The Blue Lagoon Beach

You can guess why they called it Blue Lagoon :) yes, because the water is indeed BLUE. The sand is powdery white, the place is quiet although not as quiet as Anawangin Cove but still a perfect get-away from the noise of the city.

View from the top :) to reach blue lagoon you have to go up and down a mountain ridge you would even ask if there's a beach because of the narrow road and the mountains but behold this sight!!!
This last picture below was taken on our first trip there March 2008 and I said to my self I will be back, we did last January 1 and hoping we will come back again some other time. I love the beach , I love the blue water.

So where and when is our next beach trip? I do not know. I hope I win a punta cana all inclusive trip for two. That would be fantastic!! But a CORON trip would also be wonderful!!

Agua Seda Beach House,Pagudpud

This is where we stayed in Blue Lagoon Beach at Pagudpud. The owner is a retired teacher, she personally manages the resort, it has 5 rooms I guess, the one we stayed is what she call the dorm type, it can accomodate up to 9 persons for 3,000 pesos, other rooms are 1,500 good for 2 persons only.

That is the room at the back where we stayed

Inside the room (3 beds and a matress, A/C, with own CR)

This is our breakfast from Agua Seda, you can order food from them also, breakfast cost is 100.00 per pax with free instant coffee, I don't think they have jura capresso to make special coffee but that's ok we still love them. (sample set of breakfast is 2 pcs longganisa, sunnyside up egg and fried rice) not bad for 100 pesos.

The front of Agua Sda Beach House, that is the dining arae too.

A nice garden chair where you seat fronting the beautiful beach and in the morning you can view the beautiful sunrise from here like what I've captured below

this one is the big welcome banner/marker you'll see at the entrance of the blue lagoon beach

AGUA SEDA BEACH HOUSE @ BLUE LAGOON
LETICIA C. GARVIDA-PROPRIETRESS
Sitio Malingay, Bgry. balaoi pagudpud Ilocos Norte
Mobile : 0920-2431832 /0921-8079703
Email : lggalicinao_111@yahoo.com.ph

Bangui Windmills

Still on our way to Blue Lagoon Beach, Pagudpud, we stopped by to see the beautiful gigantic windmills at Bangui, Ilocos Norte, the only difference I notice from the first time we visited the place was the presence of a certain windmill cafe near the windmills area. I wish the place would remain as peaceful as ever.





Look at that beautiful cloud formation and the blue sky, what a beautiful first day of the year!! And because it's a beautiful day, we all jumped for JOY!!


The jumping pictures. Looks like we're gone crazies here and for sure we will never pass any pre-employment screening in this kind of pictures but it only shows we had loads of F-U-N!!!

Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, Burgos Ilocos Norte

This is where and how we spent our first day of the year. From Vintar, Ilocos Norte (my friend's house) we went to Pagudpud for an overnight stay. On our way to Pagudpud we stopped to marvel at the beauty of the view from the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse at Burgos,Ilocos Norte


The hubby took these pictures (below) because the tiresome me stayed only at the foot of the lighthouse this time.

I think he took a different angle of the lighthouse which I found nice :) He really has an artists mind I must admit. Am thinking if we can use this in our t-shirt printing or to some promotional tote bags next year.


After the lighthouse, the windmills on my next post.

Excited for Ilocos once again!

yup! you read it right :) we are going to Ilocos province tomorrow at 10pm, we will be spending New year probably in Pagudpud beach..I am so excited to see that blue water again and even more excited because this time it's not gonna be a lightning trip like what we did last March of 2008. We're spending 4 days and 3 nights there!!

And because this is our second time, while searching for insurance online I'm also searching for more beautiful place to see in Ilocos, the places we weren't able to visit last time, one thing for sure, we will visit Vigan again and the Bangui windmills.

Can't wait to see this beauty once again!!

Wordless Wednesday

MY Superhero!!!
Captain Barbel? Superman? Batman?

See more of wordless here and I have another entry here.

Our Pagudpud-Laoag-Vigan Trip part 2

BANGUI WINDMILLS – located outside Pagudpud, 15 to 20 minutes drive from Pagudpud town. It’s simply breathtaking, there were few people taking pictures of the windmills also when we got there. There are 15 giant electric fans but two of them were off at that time. I just can’t believe that there really are windmills in our country. These windmills are being used to supply electric power to some part of Ilocos Norte together with the Aqua Grande Hydro Electric Plant.


CAPE BOJEADOR LIGHTHOUSE- old lighthouse indeed but still working, everything is old, the walls, the stairs..I was afraid to go up at first pero nahikayat din ako umakyat sa itaas. The view from up there is very stunning. I wish we stayed a bit longer para nakita naming sunset…sigh. Mang Celso-the caretaker told us so many ghost stories..hehe! pero di naman nakakatakot talaga,he’s very entertaining, no entrance fee but we left some voluntary donation na din.

And then we proceeded to Laoag na, we checked in muna sa Palazzo De Laoag- not so new hotel pero ok na din, there is a swimming pool na inenjoy namin that night kasi kami lang ang nag swimming. The staffs are friendly and courteous. Breakfast is included although 2 choices lang, tapa and longganisa. Ok na sha for their rate na less than 1,500 per night per room.

We visited next the PAOAY CHURCH which is less than 30 minute drive from Laoag. It’s almost 5 pm when we got there. Hubby was able to take a good picture of the century old church.

And then on our way home, we literally drove through VIGAN lang. We went to Heritage Village and bought some pasalubongs, unfortunately wala pang lutong empanada that time. We also dropped by at Syquia Mansion but it’s close pala on Tuesdays.

I would want to go to Vigan again and spend at least 2 days there, sayang kasi I want to visit all the museums eh..maybe next time.

It’s good that we rented a car, very comfortable because you can go anywhere you want and you can rest while on the road..and to think mas cheaper pa rin sha compared to bus fare.

Hope this would be of help to those who are planning to go to Ilocos.

Our Pagudpud-Laoag-Vigan Trip

We left Manila at around 2:30 PM, Sunday,March 16, we rented a car sa Hannan Rent a car, Php 3,300 per day including driver. A red Toyota Innova.Ok naman for us, 6 lang kasi kami so maluwag sha talaga.

After several stops we arrived at Pagudpud around 1:00 AM, so bale 10 hours ang travel time, mabilis compared to what I’m expecting na 12-13 hours, kasi sabi ni Manong Driver,mas mabilis daw talaga pag night travel.

We opted to spend the night in a “homestay” na lang since aalis din amai the following morning. Our tour guide Mang Lenzer, was able to find a very affordable homestay for us, P250.00 per pax. No aircon but with kitchen and CR. And it’s also in Brgy.Saud where most of the resorts are located.Mabait ang may ari ng house na si Mang Nathaniel.

We woke up at 6:00 AM and walk our way to the beach,malapit lang sa house na tinuluyan namin. From there kita yung windmills..beautiful scenery!

At 9:00 AM, off we went to tour Pagudpud, our first stop ;

KABIGAN FALLS – may entrance fee na 10.00 each and 100 pesos for the guide..na feeling ko hindi naman masyado kailangan coz very easy lang and may kasama na kaming tour guide, but I think eto lang kasi hanapbuhay nila..so ok na rin. 30 minute trek but worth it naman, mga 80 feet daw ang taas ng falls na ito and sobrang lamig ng tubig.


PATAPAT VIADUCT – here, you can see the beauty of the South China Sea, according to Mang Lenzer, this is the road that connects Ilocos Norte to Cagayan.


AQUA GRANDE – there’s really nothing much to see here,pero ok na rin,supposedly may entrance na 15.00 each, pero free na kami kasi we don’t intend to stay naman ng matagal.picture taking lang talaga kami.


We ate lunch at the only restaurant na malapit sa area. Bingbong’s restaurant, medyo mainit yung place,madilim ng konti sa loob at walang tao..Ok na rin food nila, we were so full sa order namin, 7 kami and we only paid 505.00 mura na no? or mahina lang kami kumain..

After lunch we went to

BANTAY ABOT – meaning “bundok na butas” in tagalog. A lot of rock formation here and still the south chine sea ang makikita..after several pictures we went to ..........

BLUE LAGOON – and I was amazed!! This is the most beautiful beach I’ve ever seen, though haven’t been to Boracay,pero my friend who’s with us also na kagagaling lang from Boracay said it’s more beautiful daw. Mas blue ang color, fine din ang white sand..And the place is so silent,so serene, walang madaming tao kaya yata maganda pa. I’m gonna go back to this place and stay there for few days. Ang sarap mag isip, mag pray,mag worship at kung ano-ano pa. The only set back of course ay walang magandang hotel, no foodstore so dapat when you go there may dala ka ng food. May isa lang akong nakitang maliit na tindahan.

To be continued….