If you’re going to Sagada from Banaue, try to be on the road early in the morning so you can experience the eeriness of a foggy road.
What’s eerie about that? Actually for a lot of reasons but the best one would be driving almost completely blind for at least an hour until the the sun goes up and hot enough to be a kill-joy, that is, shoo the fog away.
Driving without seeing the road isn’t the true fun of the trip. It’s the fact that you’re traversing a long stretch of road that zig-zags around a whole mountain range. You’re on a road on a mountain that is part of the Sierra Madre. And the eeriest part of it? Remember that you are just a few feet from the ledge. That’s hundreds of feet down the mountainside! It’s a Russian roulette at the extreme.
I’m just saying all this because it’s fun to be on the road to Sagada on a foggy morning. You and your buddies can play a guessing game as to where the road ends and the big drop begins. Actually, it’s stupid to drive in the fog. The best and wisest course would be to stop and wait till the clouds float away.
Yeah, clouds. A fog’s a cloud, right? It’s heaven on Earth and you’re not yet in Sagada.
That’s the beauty of it.
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This can’t be happening! I got a comment from you and clicked on your name and Sagada cold wind blew me off. I finally found someone who have so much love about Sagada and enjoyed Sagada as much as I do.
Well, for the ending, I travelled away from Sagada that August 1, 2000. I communicated with the students after I left the place, even with the MSWD personnel who was with me during the sign language course program. Until letters were no longer sent and all communication ceased. I still miss the place,I’m dying to come back there and climb mount pulag (^_^) if I’d be given much time to travel. To date, Sagada remains a fantasy land for me since 2000:) Your blog helps me remember much about the place I fell in love with:)
it is so nice to see a website dedicated to sagada. keep it up! i hope more and more people discover the wonderful place. it is as if a part of my soul was left there and is calling me every now and then. i will be including you in my blogroll, that way i can help spread the word on sagada.
@mina
Wow, Mt. Pulag! It’s on my top list of Things I Should Do Before I Die.
Sagada is a fantasy land indeed, but don’t let it remain just like that for you. I hope you get to revisit it again soon.
@arlene
Thanks for adding me in your blogroll. I’ll add you too. It really makes my day when I chance upon a blogger like you who write about her experience in Sagada and actually loved that place.
I agree with you. I also feel like a part of me is always left behind there each time I visit.
Let’s spread the word!
wow, a site dedicated to sagada. i wish i had discovered this sooner!
sagada nan adik tlaga ay malipatan ty xay nagapwak…
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