especially hiking!); but thank goodness, we’re still able to stick with the itinerary! :)
It has been a yearly tradition of my office batchmates/tropa to go on out-of-Manila trips after the toxic busy season, and for 2011, Coron’s first in our list. Right after busy season, we availed of the promos of different airline companies and booked our August-trip to Coron. After booking, we searched over the net for affordable packages for 3 days and 2 nights (3D2N) and below was our choice.
Thizziszit!!! …the highlight of this 3-part Northern Adventure: Caving at Sumaging Cave in Sagada! After we had our sumptuous-but-expensive lunch at Yoghurt House, we headed back to George Guest House to rest for a while and decide whether we go for the “4-hour Cave Connection” or go for the 2-hour “caving/spelunking experience”. After a few minutes of discussion, we decided to go for the 2-hour “caving/spelunking experience”. If not for our tired and injured feet/legs, we would have chosen the “4-hour Cave Connection”. :D
What is it with jump shots that we really enjoy? One common-and-classic-but-fun thing to do when cam-whoring is posing for a jump shot; but for a shutter-bug like me, hindi lang pagpipikchur ang habol ko sa mga jump shots, gusto ko kasali din ako sa pictures! hehehe!
As mentioned in my previous post, our trip’s main destination was really SAGADA, with Banaue and Baguio on the side hehe!
SAGADA TRIP PART 1: BOMOD-OK, SINAKOP!
First half of our second day was Trekking (what??? again?! hehe!) along the Fidelisan Rice Terraces going down to Bomod-Ok Waterfalls (a.k.a. The Big Falls). The usual process, register first and choose whether to rent a walking stick or not. This time, I can already feel the strain in my left knee; it didn’t heal overnight! From a group of 10, only 8 of us decided to go with the trek; the two decided to stay at George’s because they were too exhausted already hehe!
BANAUE: BATAD, WALA KANG KATULAD!
Our original itinerary included only sightseeing of the Banaue Rice Terraces hehehe, but upon arrival at the bus station, we were presented by the locals with their Day Tour Packages. We decided to go for the Batad Trekking down to Tappiya Waterfalls which, accordingly, was the most availed of tour package of Banaue visitors.
I’ve been missing a lot of long weekends already because my job calls for a 24/7 duty, especially on busy seasons, where most of those long weekends fall. When we (me and my office tropa) finally got the chance to enjoy the May 1 long weekend, we decided to go to Pagsanjan Falls, in Laguna.
“Mabuti pa ang biglaang lakad, natutuloy!” We didn’t prepare much, all we wanted was an activity during the long weekend, so off we went to Laguna!
RESIDENT SLACKER 