BANAUE-SAGADA Experience (Part 3)

Day 3 (Last day at Sagada, going back to Bontoc, Banaue and to Manila.)

I woke up at 5:30AM when it was cold that day and tried looking around and taking pictures of the Sunrise and its effect upon the mountains. It was a guaranteed view of beauty.

Breakfast at St. Joes. I forgot to tell you that there were 3 additional people who arrived late (Day 2) (Around Lunch time before the cavings). I only met the 2 additional people. The one who is a guy left very early that morning. The other one is a Japanese who is like 29 years old based in Subic as a student. She is from Hiroshima. The last one went home simultaneously with the whole group.

Right after Breakfast, some of the group hiked to Calvary Hill, the Church, the cemetery and Echo Valley while the rest went shopping because Saturday is Market Day for Sagada.

On the opposite mountain, you will see a wall, with some hanging coffins, hanging horizontally. That's where the sound hits when we shout in Echo Valley.

I will show you the great spots of Sagada in the next Sagada post which is the 5th one. I will relate to you, the Great Tourists Spots, History and Culture.

There is this museum in the middle of Sagada called Ganduyan Museum owned by Mrs. Christina Aben who is an Igorot. In this museum, she explains the artifacts and everything regarding the Igorot culture. It is interesting. If you read a part of my other post saying that the city is named Sagada due to a miscommunication, that information came from her.

The whole group except for the Japanese, booked-out the resthouse and load everything into their respective vehicles. We left at around 11:00am.

We went through the same way as we went to Sagada. At 12, we arrived at the same restaurant (Tchayapan) at Bontoc. Violet said that we will "leave at 2pm" for Banaue. My guardian and I went to the market to look around and it really looks bizarre from the Manileño Divisoria. I saw hanging pig body parts, exposed livers. Trapped chickens and livestocks. As we went to the market and vice versa, we saw 2 pigs squealling in agony, for their limbs are being tied. I could feel the situation of agony.

The group left few minutes before 2pm in their respective vehicles to Banaue. In the van, the trip was in the medium of the ABBA music, which is cool. Here comes the 9 waterfalls back to the Bay-yo viewpoint and now into Mt. Polis.

We stopped at Mt. Polis where clouds flow on the road level. I had a dream on what was it like to touch or to be in a cloud. It was answered by cold laminar flows of intrinsic water vapors hitting objects. It was so cold for me that I really needed a jacket. It was wonderful to be in the sea of clouds at Mt. Polis. In fact, those clouds move very fast.

Now, back on the van on the trail to Banaue. After 2 to 3 hours. We arrived at the Banaue Hall of Justice while it was raining by 4:30 to 5:00pm. There are 2 buses lined up. The Florida and The Banaue buses. The Florida bus would leave at 8pm while the Banaue bus would leave at 6:15pm. So, the group chose the Banaue bus, so that we would arrive home earlier.

We had 3 bus stops: The 1st one at chowking 9:30pm at Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. The 2nd one at a gas station for a CR stop and refueling at San Jose city, Nueva Ecija at 12:04am and finally a flat tire at San Ildefonso, Bulacan at 2:00am. We reached the Bus station at 3:30am.

I feared the worst in the overnight, because I kept on wondering what would I do if that bus had an accident (falling to the abyss). There were 3 people (2 conductors and 1 driver). They were quite noisy at first but they became quiet. The group watched the 1st half of "Lara Croft's Tomb Raider". The reason why is that, it skipped to the end without warning.

At sometime of the trip, I always look back (My Guardian is used to stuck up everything under the seat so, I had to sit on the middle seat.) and wonder on the beauty of that girl sitting behind me plus the consistency of true friendship with the other girl. They are kinda chubby and they are around 15 to 16 years old. I mean, sleeping beside a real friend your age is a very difficult thing to do, because it is difficult to get a friend very fast.

At 3:30 am, everyone dispersed as if no one knew each other, as if Sagada was all a dream.

"People first met will be together for 3 days as they become closer through acceptance. After those 3 days, these people subconsciously ignored the fact of closeness and go on with there own business while dispersing."

I cried and felt sad that I have lost them because there weren't any contacts. I nearly lost hope but finally, I found them again. Storge or Friendship Love unites the group. They are in Facebook, and in Yahoo.

I went to the morning Easter Mass at Malate Church from 4:00 to 5:30 as a special mass paying tribute to the resurrection of Jesus the Christ.

I slept all day long because I didn't really sleep well on the trip.

The last promising post about Sagada will be my pictures with the municipal hymn again.

I shall iliterate the next posts again:
1) BANAUE-SAGADA History, Culture and Popular Tourist Spots.
2) BANAUE-SAGADA Pictures (If available already)
3) My first week at Summer Classes and Acting Workshop
4) Failon Situation
5) Emotional Abuse.

I will try my best to do this posts very soon. God Bless and Take Care.