Sleeping beauty travel

Borders Cagayan to the north and east, Abra and Ilocos Norte to the west, and Kalinga to the south. Kalinga and Apayao comprised a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, which was partitioned in 1995 to better serve the needs of individual ethnic groups, wiki shared.

And I share, this is one of the longest land travel I did, I already slept my quota for 2 days, exag? nah! And I really thought that we are at the end of the country, although it's partly true since I saw an arrow leading to Aparri (the tip of the country as sung in Eat Bulaga). So, this is my sleeping travel to Luna, Apayao.  I went there for work, so, I don't have tourist photos to share. It was also raining when I went there, so not much photo op also. But I'm "ME" and can't leave a place without documenting it. Here it goes...

 

for my TODA collection, with Darwin as model

my cute cottage in Luna

with Sweeper as my roommate, my ever-reliable travel buddy

The outside of the "Star Jewel Homestay" in San Isidro Sur, Luna, Apayao

Back on the road again, long travel again with Sweeper

Abra cadabra

Sometime in 2015, I was here in Dolores, Abra.  I visited this place for work and of course photo op to some places that we pass through.

After 12 hours on the road, finally, the tunnel going in and out of Abra. I couldn't believe I will get here, tick off from my provinces list.

I was wondering why Grabriela Silang welcomed visitors in Abra, so I googled it. Kaya pala, she fled to Tayum, Abra to seek refuge after Diego's assassination (Diego is her second husband after her businessman husband, Tomas Millan died). And that bolo-wielding "la General" on horseback is her popular image, she was the so-called Joan of Arc of Ilocandia (nakakatampo, di man lang nya yan nabanggit sa'kin, kung di pa ako pumunta dun, di ko malalaman =P).

Calaba Bridge, the longest modular bridge in the Philippines is beautifully constructed along the Abra-Ilocos Norte National road across the Abra river. 

View of Abra river from OPAG-Abra, Abra river and the mountain they call sleeping beauty because they said it looks like a laying maiden (can you picture her?)

Don Mariano Marcos Bridge is the third longest bridge in the Philippines, it's along Abra-Kalinga road, the boundary of Tayum/Dolores/Lagangilang, and this shot I took while passing the bridge, isn't it beautiful? Yeah!

I want to go back to Abra to experience the cold and see for myself the beauty of  Kaparkan Falls in Tineg (the posted photo below is from the internet)

And that's my Abracadabra byahe =)

Coffee picking

I love Petiks group! with them I get to experience climbing mountain, beaching (hehe), I get to visit Haciendas also...experienced corn harvesting in Hacienda Villanueva and now coffee picking in Haceinda Bayot =)

Alaey kapeng kape eh!

Chen!

Gids!

me =)

Dee!

Rona!

the haciendera petiks, Bing!

another haciendera, Doc Dens!

Janet!

the haciendero, Donald!

Tiny!

Icoy!

Mark and Ysa!

meet Bing's Papa, retired Colonel Pablo =), the haciendero!

the buyer, Princess Ysa 

after a happy coffee picking, a yummy fiesta-like lunch we went home with a pineapple take out =) thanks to the Bayot family....hopefully you'll get to invite us again!