The Cagayan Getaway

Day 6: The Departure

Pretty much the same as our trip to Cagayan. Got lost in the way again(I told you everyone in our family has no sense of direction). This time though, we traveled with my aunt and nieces and with the pasalubong.

Duck meat... Napurga ako diyan.

Star apples!

Madre de Cacao

Brotha with the aunt and the niece-s (the other niece was at the back---see her hands up?).

My dad the driver

Love the sunset

Wuzz dizz?

Good girls gone bad... the nieces when they awoke from a night's sleep while on the road.

We passed by Bocaue to purchase some fireworks for the New Year.

Home at last.

So there...

The Cagayan Getaway

Days 3-5: The Stay

Food! Glorious food!

Yeah, we never ran out of something to eat when we were in Battung. We go to one house, they offer food. We go to another, they offer food. We go the another, again, they offer food. AND coffee. Yes, coffee. It's like their staple drink there. We eat breakfast, there's coffee. We eat morning snack, there's coffee. We eat lunch, there's coffee. We eat afternoon snack, there's coffee. We eat supper, there's coffee (but of course, that's a bit exaggerated). They don't make kapeng barako anymore, though, unlike when I was younger. Now they settle for instant coffee.



The Next Generation

Oh, there were soooo many kids there. I actually found it hard to have an alone time 'cause these kids kept on bugging me.

Erika

Chloe, the youngest of the Cannu clan.

JC and Ian

Sons of my cousin. I don't know their names...

Bromance: Ian x JC???

Xyril and Rema

My brotha and the "3 Ilocanos"

Kulitan with the 3 and the camera

Reymar with Mojacko

The Ariel 3D Glasses!!! Hah...

Kids in the neighborhood

This kid's dad passed away a week before Christmas. His dad's body came from Manila to Battung on the 24th. He's very aware of what happened to his dad. When we asked him, "Is your dad sleeping?" he answered "No. He's dead." I feel so sad for this kid...

Flora and Fauna

It's like "Old McDonald had a farm, e i e i o..."

Every meal, my aunt ties this cat. Para daw hindi mangulit sa lamesa. Maingay naman.

These ducks kept on bugging the person who washes the dishes. Haha.

Would a farm be complete without a carabao?

Mother hen and her chicks under her...

They looove orchids. I don't think I saw a single house without orchids there.

There you go...

Next up: The Departure.

Wanna go for a ride?

The Cagayan Getaway

Day 1: The Trip to Cagayan

We left Bulacan at around 9am, December 22nd. Passed thru NLEX, blah blah, blah blah. And, yeah, we got lost. There were no "To Cagayan" signboards at NLEX, so we ended up exiting the wrong gate. Spent around 3-4 hours finding our way to Nueva Ecija (wherer roads lead to Cagayan Valley).

We stopped over at a certain Jollibee branch somewhere in Nueva Ecija to eat late lunch. Then off we went again. Passed through a town where all the motorbikes of the tricycles have the same make. What a cute town. Haha. And we got lost the second time. (I think it would have been better for us to just ride a bus to Tuguegrao. I don't think members of our family has a good sense of direction.)


The most exciting part of the trip was the drive through Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. It's like passing through a gigantic snake, what with all those sharp curves plus the trucks and buses. PHOTO SPAM!

The view of the mountains, though was sooooo amazing! Thanks to the tinted window of the car, and to the low shutter speed of the camera we were using, and to Papa's 80kph driving speed, we somehow managed to take photos of the mountains surrounding Sta. Fe. PHOTOSPAM!!!

It's a hanging bridge!

And then night fell.

We had to stop over to a certain gas station somewhere in Isabela and wait til the morning dawned. And yep, it took us almost 24 hours to reach Cagayan when it's only supposed to be 12-15 hours by bus.

Wtf.

Oh well. More pictures of our stay in Cagayan during the holidays soon soon soon.