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I believe the dark clouds followed us to Laoag. Or maybe it was there all the time. LOL. I know it rained at certain part of the road, but can’t remember where. But it began to drizzle when we were in town.
Jenseon Button wasn’t sure on the location of Balay da Blas, a pension house where we’ll be spending the night in Laoag. Sat whipped out his iPhone and tracked the place but apparently Jenseon Button couldn’t decipher as apparently the map showed blue screen with white lines only.
He stopped at the petrol station where he got down to around the locals on the location. Sat then researched the house and finally managed to locate it. When Jenseon Button came back, he was still clueless and Sat then told him that he has found the place. So Sat directed him until we reached the location. The other car followed closely behind.
I knew where was the place as I’ve searched, located and even dropped point on the place before in Googlemap, but how la to tell them when I sat super far behind? LOL! Moreover, I think it’s best to let the man do the directing job.
Jenseon Button drove directly onto the porch of Balay da Blas. Few pension house workers quickly came out to help with the bags. We then expressed thanks and bid Jenseon Button and Buddha goodbye. Like usual, Sat went in to settle the registration and check-in procedure while the rest of us took pictures of place.
There’s a hint of romanticism in place. Plants like morning glory and purplish pink bougainvilleas can be seen all over the wall fences around the porch. A high arch with two roman pillars indicates the entrance to the 4 storey high building. A zinc roof gazebo which serves as a cafeteria is erected on the left side of the entrance, which a smaller wooden shed on the right side is where the kitchen is.
Sat finished checking in and came out for us. He told us that the girls will be occupying the two rooms behind him and the guys will all be sleeping on the first floor. Then he passed us the keys to our rooms. Hannah, Jess and I went to the room on the left while Emily, Ailing and May went to the one on the right. The rest went up with Sat.
One thing I noticed when I entered the room is the floor tiles. The floor is of red tiles – which adds additional colour to your feet. The colouring on your feet will automatically be transferred to the slippers especially if your slippers are white. T_T
The room is biggg! It’s not the usual hotel room that we’re getting. In fact, we’ve gotten ourselves Junior Suite. Hehe! So our suite has a living room, pantry/kitchen area, bathroom, a bedroom and a small garden behind! Niceee!
It was one hell of a roller coaster ride from Vigan to Laoag. Our driver drove as though he’s Pilipino version of Jenson Button (let’s call him Jenseon Button since I don’t know his name, lol!) in a McLaren F1 car and all of us couldn’t help but to squeak when our car went too near to the car in front of us.
The entire 2 hours journey, we were either laughing our heads off because of some funny jokes or yelling for help because of the F1-ness in our driver’s blood. Sat had car sick and mild ‘heart attack’ as he sat next to Jenseon Button who was showing off his skill on road!
I loveee Calle Crisologo!
I love walking along the cobblestone street and having rows old colonial houses to look at on the both side of the street.
We had a wonderful, filling Vigan breakfast that morning thanks to Hannah’s recommendation. Since we have some time to spare as our rides are not here yet, we chatted a little, but laughed a lot. In between, I ran 4 flights of stair up and down twice to charge my dying iPod and get something from the room.
What a great way to exercise after having a fantastic breakfast. -.-“
Soon, we spotted our rides from the hotel’s cafeteria. I was super excited to take this ride. Eagerly, I walked out through the cafeteria’s door instead of the hotel’s entrance door. Lol! Sat, Hannah and I took the same calesa. It’s super hard to get up to the seat, and thankfully I brought pants instead of dress! Phew!
The staff at the Hotel Salcedo de Vigan was totally relieved to see us appearing at the hotel. They were initially worried after knowing that we missed our flight and thought that we were going to stand them up. But we will stand true to our words, especially when they would allow us to make payment upon arriving instead of paying deposits to secure the rooms like what most hotels would do.
The check-in was smooth and pretty quick. Or probably the most of time we spent on taking pictures of the hotel made us felt so. Haha. Then all of us climbed up to the 4th floor of the hotel to our humble dormitory of 5 double decker beds and a foldable bed.
