Baguio-Sagada-Vigan-Bangui Road Trip

This is the blog entry where I will use Blogspot as a Twitter supplement. I will be gone for a week--don’t miss me too much.

All is set for the Luzon trip with The Boss. Manila-Baguio-Sagada-Vigan-Bangui. I am pretty much confident about the route except the Sagada-Vigan trip.

According to the map, the shortest way is via Bauko-Cervantes-Bessang Pass (where the Yamashita Battle happened). But travelers said that it takes lesser time to go back to the longer Baguio route, than to take the more “direct” route.

There is no vehicle that can ply the route because the Cervantes bridge has not been repaired since it was damaged during Japanese occupation. There is a makeshift link of planks for people to cross. Maybe we can jeepney-hop our way to Vigan. Just maybe.

Another alternative is the Abatan-Cervantes-Suyong route. It runs parallel to the fallen-bridge route.

Update: I bet there are a few people who constantly follow this blog. We will be passing by Philippine Pali, the highest point in the Philippine highway system. I can show some love by posing there with your message. If you don't like me, the boss will do it. :P

This will be a budget trip so we decided to get cheap accomodations. In Baguio, we booked Lyn's Transient Home. It's only 350 per head. In Vigan, I have My Father's House Dormetielle in mind. I am still looking for the rates but someone wrote it's cheap and definitely a +1. It looks cozy and secured and very neat from the photos.