My mother-in-law was going to visit her house in Tubao, La Union for the weekend and since I was not doing anything at home, I decided to tag along. Little did I know I was up for a jam-packed travel weekend. She took me to Baguio for a short side trip since it was only 45-minutes from her house. We went to Camp John Hay then to the market to buy sweets and pasalubong. We also watched Mama Mia! in SM Baguio. She loved the movie so much and was laughing so hard within 5 minutes in the movie.
Tested out my new gorillapod knock-off. Seemed to work just as well as the original.
On Saturday, we traveled 4 more hours up north to visit Vigan. I've been wanting to see Vigan for a long time and I'm very sad to report that I was kind of disappointed. I was under the impression that the whole city would be peppered with their trademark of old spanish houses. The reality is, only a few houses have maintained their old Spanish charm and the rest of the city looks like a cross between Intramuros and Sta. Mesa. Fast food chains and other commercial establishments have defaced the appeal of the old town. It was raining and my mother-in-law insisted we ride a kalesa to go around, only to have him take us the long route to Calle Crisologo. We later found out that it was only a few steps away from where he picked us up.
I will be out again until Wednesday. I won't say where I'm going. I'll just surprise you with pictures. :)
Vigan pictures here.
Baguio pictures here.
