It's more than a year before I finally posted the much awaited (and stale hahaha!) post of our Day 2 Ilocos Adventure.
This time, i'll just make it brief and hopefully I can still remember every single detail from my notes and pictures. *wink-wink*
After eating our Filipino breakfast, the famous Vigan longganisa with local brewed coffee, we proceed with our itinerary. Our first stop was the Sta. Monica Church and Convent. Along our way, we passed by the Sarrat Presidencia.
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| Sarrat Presidencia |
For the record, Sta. Monica Church has the longest church aisle in the country. I wonder how long did it took Irene Marcos to walk down the aisle before saying I Do to Gregorio "Greggy" Araneta in 1983. Also, what's peculiar with the church is its ceiling. It's made from Molave logs.
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| The longest church aisle in the Philippines. |
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| Ceiling made from Molave logs. |
Outside the church, you can see the ruins of the Trial Court used during the Spanish era, and the convent. It felt eerie when we stepped inside the ruins especially when we passed by the death chamber, felt like we were transported back in time that anytime we will be caught by the Spanish soldiers. Well, that was just my wild imagination. Truth is, we enjoyed doing photo ops!
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| Entrance to the ruins of trial court and death chamber. |
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| Sta. Monica convent |
Our next stop was the Marcos residence. The Sarrat tour will never be complete if one will not drop-by to the Marcoses house. It is managed by a Marcos also (unfortunately, I forgot his name). He showed us around the house which is well-kept and maintained. The house is full of memorabilia and the Edralins and Marcoses family tree. Below is the bed where Mrs. Edralin Marcos gave birth to the late President Ferdinand Marcos. We didn't have the chance to visit the Marcos' Mausoleum because it was under maintenance during that time.
So we head off to Ilocos Museum and took a shot from a distance the famous Sinking Bell Tower. We didn't enter the Museum (bad!) because we were all looking forward to reach Pagudpud.
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| Ilocos Museum |
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| Sinking bell tower. |
On our way to Pagudpud, our driver cum guide showed us a salt-making hut. Their procedure is quite different because they are not using salt beds to dry up the sea water, instead the sea water are dried in flat-looking-stone-stove that is continuously heated by saw dust.
We arrived at Burgos Lighthouse aka Cape Bojeador Lighthouse at almost lunchtime. The caretaker allows only a limited number of persons to go up the tower since the structure is already old and rusty. You'll love the scenic view of the South China Sea (now West Philippine Sea).
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| Rusty base of the tower. |
Our next stop before Pagudpud was the famous Bangui Wind Mills. I love those giants, lol! Looks so small from a distance. We didn't stay long here because the sun was scorching hot! Besides, there were no other interesting spots here except the windmills.
At last, we arrived at the Pagudpod Beach. We were so exhausted and hungry because we did a side trip at Kaibigan Falls, which deserves another entry. We had our late lunch at Kapuluan Vista Resort and just did some photo ops. Too tired to even do jump shots. ^u^
The last leg of our tour was the Patapat Viaduct. Once again, we can't help not to be astounded by the scenic view of the West Philippine Sea and the greens.
There you go! Done with our second day Ilocos tour!
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