HOLY WEEK TRAVEL TO SAGADA April 20-23, 2011 P3,050.00 inclusive of transportation, 3 days/2nights accommodation, and tour packages with tour guides and tourism fees and surprises! ITINERARY April 20 2011 Wednesday 7:00pm Assembly of joiners: Cable Tours, in front Trinity U of Asia, Rodriguez St., Q.C. April 21 Thursday 8:00am Breakfast in Bontoc, Mountain Province 9:00am Bontoc Museum 10:00am Lunch in Sagada, Mountain Province 1:00pm Tourists' Registration, St. Joseph's Resthouse 2:00pm Sumag-ing Cave, Hanging Coffins, Burial Caves 7:00pm Souvenir Shopping/EAT OUT, Dinner/Free Time April 22 Friday 7:00am Breakfast 8:00-12:00n Bomod-ok Falls, Sagada Terraces, A Walk Over Rice Paddies 12:00-3:00pm Lake Danum & Group Lunch 3:00-6:00pm Sagada Pottery Shop, St. Mary The Virgin Compound, Echo Valley, Calvary 7:00pm Souvenir Shopping/ EAT OUT, Dinner/Free Time April 23 Saturday 7:00am Saturday Mass/Breakfast 8:00-12:00am Travel to Baguio 3:00pm Travel to Manila 9:00pm Manila Details of Itinerary are subject to changes. PAYMENTS: There is a need to deposit 1,500.00 pesos as partial payment for bus seat/room reservation and is non-refundable before April. Sagada Holy Week Joiners' Trip Guidelines April 20-23, 2011 3 days and 2 Nights Hurry, tourists flock and guesthouses get occuppied so fast! With your bus seat reservation, a room is reserved already. Reserve as early as now (non-refundable). * The travel is open to all. Bring friends and your family! Text complete name, institution, gender and age @ 09187318010 and confirm attendance. * Warm up and flex your muscles or exercise before the event. Join in good health. * For Sagada cold weather during night time, wear a thick jacket/sweater, gloves, a bonnet or a cap for the head plus socks, neck protection. * Bring your sunglass, sunblock, moisturizer, cap/umbrella, medicines; baon for 3 days and 2 nights; & extra money for food, souvenirs, etc. * Bring water at all times. * Bring a self-help book or a bag of periodicals/books or a box for Bomabanga National High School. * Going to Sagada (12 hours) transforms you into a backpacker. * Fee of 3,050 pesos is inclusive of room reservation fee, transportation, accommodation, tour packages & guide fees, tourism fees, museum fee, pottery shop w/ demo fee, day-tour van/jeep) * Take care of your personal belongings. The tour coordinators will not be responsible for losses from Manila to Sagada, vice-versa. ASSEMBLY * Be at the bus station of the Cable Tours, in front of Trinity University of Asia (college campus), Rodriguez St., Q.C. @ 7pm for the assembly (Holy Wednesday, April 20). Come earlier since traffic is heavy beginning 4pm. * Departure is 8pm. Get enough sleep each day... ACCOMMODATION * Joiners' rooms are economy rooms, either good for two or four with common bath. (Other room rates for upgrade/night: private rooms with hot/cold bath, good for 3, 1,700; 2, 1,200; 4, 2,200; cottages with hot/cold bath, good for 3, 1,700; 4, 2000; 8, 3500) * Beddings are provided. There is an extra cost for an extra blanket. * Bring your toiletries. * Water in Sagada is ice cold but tolerable during shower. * Water is scarce when there is a big number of tourists in the municipality. * Hot water is available in the resthouse (St. Joseph's Resthouse). * Battery charging is allowed. TOUR * Wake up early, greet & say your beautiful mornings to all and eat heavy breakfast @ 7am. 7:45am tour assembly is in front of the Municipality Hall. @ 8am, all in the van/jeep and tour begins. * Wear non-white and jeans are a no in doing spelunking (caving) in the Sumag-ing Cave (Thursday) or walking over rice paddies to Bomod-ok Falls (Friday). Be in simplest attire at all times and shorts, sandals or slippers are okay. * All ages are admitted including kids of 4 and can go down the cave or aim also for Bomod-ok Falls for four (4) hours each. * No step-ins down the cave. The group will be going down barefoot or barefooted. There will be pool swimming, spelunking, rapeling, etc. * Friday walk to Bomod-ok Falls: bring food for your merienda and lunch and your swimsuit. * Little fasting is a yes-yes! But eat fruits, bread, drink water or juice or raw vegetables with some sauce, avoid cola. Others * Sagada is very people-friendly. Understand dwellers' accent. * Listen to tourist guides and guides are accommodating. If you have inquiries, ask them. * You may give a personal tip and be informed that a group tip is already part of your travel fees. If asking for a personal guide, provide also a personal tip. Two (2) guides for a group of 10. * Text @ 09187318010 if you have inquiries or decide to eat and be somewhere in the municipality on top of caves * Don't forget to try lemon pie or blue berry pie w/ brewed coffee, or be @ the Lemon Pie House or Yoghurt House. Be & eat out also anywhere: Alfredo's, Log Cabin, Cusina Igorota, Sagada Guest House, Olahbinan, Igorot Inn, Sudimay, and other small eateries. * Establishments close @ 9pm except for St. Theodore Hospital with a pharmacy. * Saturday is market day. 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