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A tiring trek but beautiful reward going to Bomod-ok Falls

The thought of going back to Bomod-ok presented itself when me and a friend decided to hie off to Sagada. While I’ve visited this beautiful municipality four times already, my friend was a first time visitor. Bomod-ok Falls in Barangay Fidelisan is probably Sagada’s most popular waterfall. It also means big as there’s also the smaller one, Bokong Falls. I’ve visited Bomod-ok Falls once and I know it before as Fidelisan Falls. While it is quite beautiful, it was the trek that I was hesitant…Continue Reading “A tiring trek but beautiful reward going to Bomod-ok Falls” →

Three local delicacies I found in Sagada

Food

I’m always on the lookout for local delicacies whenever I travel and try it. While on this trip to Sagada to witness the panag-apoy, we chanced upon two vendors selling this delicious treats as we were coming back from a visit in Echo Valley for the hanging coffins. I’m sure there are still other local delicacies but this will suffice for now. Linapet Rectangular in form, linapet is made from ground malagkit (sticky rice) with bits of ground peanut bits in the center. It’s then…Continue Reading “Three local delicacies I found in Sagada” →

Sagada’s quaint Bokong Falls

Places

Bokong Falls is one of Sagada’s known cascades. Located within a cultivated area bordered with rice terraces and stands of pine trees, its a small waterfall with two surges of water. What it lacks in height, which drops to just around 20 feet, it makes up for its deep natural pool good for swimming. The water is less colder than Bomod-ok Falls but with a smaller basin. It’s quite accessible from the town, just about two kilometers of light trekking through the main road to…Continue Reading “Sagada’s quaint Bokong Falls” →

Bonfires and candles light Sagada’s panag-apoy

Places

I quickened my pace as dusk was settling in, past people going down, coming from Sagada’s cemetery up in the hill beyond St. Mary’s Church and just at the edge of Echo Valley. I was determined to go up the mountainside and witness a unique cemetery tradition in the Cordilleras: Sagada’s panag-apoy which is celebrated on 1 November. I know what to expect but seeing a good portion of a mountain, with splotches of white for sepulchers and gravestones being lapped up with the warmth…Continue Reading “Bonfires and candles light Sagada’s panag-apoy” →

Uhm, there’s macaroni pasta in my halo halo

Food

Halohalo, that Pinoy iced dessert popular during the hot summer months take on an interesting form in the highlands of the Cordilleras with different ingredients not used in the lowlands.