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SAGADA: Where to Find "Fast Food"

August 23, 2014



SAGADA: Where to Find "Fast Food"

It's always a challenge finding "fast food" in remote towns like Sagada. When my family thinks of "fast food" during these trips, it doesn't mean that we crave for McDonalds, Jollibee or any of the famous fast food chains. What we actually want are food served fast, meaning food served less than the standard one hour serving time of restaurants in remote towns and provinces. 

With all the walking and adventures we experience, all we want is to fill our hunger fast with hot meals. So the first thing we ask when we enter a restaurant is not what their specialty is but how fast is the fastest meal they can serve and what meal that is. If they answer that they can serve the meal in 15 minutes, we usually order that meal. But if they can only serve meals more than 30 minutes to an hour, we transfer to another restaurant.

Here is a list of restaurants where we ate and places where you can find "fast food"

WHERE TO FIND READY-TO-EAT MEALS
(in Tagalog, TURO-TURO food)

You can find turo-turo food at the
Basement of Eduardo Gaudan Longid Centrum

At the basement, you can find the ff. restaurants serving these meals:
  1. 7J's Diner
  2. Dap-Ayan Restaurant
  3. Shamrock Cafe
  4. Dalican 2 Restaurant

Meals composed of one viand and rice range from 90-120 pesos.



WHERE WE ATE MEALS SERVED IN 15 MINUTES

YOGHURT HOUSE




This is the fast meal we ordered:
Sweet Spicy Java Chicken
(served with rice and vegetable salad)
P190.00

And of course, we tried the yoghurt which they are famous for:

Natural Yoghurt with Honey
P85.00

Fruits in Season with Yoghurt
P140.00

Banana, Granola Yoghurt
P85.00


THE MENU





INSIDE YOGHURT HOUSE






LEMON PIE HOUSE




Fried Eggs, Garlic Rice with Longganiza
P100.00

Fried Chicken with Regular Rice and Salad
P130.00

THE FAMOUS LEMON PIE
P200.00 per pan

P80.00 per slice




THE MENU




INSIDE LEMON PIE HOUSE


My BANAUE and SAGADA Itinerary with Kids (Day 5: Echo Valley, Hanging Coffins in Sagada)

August 22, 2014

My BANAUE and SAGADA Itinerary with Kids 
(Day 5: Echo Valley, Hanging Coffins in Sagada)


DAY 2. SATURDAY
KIANGAN-BATAD-KIANGAN

See the BATAD RICE TERRACES

DAY 3. SUNDAY
KIANGAN - BANAUE - SAGADA

See the Banaue Rice Terraces at the Banaue Viewpoint
Read more of Day 3 of My Banaue and Sagada Itinerary with Kids

DAY 4. MONDAY
SAGADA

Do SPELUNKING AT SUMAGUING CAVE
See the LUMIANG BURIAL CAVE
Read more of Day 4 of My Banaue and Sagada Itinerary with Kids 


DAY 5. TUESDAY
SAGADA

See Echo Valley and Hanging Coffins
Do the Sagada Zipline


Map of the Route for Today:



Check out my post: How to find Echo Valley and the Hanging Coffins for more details of the itinerary below.


OUR ACTUAL ITINERARY:

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM


We started the tour to Echo Valley from the entrance of St. Mary's Church.

This is St. Mary's Church.

We passed by the Sagada zipline and went of the stairs.



This leads to the cemetery.


We passed by the Sagada Anglican cemetery or St. Mary the Virgin Cemetery
My tip: Make sure to find the tomb of the famous historian,
William Henry Scott.




10:10 AM - 10:15 AM

We stopped to view Echo Valley.



Hanging coffins viewed from the top of Echo Valley
The coffins hang from limestone cliffs.
These coffins are not accessible to the public
The coffins are hard to see because they're already the same color as the limestone cliffs.


10:15 AM - 10:30 AM


We walked down to the Hanging Coffins.







10:30 AM - 10:40 AM


We viewed the Hanging Coffins.







10:40 AM - 10:50 AM

We walked up to the top again. 


10:50 AM - 11:00 AM

Played around echo valley...









11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

We walked back to the area of St. Mary's Church.


11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

We rode the Sagada Zipline.
Check out my post: Where to Ride the Zipline and do Rock Climbing for more details.

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

We brought back our guide to the Saggas Office

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

We had Lunch at Lemon Pie House



We visited Sagada Brew.



We bought takeout dinner at Eduardo Gaudan Longid Centrum.




Rest of the day:

We rested at St. Joseph's Resthouse and ate the dinner we took out.

DAY 6. WEDNESDAY
SAGADA - MANILA

See Dalton Pass
Read more of Day 6 of My Banaue and Sagada Itinerary with Kids 

SAGADA: How to find Echo Valley and the Hanging Coffins

August 20, 2014


SAGADA: How to find Echo Valley and the Hanging Coffins

The first thing to decide is whether or not you need a guide to go to Echo Valley and see the Hanging Coffins. 

If you simply want to view Echo Valley and see the Hanging Coffins from afar, you can just follow the path from St. Mary's Church and the traffic of people walking the same way and you will reach Echo Valley and view the Hanging Coffins from afar. 

But if you want to see the Hanging Coffins up close, you need a guide. The Hanging Coffins can only be reached by a narrow, steep and stony path going down the side of the mountain. You need a guide to lead you to a safe path and instruct you where to put your foot down. Any misstep will lead you tumbling down the ravine.

You can get a guide at the SAGGAS office near the Municipal Tourism Office. Or you can contact them through their website at  http://www.saggas.org/.

We wanted to see the Hanging Coffins up close so we hired a guide. 

Below is our half-day tour of Echo Valley and the Hanging Coffins:

The entry to the path that leads to Echo Valley is through St. Mary's Church.

The path passes by the Sagada zipline



Then you pass by the town cemetery
My tip: Make sure to find the tomb of the famous historian,
William Henry Scott.



Echo Valley
It does echo when you shout!


Hanging coffins viewed from the top of Echo Valley
The coffins hang from limestone cliffs.
These coffins are not accessible to the public
The coffins are hard to see because they're already the same color as the limestone cliffs.

Going down the mountain to see the hanging coffins up close

The distance from the top of Echo Valley to the Hanging coffins

Going further down a rough and stony path


If you have a walking stick, bring it along.
My son bought a walking stick in Banaue and found it very useful here.


WE FINALLY REACHED THE FAMOUS HANGING COFFINS OF SAGADA!!!


There are a lot of hanging coffins in Sagada but these are the fairly accessible ones. 
However, you still have to be fit to be able to go down and climb up again because the trail is very challenging.


Another way of burying the dead aside from putting them inside caves 
is by hanging them by the side of limestone cliffs.





ON TOP OF ECHO VALLEY