December 20, 2013 La Union - Laoag
It's been a couple of weeks that I have been planning my northern trip. I have been there countless of times since most of my childhood summer vacation was spent travelling to the northern provinces with my cousins from Manila. For this tripped I was with Oliver and Emerson. I managed to convince Emerson to join us two days before the said trip. We agreed to meet at the Partas bus terminal in San Fernando by 9AM by Friday. A Laoag bound Partas bus came by 910AM on which we boarded. Along the way, I was recalling the familiar roads going to Ilocoslandia.
An hour later I saw the Amburayan river which meant the bus was already entering the first town of Ilocos Sur. The river starts at the Cordillera mountains then makes it way to the South China Sea. Soon, remnants of the colonial past were a sight as we travel further north. We passed by towns having saint names of which there is one who they forgot to name. The town's name is just Santa. There is this part of Santa where the view of the coastline is awesome. Rocks and fringing reefs with coralline sand can be seen on the west side of the road.
An hour later I saw the Amburayan river which meant the bus was already entering the first town of Ilocos Sur. The river starts at the Cordillera mountains then makes it way to the South China Sea. Soon, remnants of the colonial past were a sight as we travel further north. We passed by towns having saint names of which there is one who they forgot to name. The town's name is just Santa. There is this part of Santa where the view of the coastline is awesome. Rocks and fringing reefs with coralline sand can be seen on the west side of the road.