sagada really cool

[iwannaride]

baka kay tita mary kami mag stay. kailangan ko na ba magpa-reserve or okay lang pagdating nalang namin don mismo sa sagada?

mas maganda kung text mo muna si tita mary para sure kasi minsan meron mga nagiistay dun baka pag dating nyo dun eh no vacancy na pero madali naman humanap ng matutuluyan dunif ever na walang available kila tita mary

[flipflop08]

Originally Posted by micmac

baka kay tita mary kami mag stay. kailangan ko na ba magpa-reserve or okay lang pagdating nalang namin don mismo sa sagada?

just arrived from sagada last night. it's better if you call her before you take your journey to sagada , what i did was i just called when were already at the door of the RESIDENTIAL LODGE(RL) knocking ,then i called her but she's at the school to fetch someone, so we just stayed at GEORGE'S GUEST HOUSE(GGH) which was about a minute walk past residential lodge. i would have to say that GGH is one of the best if not the best inn in sagada , the room that we got has cable tv and hot water for 500php/day , it has 1 queen size bed and 1 sofa bed ( max capacity of 3 persons).although i was not able to stay at the RL , it's pretty obvious that the place is still new so i think it would be at par with GGH plus RL is cheaper.

Originally Posted by micmac

sayang yung half day kung di namin ipapasyal. but we'll see.. siguro kapag napagod sa byahe we'll just hang around. thanks.

we arrived in sagada around 1:30pm,we checked-in and rest up to 4 ... sobrang nakakapagod *** byahe stroll lang kami papuntang st. marys and echo valley. the next day we went to bomod-ok falls around 730am came back at 1130am for lunch then went to sumaguing at 230pm...sobrang sakit ng katawan ko *****!

another tip,kung mahihiluhin kayo at ayaw nyong sumakit ang **** nyo,wag nyo na itry *** baguio-sagada route,although this route is more efficient since there is a bus available every hour so less waiting.

[micmac]

Originally Posted by flipflop08

just arrived from sagada last night. it's better if you call her before you take your journey to sagada , what i did was i just called when were already at the door of the RESIDENTIAL LODGE(RL) knocking ,then i called her but she's at the school to fetch someone, so we just stayed at GEORGE'S GUEST HOUSE(GGH) which was about a minute walk past residential lodge. i would have to say that GGH is one of the best if not the best inn in sagada , the room that we got has cable tv and hot water for 500php/day , it has 1 queen size bed and 1 sofa bed ( max capacity of 3 persons).although i was not able to stay at the RL , it's pretty obvious that the place is still new so i think it would be at par with GGH plus RL is cheaper.





we arrived in sagada around 1:30pm,we checked-in and rest up to 4 ... sobrang nakakapagod *** byahe stroll lang kami papuntang st. marys and echo valley. the next day we went to bomod-ok falls around 730am came back at 1130am for lunch then went to sumaguing at 230pm...sobrang sakit ng katawan ko *****!

another tip,kung mahihiluhin kayo at ayaw nyong sumakit ang **** nyo,wag nyo na itry *** baguio-sagada route,although this route is more efficient since there is a bus available every hour so less waiting.

ok, thanks for the tips.

nag hire kayong guide or ok lang mag sight seeing ng walang guide sa echo valley? nabasa ko kais dito na delikado daw.. may namatay ng foreigner don diba?!

[flipflop08]

while strolling sa st marys,tinanong namin *** isang bata kung malapit lang ba *** echo valley(based kc dun sa binili naming map sa souvenir shop eh mukhang malapit nga lang), ang ginawa nung bata is sinamahan kami ,binigyan na lang namin yung bata ng 100bucks after...late na din kc nun kaya hindi na kami kumuha ng tour guide kc alam naming hindi na namin makukumpleto *** 3spots for 400php ... hindi naman delikado sa echo valley ... tamang ingat lang at wag kang aanga-anga

about naman sa mga people sa sagada...mababait sila. habang kumakain kami ng lunch sa cafe st joe ...may nakikipagbiruan pang lasing samin ...imagine lasing na yun pero maayos pa din ciang kausap pero halata ng lasing at makulit what im saying is he's not your typical "LUMABAS KUNG SINO ANG MATAPANG JAN " na lasing

[faaip_de_oiad]

I'm sure that George Guest House is great. 500 a day nalang? last year 750! hehe.

micmac: Madulas yung papuntang Echo Valley, pero sobrang lapit talaga nung valley sa simbahan. Wala pang 15 minutes. Delikado? As flipflop said, mag ingat lang at wag aanga anga. hehe

[flipflop08]

^^The caretaker showed us 3 available rooms :
600Php ( 2 queen size beds + cable tv+hot shower )
500Php ( 1 queen size bed + 1 sofa bed + cable tv+hot shower )
400Php (2 queen size beds + hot shower)

We took the 500 room hoping that I could catch the lakers v kings game last sat,badtrip lang dahil walang sports ch at rpn9! Oh well binusabos naman ng kings *** lakers eh .ok na din na may tv sa room,pampaantok dahil nga sarado na mga restos sa sagada by 9.

[faaip_de_oiad]

I see.

Medyo weird yung pricing nung kay Tita Mary kasi hindi by room and rates - by person! Kung mag isa ka lang, 150 parin ang babayaran mo. Wala naman akong naririnig na forced-sharing na nangyayari. hehe.

May tv sa common area nina Tita Mary, pakapalan nalang ng mukha. hehe

[gareth13]

people with vehicles.. try the Rock Inn.. it has one of the best rooms and vicinities of sagada, they also offer orange picking (pick what you want)... it has a cool bonfire place...

[micmac]

flipflop08 magkano nagastos nyo sa sagada trip nyo?

[flipflop08]

ACTUAL EXPENSES
•We were only 2.

TRANSPO

mla -banaue (autobus) – 462Php
-the bus station is between P.Noval St. and Eloisa ( check the Espana Road Map at Wikipedia)
-the bus departed at 10:10pm(030107) so don’t be late for the 10pm schedule

banaue-bontoc (rented a van for 1500/4)– 375Php
-we arrived at banaue around 7:45am
-the van stopped at a nearby resto so that we could have our breakfast
-the plan was to ride a van from the autobus station that will go directly to sagada for 250Php but we were only 4 that will be going to sagada so the driver just ask us to rent his van up to bontoc for 1500,the actual rate was 2300 but we said that we cannot afford it.(actually there were 6 more foreigners who will be going to sagada but some person convinced them not to join us and instead rent a van for themselves only ,the main purpose of that person was of course to rip them off )
-we departed banaue at 9:45am ( we wasted an hour because of that van!)

bontoc-sagada (jeep) – 35
-we arrived at bontoc around 12:15pm
-the van dropped us at the station of sagada bound jeeps(not actually a station but I’ll call it a station)
-the jeep will drop you just below the st. joseph’s inn (again not actually a station but I’ll call it a station)
-we were in sagada around 1:15pm

sagada -baguio (GL) – 220
-we rode the 7am(030407) bus at the station of sagada-bound bontoc jeeps .we’re suppose to ride the 5am schedule but we arrived the station at 5:35am , the next bus should be at 6am but since it’s not peak season the hourly schedule was not followed.
-the other 2guys who accompanied us took the same route going back(via autobus)

dangwa station-VL station (taxi) – 40
-the bus arrived at the dangwa station(behind the Center Mall) at around 1:15pm

baguio- mla (victory liner) – 395(for pasay station)
-we took the 2:10pm(yup,it really is 2:10pm) pasay-bound bus. we just had our lunch inside the bus.
-we arrived at the pasay station around 8:45pm

FOOD

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-dinner before riding autobus for 130

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-breakfast at banaue for 100
-lunch(which was around 4:30pm…ahaha) at yoghurt house for 140
-dinner at yoghurt house for 160

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-lunch at st joes for 150
-dinner at masferres for 170 ( we reserved at Log Cabin the night before for the Saturday night buffet but we decided not to go with it since were not starving )

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-take-out lunch for 130
-dinner on the road for 100

SAGADA TOUR

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-we arrived at sagada 1:15pm then checked-in at GGH ,decided to sleep and woke-up around 4pm
-we realized that we won’t be able to finish the 3sights tour for 400 so we opt to discover echo valley for ourselves but a boy accompanied us,we just gave him a 100 in return.

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-we rented a jeep going to the drop-off point for the Bomod-ok falls trail for 550
-the tour guide will cost you 600 (max of 10/guide) , we were only four (the 4 of us in the van decided to join forces)
-we left the municipal hall around 7:30am and returned after 3hrs30mins
-we rented a jeep going to the drop-off point for the sumaguing cave for 350
-the tour guide will cost you 400(max of 4/guide)

LODGING
-stayed at George Guest House for 2nights at 500/night

SUMMARY
TRANSPO :462+(1500/4)+35+220+(40/2)+395 = 1507
FOOD: 130+100+140+160+150+170+130+100 = 1080(it’s safe to budget 150 for a meal)
SAGADA TOUR: (100/2)+(550/4)+(600/4)+(350/4)+(400/4)=525
LODGING: (1000/2)=500

TOTAL EXPENSES :Php 3612 ( our estimated budget was 4k)

[fleur03]

wow!!! mura lang *** flipflop08 madami bang tao ngayon sa sagada?

[flipflop08]

I’ll estimate it as konti lang since hindi nga napuno yung van papuntang sagada and the hourly sched of lizardo bus departing sagada for baguio was not observed.

[micmac]

thanks for sharing that flipflop08.
we'll stay for 4 days so i guess we need around 4.5k to 5k huh?!

[faaip_de_oiad]

so people in Banaue are evil?

Ang gastos pala pag Banaue yung daan.

We ended up spending a lot more because we decided to spend a night in Baguio. Wrong move. We couldn't find an affordable hotel.
The room costs more than the three days worth of rent we paid Tita Mary.

[flipflop08]

^^ mas gusto ko pa din banaue daan....napainom ako ng bonamine sa hanselma highway eh

[micmac]

hayy naku, nag back out isang friend namin.. 2 nalang kaming matutuloy maya. kung may papuntang sagada this weekend pm me. let's meet there.

[gareth13]

ammm!!! para sa mga nakarating na sa sagada. may i know your guides names and how were they? mga pros and cons nila? para next time makakapag reflect sila sa comments nyo...

[micmac]

hi gareth. ikaw yung taga sagada diba?! anong weather dyan ngayon? kailangan ba namin magdala maraming jacket? or mainit na rin dyan ngayon?

[faaip_de_oiad]

flipflop08: Onga. Mahilo-hilo ako nung pauwi. Surprisingly, hindi masyado nakakahilo sa Mountain Province kasi wala naman masyadong turns kahit pangit ang daan. Sa Benguet, sementado nga, puro hair pin turns naman na kinakaskas pa nung driver. Damn. Yung mga bayan pa naman sa Benguet parang walang katapusan.

[gareth13]

Weather in sagada now is not that cold.. but from where you stand. ill say bring jackets or sweater. you will need that when roaming sagada in the afternoons nightimes or in the early morning...