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| No drug can beat the high of realizing you are above the clouds! |
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| We stayed at a Heritage house called Villa Angela. At first I was a bit creeped out but it wasn't scary at all! |
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| It was actually quite homey and really beautifully preserved. |
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| Haunted Houses-more fun in the Philippines! |
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| Vigan Longanissa rice at Cafe Leona |
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| Abdul couldn't have any so he got the 2 pc chicken meal |
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| If you love antiques, you will adore Calle Crisologo! |
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| I love how they really kept all the old structures in Vigan. Pwede naman eh. Manila? |
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| Traditional woven blankets (called Abel I think) |
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| The ever present Bagnet. I brought some home. Have yet to try it. |
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| Yes, you read right. This, my friends, is a club. Through these doors you will find a modern, spacious club. It's their version of Republiq, but hardly any people. |
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| The confusing American looking, peso bills issued by the Japanese governement |
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| WAAAAHHHH :( I hate frogs. |
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| Irene's Empanada. Said to be the oldest empanada place in town. |
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| Turkish pizza |
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| Yeah, Ive been working out ehehe |
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| Think we grew a little bit too! |
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| At the weavers a few towns away from where we were. Took a video of this, will post next time! |
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| My boyfriend now wants a kalesa. |
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| Hidden Garden: Sinigang na Bangus (with belly floating around, yum my favorite part) |
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| Okoy. Too thick and it was cold so it was more like a pancake or omelet. Too bad. |
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| Another empanada---this time vegetarian. It was actually pretty good even without meat. I liked the shell of this one more than Irene's. |
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| Dirty ice cream on a hot day. The sorbetes carts are everywhere! |
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| Last minute find: "Bibingka" I was expecting a fluffy cake but instead it was like a sticky, buttery tikoy! Either way, yummy! |
Visit more of our country this year! It may not have all the trimmings of a first world country, and sometimes the bathrooms don't work (sigh), but seeing historical buildings still looking exactly the way they did in the past like in Vigan, or getting a traditional tattoo in a mountain that takes almost a whole day to get to (where Abdul is now) is such an enriching experience that really allows you to get to know yourself more- where you came from, who the people are in our history. My Philippine travel wish list includes:
Cotabato to see the dream weavers,
Zamboanga for the vintas,
Marawi for the awesome chests and trafdtional houses called torogans (although I don't think there's much of hem left sadly) and
Batanes--heard it's a different world out there! Fingers crossed!
What's on YOUR Philippine travel wish list?
Thanks for this post Erica. I am heading to Vigan this coming April. Wishlist ko to for my visit sa Philippines. I only have 2 weeks and to talaga ang main objective ko for this year's visit.
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oh ive been wanting to try that bibingka from ilocos!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the very interesting and very informative post. I really appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteMarawi my hometown! You can still find torogans but they're in the remote provinces not in the city itself :)
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