Tag: lakbay norte
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Lakbay Norte Day 4: Benguet and Pangasinan
My alarm woke me up from a deep slumber at our room at The Manor. Tonight’s accommodation is somewhere in Alaminos, Pangasinan. Today started out relatively late at 7:30am. We were actually supposed to be waiting at the lobby already, but everybody seemed to have enjoyed their sleep last night, so by 7:30, we were…
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Lakbay Norte Day 3: Ilocos Norte, La Union and Baguio
Today, I woke for early check out from our hotel in Laoag, and now I’m writing this from my bed at The Manor in Baguio. It was a very active Day 3: sand boarding on the dunes of Ilocos Norte, followed by surfing at La Union. The 4×4 and sandboarding adventure was supposed to be…
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Lakbay Norte Day 2: Cagayan and Ilocos Norte
Today, I woke up in Tuguegarao again. Tonight though, I’ll be sleeping in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Our call time this morning was at 5:30am and everybody in the group made sure (or at least tried their hardest) to get some much needed sleep. We started the day with a hearty Cagayan breakfast at Director Bless…
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Lakbay Norte Day 1: Tugegarao
Today, I woke up in Tuguegarao. Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Piat It was Day 1 of Lakbay Norte, a Northern Philippines familiarization tour spearheaded by the Northern Philippines Visitors Bureau in cooperation with the visitors bureau of the provinces and cities we are visiting. Together with writers and photographers from major dailies, inflight…