19 June '11 - Ujah, Banaue, Province of Ifugao

it was Jose Rizal's 150th bday
so we decided to go for a short vacation
this time, with Mama, Aunts & cousins

but the question was,
where should we go?
Vigan or Banaue

one of the main concern when travelling with a large group is "travel time"

to make a long story short
we consulted Austin aka niknok if where should we take our "companions"
first he explained why not Vigan, there's only one street to explore, that's it...
while the Province of Ifugao has many things to offer
if there's a thing called "beach/island hopping"
there's also "rice terraces hopping"


spent two nights at Uhaj, Banaue
our 4th time since 2009

View from Uhaj Native Village Inn

North Luzon Trip

View SCTEX to Aurora-Quirino-Isabela-Cagayan in a larger map

20 Dec. '10 - Baguio via Aritao Road

we left Uhaj past 9am 

then go straight to Banaue Viewpoint [buy some souvenirs & photo ops of course]

next question was which route should we take...
Banaue-Bontoc-Sagada-Baguio or Banaue-Nueva Viscaya via Aritao-Baguio


thobs & ton both agreed to take the Aritao Road going to Baguio [another road mapping adventure for us]

Benguet-Nueva Viscaya Road [from Aritao junction] is 109 kilometers of pure steep and winding road. add [scenic]

travelling this route would give you a nice view of Ambuklao lake where of course the Ambuklao hydroelectric plant is located. [nice description huh?]

it's around 5pm or 6pm when we reached Baguio [can't recall the exact time]


checked in at Hotel 45 in front of SM [Php 1,500 w/extra bed plus free breakfast] [for reference]






Live One Day at a Time
One Province at a Time 
> thobs