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Unwind @ Sagada
Blog: Roving Light Travel Photo Blog - 17 July 2010
Sagada, a mountain retreat in the Mountain province of the Philippines, has such allure that I enjoy it here more than either Banaue or Batad. Perhaps without the UNESCO status, it is less visited as compared to Banaue, but it still has its fair share of tourism, esp from Manila Filipinos. Yet, it has managed to retain its laidback charm, and amazingly, its affordability.
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The World’s Deadliest Country…
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 24 May 2010
… for journalists, that is. And it’s no cakewalk for politicians either. It turns out that this tropical paradise has a dark side. In 2009, the Philippines was listed as the world’s most dangerous country for journalists. Yikes, does that include bloggers? We’d better keep our questions to ourselves. I love the country, everything is great, [...]
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The Photography of Masferré
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 21 May 2010
One last discovery we made in Sagada has nothing to do with hiking through mountains or crawling through caves but rather with amazing art: the black-and-white photography of Eduardo Masferré. The local artist, who passed away in 1995 at the age of 86, has left quite an anthropological legacy. In 1934, Masferré started documenting life in [...]
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Sagada’s Cave Connection
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 17 May 2010
Sagada boasts more than a cool mountain climate, forests full of pines and tree ferns, and exotic burial rituals. Our principle reason for coming here was to bone up on our spelunking skills by doing the famous Cave Connection, a four-hour cave crawling tour linking the Lumiang and Sumaging cave systems. This tour requires its [...]
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Sugong Coffins of Sagada
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 15 May 2010
Exploring the countryside around the hill-town of Sagada, visitors will discover Sugong coffins hanging from cliffs, lodged into karst fissures, and piled into caves. The unique burial ritual is still practiced today although locals have to pay a high price for the honor. Older coffins are quite short because the original animists buried their dead [...]
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Travel Itinerary: The Philippines Solo & on a Budget
Blog: Solo Traveler - 7 May 2010
Ever thought of going to the Philippines? One of our readers is going next month and, on her request, I found Dave, a travel blogger on the road for five years, to write this post.
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Hanging out with the Hanging Coffins
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 18 March 2010
After my trekking in Kalinga I had to back track to Bontoc to catch the next bus to Sagada. Sagada is definitely “on the tourist trail” but sees far fewer visitors than Banaue or Batad. Actually, when I first arrived I had to ask myself if this was the right place because barely anyone was around. Sagada offers a chance to unwind in a cool pine forest setting complete with plenty of small restaurants decked out in a log cabin like motif serving up some backpacker food favourites. Unwinding is ...
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Never throw your flip flop in a cave
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 2 February 2010
The sun finally emerged from behind the clouds just as we getting ready to leave Banaue for the spectacular three hour journey through the mountains to Sagada, giving us the opportunity I’d been waiting for: the chance to admire the scenery unobstructed by riding on the roof of a jeepney. The ride was every bit as [...]
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