Pagudpud

Get to "Pagudpud"! It is a picturesque coastal resort town on the Northern most part of Luzon (Philippines) Ilocos, Norte. The white beach strip has great blue crystal waters and take note less the crowd! Yes.. looks like the place is not yet frequented by too many tourists and travelers you can actually take your break with the serene atmosphere and can especially look forward to the spectacular sunset in Pagudpud.


You can take take a long bus ride from Manila to Laoag which will take around 8 hours. Some of the bus companies that travels from Manila to Laoag are "Philippine Rabbit" in Sta. Cruz. "RCJ Transit", "Auto Bus","Farinas Transit and "Viron Transit" are all in Sampaloc and "Partas Transit in Cubao to name a couple of them. The bus fare woud cost you around 500.00 pesos and from Laoag, you can take a jeepney or mini bus drive to Pagudpud for around two hours.


Try to search the internet for details of the bus companies and "How to get there!" on forums, you will actually get a handful of tips!


What's more exciting in your trip to Pagudpud is that there are other adventures and great spots you can actually visit! You can go trek the majestic "Kabigan Falls", visit the wonderful sight of "Bangui Wind Mills", get by at "Patapat Viaduct" beautifully back grounded by the bright blue skies and pristine seawaters and a lot more! I'm sure there are you just need to look further..


Some of the nice resorts and stay inns in Pagudpud are : Saud Beach resort, Villa del Mar, Arinaya0, Apo Idon, Polaris, Terra Rika Dive and etc! It would'nt hurt to ask around or maybe search the net coz' you might end up getting a great deal and itenirary before actually travelling.

Have a great trip! ^_^

Paradise Island

A beautiful island resort which is just a ferry boat away from the busy city is another great beach getaway in the city of Davao "Paradise Island". You will sure enjoy the bright blue skies and crystal clear water of the beach, great for photo enthusiasts and those who just want fun and a great time. You can enjoy a lot of things in Paradise Island such as snorkeling (there's even a snorkeling spot where you can feed hundreds of tiny colorful fishes!), kayaking, party at night (yep! there are bars in the place!), the great white sand beach of course and etc!


You can first take a cab from the city and ask the taxi driver to get you to "kilometer 9, Sasa Wharf" where you can ride a ferry boat to Samal Island just tell them you're going to Paradise Island and you certainly will get there, its just a 15-20 minutes ferry boat ride.


Riding a cab from the city to the wharf will cost you around 120.00 pesos or less and the ferry ride is just 15.00 pesos if you are riding alone or you can rent a ferry for around a hundred pesos if you are in a group of seven. Paradise Island's entrance fee is 100.00 pesos and foods are inexpensive..(so you can just buy a lot! hehehe)

Room rates average around 1,700.00 - 2,700 pesos if you have plan to stay in the place overnight. If you're itching now for reservation this is the actual address and contact info of the resort:

Paradise Island Park & Beach Resort

Caliclic, Babak

Island Garden City of Samal

Davao del Norte

Philippines 8118

+63(82) 233-0251/234-1229/300-2343

Or you can also search on the web pages like http://www.paradiseislanddavao.com/ and many others.. just ask our friend google! and type "Paradise Island" ^_^ .

Laiya

Wohoh!!!.. At last I finally got the balls to start writing here hehe. For a very long time I had been thinking of joining the blogging community not for any other reason (well.. for now) but for the sake of keeping up with my language and writing skills since I am not going to school anymore. I'm just afraid of loosing what I had due to lack of practice and usage, especially because I've come to realize that I have'nt been reading a lot for the past two years (whew!). Well, what better solution is there for me than to write! One must experience or at least read about what ever that is (hehehe..) to be able to share something interesting.

This blogspot will be your haven for great getaway places foreign or local, cheap or extravagant and famous or not (disclaimer: does'nt mean I have gone to all of these places though! **wink** but there should be some..) . If I have all the riches in the world! I would travel to all the great resorts there could be ( nyeh! who woud'nt eheh.. ^_^ .. ). And let me start this journey humbly at "Laiya".



''Laiya" is about 140 Km. from Metro Manila which is located in the southeastern part of Batangas province (San Juan). The white beach getaway is a few hours away (2-3) from Manila and the beach strip is lined with guest houses that accomodate weekenders from the city, tourist and travelers as well. For vacation guide to Laiya you can also visit some of the web pages on the net like http://www.travbuddy.com/Laiya-travel-guide-882766 and many others or just simply google "Laiya" and you will get a lot.


You can get to Laiya from Manila, take the South Luzon Tollway. Exit towards Batangas/Sto. Tomas and From Sto. Tomas, turn right to Star Tollway (CALABARZON) then From Star Tollway you can turn right towards Lipa, traverse C.M. Recto then turn right at P.Torres (Mercury Drug) towards Padre Garcia. Turn left going to Padre Garcia Public Market then turn right going to Batangas Racing Circuit. Go straight ahead to San Juan and from San Juan, turn right at the Municipal Hall and you have reached the main road of Laiya. Drive approximately 23 kms along this road and you will get to the resorts.



I have gone there with friends at work. We rented a two room airconditioned guest house for only 5,000 pesos (that would be very cheap if you are a group sharing the expenses) it includes a refrigerator and a stove plus the owner let us borrow cooking utensils.



You can enjoy quite a lot of things over there. Like the scenery if you are fond of taking photos (ofcourse everybody does!), you can rent a boat, banana boat ride, the classic pinoy past time videoke (wahahaha! we had a lot of this),


you can also go snorkling they have a place there called "submarine garden" you can get there on a short boat ride and etc!. We of course had a lot of fun and great time at Laiya and is looking forward of getting back there for another relaxing break.