Trip to the Ilocos Region

My wife and I went to the Ilocos region last Monday to have my Visa renewed at the China embassy in Laoag. It took less than an hour to complete the application and the submission of the passport. In Manila it will take almost the whole day because of the large number of people doing the same thing.

We were done at the embassy by 10:30am and we have the rest of the day to do a side trip so we decided to visit the Bangui windmills and the ivory beach in Pagudpud. We reached the windmills an hour later and did some picture taking of the spectacular view. Also drove on the sandy road beside the windmills.

I was enjoying my drive on the sandy road and was overconfident that I drove on a softer pack of sand to get to the other side of the road and got stuck in the process . I can't use my winch because there were no nearby tow points. Some guys came to help but all four wheels were in deep sand that my truck won't budge. One of the guys finally recommended that we ask help from the nearby NPDC office. I spoke with the manager about my truck’s situation and he was eager to help with the recovery. With my tow strap he pulled my Strada using his Frontier. Just a short pull rearwards my Strada was freed from the bog. The manager told me that even their 4x4 vehicles don’t pass through the sandy area where my Strada got stuck except when the sand is wet.









This post has been edited by GU9126 on Mar 27 2010, 09:03 AM

-ganda mamasyal dito sa ILOCOS, last time i went here was last april 2009.


i also did a trip to north from baguio-la union- ilocos sur-ilocos norte-cagayan then to my province isabela....and back to baguio via nueva ecija..



post some more pictures Sir GU...


- dito din ata punta sila ACER this holyweek eh..

@ sir GU,

glad to hear that someone came to help you out of the sand...


"kitam man nga talaga ti ILOKANO, managtulong".

Sir Benidict, we're indeed glad someone helped us get unstuck .

We drove on to our final destination which is the ivory beach in Pagudpud. We ate lunch in one of the resorts while admiring the beauty of the beach. After having our lunch we checked on the other resorts to see which one is the best and concluded that the resort where we ate lunch is the best place for visitors.

While on our way back to Laoag we came across a welcoming billboard to Cape Bojeador Lighthouse. We drove up the hill to see what’s in there. We entered the lighthouse and walked up to the topmost area of the tower. Aside from the nice surrounding views we got to see what the inside of a lighthouse tower is and we’re really glad that we dropped by.






It was already almost 6pm when we reached Laoag City. Spent the night in one of the hotels and in the morning went back to the embassy to retrieve my updated passport then we headed home.

whhoaa.... very nicensir GU





i just missed the north, especially pagudpud, whateher at SAUD beach or at BLUE LAGOON. the beach especially at summer is a good view, parang walang alon at sobrang tahimik.



i still have a few days to work on my schedule and change plans para makapamasyal ulit sa pagudpud, mawawala ang pagod sa biyahe at pagdrive sa ganda ng views,


not to mention the BEACH BABES...

did you happen to reach PATAPAT viaduct sir GU?



antay na lang muna ako ng mga ibang posts mo, for sure there's a lot more pictures you have there.

Haven't seen any beach babe during our trip .

No sir we haven't reached Patapat. But we've been there 15 years ago .

nice adventure!!!nakakainggit ka sir.

Thank you, sir Conzky .

More pics:

nice pics. sir! ganda talaga dyan sa pagudpud... nabalaho din kami dyan sa may wind mill nung nag-punta kami dyan nung mga kaibigan ko, strada din gamit namin kaso yung GLX na 4x2 lang, buti na lang madami kami nun kaya nadaan sa tulak..hehe.. (nabalaho kami dahil sakin)..

galing ng adventures ninyo sir. ... dami talaga nagagawa pagka 4wd.

Ang cool ng mga adventure nyo with ur strada...

Anong reason sir bakit nabalaho nang dahil sa iyo?