SAGADA Thread 5

[shegothim]

madami talagang tao pag holyweek sa sagada. kaya kung may makukuha pa ngayon para makapagpareserve, magpareserve na.

[pretty_B]

Katatapos ko lang magbackread. College days, hindi natuloy yung trip ng class namin to Sagada kasi kumalat yung balitang madaming NPA or something like bombahan blahblah sa lugar. So, sad kasi after that hindi pa din ako nakakapunta sa sagada. Until TTCT movie came out so, super naeencourage ako mag-solo trip sana. HAHA. so, i have some questions. thanks sa sasagot.

^As for safety and convenience, first the driver must be familiar with the road situation.  Same naman road situation on both routes, winding and mabangin.  You can take both routes, let's say when going to Sagada you can take the Banaue route then when returning here at Manila take the Baguio route.

Re the route, mukhang okay yung ganitong byahe (banaue route papunta then baguio route pauwi). so, ano kayang bus line ang Manila-Banaue? same no. of hours lang din ba ang byahe? how much kaya ang fare? thanks.

DIY kami ng boyfriend ko next week na kami pupunta. Ang plan namin is --- bahala na plan. Haha. Balitaan kita kung anong mangyayare sa amin.

BAHALA NA PLAN din sana ang gusto ko. but since, i know na mejo naexposed na ang sagada sa mga turista, feasible pa din kaya ang bahala na plan? haha. baka wala ng vacant rooms to stay at?

How's your trip Sis simang?

Simang! We'll be in Sagada din those dates. Pero we want to just relax and skip the caves and stuff. So kain trip lang. We'll leave Manila 15Jan evening.

Re bahala na plan, ang gusto ko din sana relax relax lang and foodtrip. pwede ko na din i-skip ang ibang activities, tutal byahe palang magcoconsume na ng halos 1 day eh limited lang din ang vacay ko.

How's your trip Sis Frozen Toes?

[simang]

Re the route, mukhang okay yung ganitong byahe (banaue route papunta then baguio route pauwi). so, ano kayang bus line ang Manila-Banaue? same no. of hours lang din ba ang byahe? how much kaya ang fare? thanks.

Hi sis pretty_B! We took the Manila-Banaue-Sagada route papunta, then Sagada-Baguio-Manila pauwi. Ohayami Trans ang may Banaue trips from Manila. Nasa Sampaloc yung terminal nila (Lacson cor. Fajardo, two blocks from UST). 450 yata ang pamasahe if im not mistaken, travel time is 9-10 hrs to Banaue. May 9 and 10pm trips sila daily.

Pabalik naman ng Baguio, GL Trans. Terminal nya nasa town mismo ng Sagada, madali lang makita since napakaliit lang naman ng Sagada. Travel time is nasa 6 hrs, 220 each ang fare.

BAHALA NA PLAN din sana ang gusto ko. but since, i know na mejo naexposed na ang sagada sa mga turista, feasible pa din kaya ang bahala na plan? haha. baka wala ng vacant rooms to stay at?

How's your trip Sis simang?

Re bahala na plan, ang gusto ko din sana relax relax lang and foodtrip. pwede ko na din i-skip ang ibang activities, tutal byahe palang magcoconsume na ng halos 1 day eh limited lang din ang vacay ko.

How's your trip Sis Frozen Toes?

Bahala na plan worked for us! But since medyo peak season pa kami pumunta (long weekend when Pope Francis was here), we had to book our room earlier. We stayed at Davey's inn, right across lang ng tourist center. Kung summer ka pupunta, i suggest book a place muna. Although, marami namang mga hostels and inns doon. Yung iba lang medyo lalakarin mo na from town. Sabi nila, some tour guides daw also offer their homes pag talagang wala ng mapagstayan yung turista. But i guess bihirang bihira naman yun mangyare. Marami talagang pwede pagstayan dun.

Sa activities, you can always make your own iti. Punta ka lang sa tourist center kung may activity/adventure ka na gusto mong gawin for the day. Better if you join tour groups para mas cheap bayad sa tour guides. If you just want to lounge around, eat, and enjoy the weather, you're very free to do so

Don't miss Kiltepan when you go there. Yun lang ang gusto namin balikan doon talaga since super cloudy and foggy nung pumunta kami (January kase, 11degrees noon), kaya di namin nakita yung sunrise. Kung medyo adventurous ka, go for the central sagada tour or at least the echo valley tour para sa hanging coffins.

[ohcmon]

^ Sis may contact number ka ng Davey's Inn?

Sana meron pa silang vacant for Holy Week, hehe. Solo traveller lang naman ako.

[pretty_B]

^^thanks sa input sis simang! mga magkano nagastos nyo sis?

hi sis ohcmon! how much budget mo sis? hindi pa ako totally sure kung solo travel, kasi may mga kabarkada akong magtatampo pag nag-go ako magisa. HAHA.

[simang]

ay sis pretty_B akala ko ikaw yung nagtanong ng number ng Davey's lol haha kaya sayo ko nasend. anyway, pmed you their number sis ohcmon

nagastos namin was mga 6k yata each. i'll give you the breakdown when i get home. bale, wednesday to sunday kami. wednesday kami umalis ng manila, then sunday afternoon kami bumaba ng baguio. kasama na dyan tips and food and everything.

[missyA]

kakapunta lang namin ng sagada last Feb 20-22 super sulit doon and worth it itry ang spelunking.

[ohcmon]

Thank you, sis simang!

Fully booked na ang Davey's along with the other more popular inns, lol. Would it be okay kung tumuloy pa rin ako in case na wala akong mahanap prior to my trip? Iniisip ko kasi baka meron pang ibang mga inns dun na hindi masyadong advertised sa internet, hehe.

[simang]

^yes sis there are a lot of hostels in sagada. di naman mawawalan ng pagsstayan doon, lalo na mag isa ka lang.

[zelda]

Fully booked na ang Davey's along with the other more popular inns, lol. Would it be okay kung tumuloy pa rin ako in case na wala akong mahanap prior to my trip? Iniisip ko kasi baka meron pang ibang mga inns dun na hindi masyadong advertised sa internet, hehe.

Like what the other sis said, marami pa. I read some blogs before that some residents nag-o-offer na rin ng room pag may nameet na gipit ng turistas. But I heard na super may traffic when you're inside the caves co of the number of pips. hehe

[ohcmon]

^ That's one of my worries also. Relaxed trip lang gusto ko but baka topakin ako to go out and stuff, 'di ko magawa kasi maraming tao.

Thanks sa inputs, sisses! Will still try to contact the other less popular hostels baka sakali may makuha ako, hehe.

Hello, sis pretty_B! Err wala pa akong prospective budget haha but I would imagine around 5-6k for a 3D2N stay kung tamang food trip lang gagawin ko. My friends are used to me traveling alone kaya they stopped making tampo na lol. When's your trip?

[pretty_B]

Sis simang, haha. kaya pala. anyway, thanks na din sis!

Sis ohcmon, ako naman yung best friend ko ang laging nagtatampo. only child like me, kaya laging go sa mga gala (basta may budget. haha.) kaso too bad, di ako pinayagan ng mom ko! huhuhuhu. nakakatawa ba? HAHAHA. balak ko this weekend sana, as in biglaan lang. bday weekend ko naman. pero humindi na ang mom ko. nagtatampo ata kasi last year, sa puerto galera naman ako nagbday. kukulitin ko pa sya. haha. goodluck sa trip mo sis! kelan ka ba tutuloy?

[ohcmon]

^ Only child din ako sis. Holy Week sana but sa dami nang tao dun for sure I'm discouraged, hehe. Baka sa Labor Day weekend na lang.

Maybe you can do it after your birthday sis para wala nang reason your mom para magtampo.

[pretty_B]

^apir tayo jan sis! haha. ipupush ko sis! haha. goodluck sa solo trip mo. iwas ka nalang sa holy week and labor day.

re sagada: malamig pa ba dun kahit april na?

[armie8]

We're planning to go there this May in time for my birthday. Since first time ko pa lang pupunta dun, kahit na madalas kami sa Baguio, wala akong idea how much ang budget at kung [textspeak!]-anong places ang magandang puntahan sa Sagada? Dalawa lang kami, any suggestions, sisses? Nagback read nako pero I really have no idea. Thanks in advance!!!

[andreil_19]

Any idea kung magkano ang rate ng tour sa kiltepan and hanging coffins?

[zelda]

sa Kiltepan, we rented a van. Paid 500. You can ask some pips to share with you.

Hanging Coffins - Kasama na to sa Echo Valley Tour = 400 ata binayad namin/1-8 pa ata to. (St. Mary Church, Cemetery, Echo Valley, Hanging Coffins, Underground River, Bokong Falls, Weaving store, Pottery).

[_pink12_]

Good news! Direct buses from Manila to Sagada, meron na: http://www.visitsagada.com/2015/03/12/direct-buses-to-sagada-by-coda-lines/

[zelskee]

may nakapag stay na sa Sagada Town Inn? any feedback pls? ang hirap maghanap for apr 9-11...

[simang]

Good news! Direct buses from Manila to Sagada, meron na: http://www.visitsagada.com/2015/03/12/direct-buses-to-sagada-by-coda-lines/

wow this is good news! hope to get feedback from those na nakapagtry na nito. pwede na kong mag soul searching sa sagada over the weekend. hahaha!