Pagudpud 2nd day, Beach and Fun

Discover the Shores of Pagudpud nyahaha...

It's amazing on how clear the waters of this beach is, take a look it's absolutely fantastic

Ok so after we've rested and settled everything, it's time to explore the beach, there were lots of sights to see. It's breathtaking to see how clean and almost un-touched the beaches of Saud is.

Things to love about the place: (ok not everyone would love/like it but hey! It's my Blog!)

- Clean
- Windy (very)
- Waves (ouch)
- White Sand
- Few people
- Good for R&R
- Friendly locals
- Bagnet (hey it's Ilocos haha)
- Ummm almost everything haha!
- Small Fishies you could swallow one if you want to
- Hermit crabs (I killed a few tee-hee)
- No Jellyfishies yey Swim swim swiM all you want

Thing's I hate:

- Sea Weed... Their disgusting...
- Some sharp stones/coral/rocks underwater wear water shoes/socks (I wore none Ouch!)
- Mosquittos (Buy katol or use Off-lotion)
- Expensive restaurant prices ( if your being stingy)
- It's hard to find a tricycle
- Very Far

If you love photographing landscapes then this place is also a nice site to see the windmills although you can hardly see them in this photo. (Be sure to use yer tele-photo lenses, lenshood and polarizing/UV whatev filters to remove un-wanted glare and other stray light)

Pagudpud 1st day Food, Sand and Sun

Of course since we've just arrive at the beach we needed to eat breakfast and what better way to start the day by eating of course haha, hmmm the food was very savory, satisfying and filling plus it's affordable.

Above photo of Beef and Potatos steak like cut with mustard sauce concoction haha I forgot the name of this dish

Above photo of their version of Chicken Curry

Above photo of Laog Longanissa as a side order small yet so tasty

Above photo of the restaurant and below is the name of the restaurant

As I said in an earlier blog post, it was the off-peak season already so there weren't many people, there were tourist mostly koreans and caucasians and some Ilocanos perhaps from Laog taking a break from work or stuff. Basically it was a relaxing vacation with nothing else but the sun, sand and the breeze of fresh sea air, no party crowds no garbage at the shore and most of all no busy schedules haha!


We spent the day by walking along the shore and catching small hermit crabs, we didn't take a swim yet since we were tired from the journey.

I could tell you the place is an absolute beauty, the sand is white, the waves were strong and the wind is so pleasant so perfect you'd have to wish that everyday was like this.

so the day went by, and dinner time was shortly coming our way, and decided to take pictures of the sunset, though I'm not a big fan of sunsets so anyways I took some shots and I must say by looking at the cloud formation you'd have to wonder whatever happened to Feria that stupid storm.


Nightfall started and the beach lights were all turned on, we took our seats at the restaurant and ordered other dishes which I fail to photograph, uuuuhmmm mmmmm I love that Bagnet Rice thing (Bagnet, crispy deep fried pork belly, high in cholesterol) it was superb and mouth watering specially with the bagoong which I fail to realise I'm allergic from good thing I have Benadryl.

I've got lots of stories tah share and memories to store in this blog so I have to post the rest of the stories/pictures some other time haha, I need to go for the mean time.

On the road again a journey to Pagudpud

Our journey started a week ago, last Friday to be exact and while were at it we continued to travel even though there was a storm on going. Harhar!

I don't know if you could call that bravery or stupidity but I was really excited and no storm could stop us from going to Pagudpud in Ilocos, and to be honest there was no bad weather on the way up north! Yeah!

We took a bus going to Pagudpud, Florida Bus, their terminal is located at Sampaloc in Manila and it goes straight to Pagudpud.

Be warned though as the bus seats are quite un-comfortable their made of synthetic or faux leather ugh it's irritating your ass will heat up on that stupid material plus that bus company would often stop at their designated check points meaning they have a lot of stop overs, it took like 13 hours to get us to Pagudpud.

we left Manila at 7:30pm Friday night and arrived at Pagudpud 8:30am the next day, the only convenience the bus offers was a built-in comfort room, but alas it was slightly useless since Florida bus lines often stop at their checkpoints which usually are gas stations with cafeterias and CRs since I think they often change drivers on the way up north.

Ahh finally we arrived at Pagudpud and at the resorts Saud beach area to be exact, to go from one place to another the primary transportation used in the provinces is a tricycle (one manned motorcycle with a side-car) the drivers are quite friendly and helpful considering the weight of our bags and the weight of my friends tee-hee, the price or fee is just $1 to go to the beaches and be sure to give them a tip/extra just to say thanks at the least.

They also offer sight seeing tours it's like $15 or less depends on how good you haggle and they'll take you around the different tourist spots in Pagudpud however we weren't able to try it out.

Finally we were able to rest for a few minutes and unload all our stuff in our posh little suite, we got a discount since it's already off-peak season like we got the room/jr suite $125 for three days and two nights stay not bad at all considering that this room would cost like $100 for a night on the peak seasons woah like WOAH! haha good deal right. Of course there were cheaper rates because there were a lot of resort and mini hotels but we opted to choose luxury over the cheaper rates.

The above photo is a view of the pool just outside our room, by the way the name of the Hotel we stayed in is Apo Idon (click it to view the website)

Beach time again

Finally I got a clear signal from my boss/dad about my planned trip to Ilocos. If you ask me what I'll do there? duh! it's as clear as a bottle of champagne I'm gonna enjoy the sun! Hahaha! That's if it doesn't rain up north it's the freakin rainy season already and it's the only time of the year I'll be able to enjoy the beach, the sand and the waves cause I'm quite busy lately. I'm just hoping the waves would not enjoy torturing me as i've heard that the waves up north is quite unforgiving haha, making it one of the hottest surf spots in the country. Ohh yeah by the way I'm not just talking about the trip to Ilocos but also a trip to Pagudpud.

I've inquired rates at a certain resort Saud beach resort hmmm, the rates are ok naman, but the main point of my travel is to check out if it does meet my expectations as many would say that Saud in Pagudpud, as well as Maira ira beach is the Boracay of the north.

I've never been to Boracay or in fact I've never been to any of the hottest destinations/beaches in general here in the Philippines! And I call myself a Filipino, damn! Yeah and another of my concern are Jelly fishes I hope there's none out there!


so anyways i can't post pictures just yet, I'll do that the moment I get home from the trip yah!