January is my month!: been there!

it was a tiring and a busy weekend after we set foot in making another string of memories to our ilocos tours. we left manila 5am of mar 27, and it was a rapid 7 hours drive excluding the 3 stop overs we made. we use the SCTEX highway to avoid the merging traffic at Concepcion and Oliver was so amazed to drive on a 120 speed...this is one GMA project that i can only be happy for! i hope this highway would be extended up to La Union pretty soon..weee!

by the way, we were with Manang Linda, Tatang and Tonton -- and the main intention of this trip is to bring home Tatang so he can get enough rest at the countryside while he is recuperating from recent eye surgery. though travel is secondary only to this trip i assure i got at least a taste of something new this time and as promised last week i'll bring home lots of pics and i hope you'll get a little something from this short, short vacation :)

SCTEX is a 30min drive to Tarlac from NLEX, Toll Fee P69.00

Amburayan River bounds La Union and Ilocos Sur

an afternoon walk at Amburayan River just before sunset...

saturday, mar 28 we drive at Poblacion to sightsee the sundials and visit the churches of nearby town and drive further north up to Candon City. we had a flavorful and genuine ilocos cuisine lunch at Bistro Candon and our day ended at the shoreline of Becques (Tagudin).

first Sundial was located in Tagudin Ilocos Sur

San Agustin Church (Tagudin), Sta. Lucia Church (Sta. Lucia) & St. John Sahagun Parish (Candon City)

Bistro Candon is located along National Highway right after the city proper of Candon City, must try are the Ilocano dishes like Sinanglao, Bagnet, Dinakdakan, etc...price range is P200 up and serving is good for 2-3 persons --would love to go back and dine here again!

Tonton and Tet at Becques, then at Ambalayat before we cross the river...

come sunday, mar 29 time to go back to manila...we left tagudin around 3pm just in time for us to catch the beautiful sunset at San Juan, La Union. we stopped by at San Juan Surf Resort to do some occular visit so we can bring friends soon :)