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Moving

But life is a series of movements, an ever dynamic dance of comings and goings, of hellos and goodbyes, of growth and decay.

As Bear Bryant said, “Expect the unexpected.”  Oh yes, I am going for a short-term international assignment for a year. Well, it was the least expected news I wished to receive when I got back from vacation. But life is such. A movement, an ever dynamic dance of comings and goings, of hellos and goodbyes. Of growth and decay. And yes, it will be in Norway. 🙂…

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This laag was unlocked by my brothers and one of our friends during the “almost-week-long” APEC holiday last November 2017.

Travel Length:           3 Days, 2 Nights including travel

Mode of transport:   Personal vehicle

$$$ Mode:                     Budget travel

Laagan Level:             3 to 4 (for more details about the Laagan Levels, please read this post)

Total Travel Cost per person: ~Php4,000.00

Sulit Ba (Was it worth it?):      Yes

DAY 1 Itinerary:

0500H – Left Alabang for Bolinao

0730H – Breakfast stop at a gas station in Pampanga

0815H – Resumed travel

1200H – Stopped for lunch

1300H – Arrival at Bolinao Falls 1 & 2, swimming, cliff-jumping

1530H – Left to Enchanted Cave

1610H – Arrival at Enchanted Cave, swimming

1700H – Drove to Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

1710H – Arrival at the Lighthouse

1800H – Drove to Patar Beach, near Barangay Hall

1805H – Arrival at the beach, pitched tent, dinner

DAY 2 Itinerary:

0600H – Early morning walk at the beach, pack-up

0715H – Breakfast at Adora’s Restaurant (Bolinao Bayan)

0745H – Drove to Hundred Islands National Park, Alaminos

0800H – Island hopping at Hundred Islands, swimming

1600H – Boating back to the National Park Office

1700H – Drove to Lingayen Beach

1815H – Arrival at the beach, pitched tent, dinner

DAY 3 Itinerary:

0700H – Drove back for Manila

1500H – Arrival in Manila

Now, the total lag cost:

Php120 – Entrance/parking fee at Falls 1 & 2 (Php40/pax)

Php150 – Life vest rental at the Falls (Php50/pax). This is required for those who wanted to try the cliff/falls jumping

Php450 – Entrance at Enchanted Cave (Php150/pax)

Php100 – Parking fee at Enchanted Cave

Php300 – Fee for campers (pitching tent) at Patar Beach

Php100 – Parking fee (overnight) at Patar Beach

Php1,840 – boating fee at Hundred Islands

Php150 – life vest rental for 3 pax

Php900 – Backpacker room for 3 at Lingayen Beach

Php3,200 – Estimated food expenses for 3 days for 3 pax (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 2 dinners)

Php3,500.00 – gasoline

Php858 – Toll fees (NLEX, SCTEX) to and from Manila

Php500 – pasalubong

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TOTAL: PHP12,168.00 for 3 pax, so at around Php4K per person for a 3D2N budget adventure.

Prices are subject to change according to the latest tour rates and commodites.

Here are the travel photos. We try our best to lessen editing and too much beautifying of the photos. We would like to show the place as they were when we visited, without any filters. Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge the photo.

Near Enchanted Cave

Near Enchanted Cave

Kakanin near Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse 1

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse 1

Falls 1

Sunset photo 1

Sunset photo 2

Near Enchanted Cave

For the travel times and distances, please refer to the screenshots from Google Maps below:

  Best regards,

Laagan Prati 👣🗺🧚‍♀️

Credits:

Laagan Droy & Josh & Amy

Photos by Laagan Droy

This 3D2N adventure is a well recommended laag for beach-hoppers and falls chasers, who would like to challenge themselves a little more and include camping and cliff-jumping in their itineraries. This laag was unlocked by my brothers and one of our friends during the "almost-week-long" APEC holiday last November 2017.

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Laagan Levels

Before anything else, I would like to introduce to you how we rate our “laags” or travels. I devised a system called the Laagan Levels which refer to the hierarchy of difficulty of a certain “laag” or travel. So the levels are from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest while 5 being the most challenging/difficult in terms of comfort level. LAAGAN LEVELS: 1  –  For easy peasy, chillax travel (e.g. 5…