Snapshots of Sagada - My Random Thoughts, Wish Lists ...

I still can't over with Sagada. 

After having explored the outskirts of the Sagada, I'm now wanting to explore the 'poblacion' proper -- food tripping and more!  There's still so much more to explore and discover in the place ...

Spend more time learning the intricacies of the woven fabrics the place is also known for.

On how from a seemingly ordinary spools of thread, a fabric of intricate design and colors come out from the looms.

Of discovering other weaving areas in the place, using more primitive tools than the ones I saw from the Sagada Weaving Center ...

Souvenir shops abound in the main street of Sagada. 

photo courtesy of Jonathan Toledanes Clavel

Key chains of various colors and types are the common ones, together with necklaces, bracelets and anklets in colorful beads.  I would want to scout for antique souvenir items.  I saw a few during this trip and hope to look for them whenever I my return.

I never had the chance to go inside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.  I would like to spend time documenting the interiors of this church especially the altar which I only saw from the outside.

Spending more time in the only Catholic Chapel in Sagada and marveling at the pine wood panelling inside is what I plan to do also on my next visit to the place.  Although located outside the poblacion proper, this place is work spending time with.

Food... food... and more food ...  Food tripping would be the main activity I would want to do next.

Hmmm.. I'm imagining already eating my Yoghourt with bananas and berries from the Yoghurt House ...

photo courtesy of Jonathan Toledanes Clavel

.. having breakfast at the Lemon Pie House with a slice of their famous freshly-baked lemon pie for desert ...

.. sample the local delicacies from this restaurant ...

photo courtesy of Jonathan Toledanes Clavel

.. for dinner, reserve a table near the fire-place at the Log Cabin and sample once again the European inspired selection of food at the buffet table.

... then have lunch at the Cafe Bodega of the Rock Inn and Cafe and do orange picking at their orange orchard while waiting for my order. Wooo!

Maybe, just maybe, on my next visit I'd have the guts to really go spelunking.  I chickened out the last minute after learning about the guano inside the caves and getting wet (I can't risk my camera).

This visit, I just contented myself watching my brave new-found friends descending to the cave entrance

and observing the hordes of other tourist waiting for their turns to go inside the caves.

I hope the caves can be protected from whatever downside caused by the influx of visitors to the caves.  Would this influx do more good or harm to the place?

Streets are narrow in Sagada. Lodging houses along the main road don't have proper parking spaces that tour-vans are forced to park on the streets.

Then there's the pollution due to the diesel powered jeepneys which are the major tranportation here plus the prescense of tourist vans and vehicles. Dont expect to smell fresh air in the poblacion proper. Fresh air can only be experienced in the outskirts of the Sagada.

Would space become a problem soon in Sagada?

Just my random thoughts .... my to-do next ...