We ended our Ilocos Norte tour in Pagudpud where we spent the night. If you look at the Philippine map, Pagudpud is located at the very tip of Luzon. The beach was hidden behind the hills with houses built below it.  We went there on the last week of November. It was cold, rainy and windy. We stayed in Kapuluan Vista Resort. It is far from the white sand beach, far from the restaurants, far from the crowd. We would have fully enjoyed the place if not only for the cold weather

There is more to see in Ilocos than just the windmills. That’s what I realized after our trip. We did some research and found some interesting tourist spots in Ilocos. But the pictures we saw from our research are just snippets of what we are about to see. It’s different. It’s more beautiful. The Ilocos Norte tour starts after our sand dunes adventure. The tourist spots we’ll be visiting are just along the way. That was indeed very convenient. Our driver already knows where t

I travel because I want to see things, feel things, taste things and experience things. I want to collect memories and store them in a safe vault inside my heart. Something I could keep for a lifetime or as far as my memory could hold on to. Ilocos is now one of my favorite places in the Philippines. The adventure, the breathtaking landscapes, the rich historical places. They have it all. Our first Ilocos stop is in Laoag. We took a plane from Manila to Laoag. From Laoag airp