Journeying Batad Rice Terraces and Tapiya Falls

my 7th consecutive get-away
june 17-20, 2011 friday to monday

objective: to visit the best tourist spots that fits my taste and budget accordingly.
additional tasks: to be stunned by our rice terraces and bring back the memories in sagada

batad-sagada week-end trekkings

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DAY ONE:
JOURNEYING BATAD VILLAGE

we arrive around 0630H in banaue downtown which has approximate 7 hours travel from sampaloc. since we were ahead of 1 hour in our itinerary, spent breakfast first nearby and bought some trail/picnic foods. around 0730H we started to head the 15km journey from banaue downtown to batad saddle point. there was landlside back then but the jeep managed to enter that narrow open road. we had an stop-over to a mini-rice terraces which has a viewing deck. after an hour, we reached saddle point. it will took 2 options to trek down the village which will cause a minimum of 1 hour travel for an average trekker. one option is to use the downstairs which has 420 steps but with time difference of 10 minutes against trailing the rough road. we chose to trail the rough road due that time sun was on its very hot rays. be sure to have drinking water if you are not into mountaineering activities.

batad rice terraces

Batad - Sagada Week-End Trekkings

my 7th consecutive get-away
june 17-20, 2011 friday to monday

objective: to visit the best tourist spots that fits my taste and budget accordingly.
additional tasks: to witness the rice terraces and bring back the memories in sagada

on the road to batad village

important note (ifugao):
Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.  Its capital is Lagawe and named after the term "i-pugo" which means "i" (from/people) and "pugo" (hill), thus people of the hill.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifugao

the most weekend consecutive get-away madness will end-up on this breathtaking part of northern luzon. started from the 4 weekends of may in aurora province, iloilo-guimaras, camnorte-legazpi, bacolod up to the  1st 3 weekends of june in corregidor island, mt. pulag the return and this one. though this serves also my expensive month ever, priceless experience was the reward and i'm happy about it.