Comments on: Visit Sagada!

By: Ck

Ck — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:42:15 +0000

Dud, first, I'd like to let you know that I've been reeding your blog for quite sometime now and you are an inspiration for the many. Second, Is DANGWA from sagada still alive? I never heard anything from him. Anyway I've been here once in 2005 and I must say that this place is the SHIZNIT!

Keep it up Benj!

By: Nick Ellis

Nick Ellis — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:29:43 +0000

Ei there Benj! Nick here the lone traveler last Christmas. My Sagada experience was great probably the best Christmas ever. I really enjoyed the food (superb!) fresh veggies really tastes good. The cave connection was the most exciting (a bit scary) thing I’ve done, I was really astonished by those rock formations ,their colors /shapes not to mention the humor on those porn caves hahaha…thanks Charles (our guide) who have been very patient /ready to lend a hand so we could easily go around the caves’ in and outs. The echo valley was also nice, the chilly air was soothing I think I stayed for more than an hour just sitting there.. admiring its beauty.. good thing I have my player with me (with a good song and a scenic view..perfect!) I also went to the Big Falls the water was so clear and tempting (grrr freezing)… I never knew that people were allowed to take a dip, so I did not bring extra clothes …despite the caution of my guide that I will have a hard time going back up with wet pants I still gave it a splash and swam for a couple of minutes…on the way up… now I know what Edmund(my guide) was saying…it’s an agony of endless steps and I could barely lift my legs up…I can even see the smile on his face saying “ I told you so” hahahaha…by the time we reached the top I was fully exhausted and uttered “ that’s the first and last time I’m going down there!” joke..Surely I’ll be back but next time I’ll have my extra clothes with me…hehe…. Sorry I wasn’t able to drop by at the Residential Lodge..some chit chat would have been nice (be able to understand Sagada more) hope next time I’ll catch up with you guys….. Thanks again Benj and Happy New Year!

By: geisha

geisha — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:10:50 +0000

hmmm now that's fascinating!

i will be there soon

By: dreamvib

dreamvib — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:01:22 +0000

Wow! I really love to visit this place!

By: dak

dak — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:06:33 +0000

ive been in sagada too! i even told my parents that i will practice med there! have you seen their hospital? small, old… reminds me of the cabins at john hay in baguio. as in! even the color's the same.

By: benj

benj — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:19:14 +0000

umm. never? haha

By: Ederic

Ederic — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:59:04 +0000

benj & aajao: when are we going to sagada?

By: aajao

aajao — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:26:02 +0000

the place is paradise. and we ALL wish for it to stay as paradise. anong context context pinagsasabi mo? yun lang naman point ko. nang-aano ka eh!

By: benj

benj — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:49:04 +0000

But then again, it's easy to grandstand without knowing the context.This is precisely why I hate tree huggers.

By: benj

benj — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:31:43 +0000

Aajao: It's all about context.

Sagada …

… is 13 hours away from Manila

…has a 9pm curfew

…tough roads

Read our website.

I think you're just not grasping where Sagada is and what it's all about. Banaue's issue is more about the preservation of the terraces. Those things are over two thousand years old. The government has done nothing to preserve it.

Also, Banaue is much more accessible than Sagada. Again, context. Development will ruin everything – eventually — and places will have to adapt. That's the point of going NOW instead of waiting.

Man by nature will "ruin" nature. There's no need to romanticize it.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:57:39 +0000

What's great about Sagada is that it's a peaceful place, and yung mga sites nya, hindi sobrang madaling puntahan. It's not like people will go there to gp bar-hopping or clubbing. Hopefully it stays that way para Sagada maintains its charm. If it becomes a Baguio or a Boracay (too commercialized, over-crowded), then the whole essence of Sagada would become senseless, and the purpose of visiting it would be gone.

By: aajao

aajao — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:12:23 +0000

mother nature can be abused in many ways. look at Hinulugang Taktak. no mining activities ruined the falls beauty. but still, it's ruined now.

one fear that may lead to the abuse of a tourist spot, when it become so popular that people residing near the place start to put up cottages or lodges for rent within its vicinity, then just care about their profits and income, nothing else. i can't exactly recall but a certain TV show featured that thing happened to Banaue Rice Terraces. mind to share your views on this?

By: tipidmeals

tipidmeals — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:18:51 +0000

Sagada is one of the places in my "must-visit" list. thanks for posting all the links.

By: VisitSagada.com Now Open to Visitors | The Manila Blog Times

VisitSagada.com Now Open to Visitors | The Manila Blog Times — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:34:35 +0000

[...] Benj Espina of Atheista.net said the site will also “serve as a venue where people could showcase their experiences of Sagada through travel blog entries, images and otherÂ media that would capture the wonder and splendor of Sagada.” [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:54:01 +0000

@benj – Lol.
Napanood ko sa Born to Be Wild (spieled by Romeo Garduce) and missed that part where he kinda mentioned about that '-unintelligible- Province' (I was like 'where the hell is Sagada?'). Asked my mom kung saan–'Pagoda' yung unang pumasok sa isip niya.:p

(*pats his unreliable and totally forgetful brain)