The Heritage of the North: Calle Crisologo

Every time my friends ask me where I want to go aside from beaches here in the Philippines I always think ‘bout of Vigan, Ilocos. Why? May be because of stories I’ve always heard and saw on the magazines or even in the movies I’ve watched. Now it’s a realization to step on this place particularly in Calle Crisologo where in the heritage of the place manifested on its fascinated architectural structure.

Ilocos Norte: The Cape Bojeador of the Philippines

April 19, 2009.  We supposed to skip the plan to stop by The Cape Bojeador.  We had tight schedule to compress all the wonderful destination in Ilocos but still we are mesmerized with its majestic giant structure.  We were also able to reached the top of the lighthouse over view 360 of the Cape Bojeador and South China Sea.  It was a breathtaking indeed while climbing the steep stair of the top, but guess what I can say is that "I made it!"  Traveler should not it miss out! 

 

Baluarte Ilocos Norte

Entrance is FREE,  Rides are FREE! What you need is to come and enjoy to SEE!

I am quiet hesitant to post this set of photos.  Reasons that I felt bit frustrated that my SD card run out of space to take more shots.  Added, my empty stomach dragging me to laziness. Lesson learned, always bring extra or back up.

Still I stopped and enjoy my time in their butterflies nursery and garden and it was indeed fun of watching beautiful and vibrant varieties of butterflies in their sanctuary. 

 

 

 

Bangui Mill of Ilocos Norte

The Bangui Windmills are located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The windmills, officially referred to as the NorthWind Bangui Bay Project, were a project by the NorthWind Development Corporation as a practice renewable energy sources and to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The project is the first “Wind Farm” in the Philippines consisting of wind turbines on-shore facing the South China Sea and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia. The project sells electricity to the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) and provides 40% of the power requirements of Ilocos Norte via Transco Laoag.

The Paoay Church

First day of trip in Laoag was such a gloomy day for us.  We were not able to follow our schedule due to bad weather furthermore, hours of travel made us bit lazy to start the adventure.  It was late afternoon when the group decided to not miss our time or else we will be get nothing from the trip.  

After looking around the city, we first stop to this historical and Paoay Church, "Earthquake Baroque" church in the Philippines. I was not able to post the interior of the church for some photos were not retrieve after replacing of my desktop unit.   Still glad that I was able to retrieve some files.