Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Landing in Banaue to see the eighth wonder of the world

The tricycle owner helped me to arrange a local guide who was school teenager with a pan chewing style. He helped me to introduce the teenager guide as we bid the tricyle owner and I got a new accompany the local guide who was to be paid on a fixed basis before we proceeded to walk on the hill tracts upwards. The guide told me that
In order to see the rice terraces one has to cross the hills by walking ( which I must admit is a long tiring exercise as a sort of walk marathon) and there is other option of Waiting for the jeepneey which comes once in an hour and don't now when it will come for the next time.So I decided to walk with him but before start my walking journey I had taken a photo of the local guide in my mobile camera in case he turns out to be thug on the road where there is no one except me and him.It was as a sort of the safety precaution. After an hour walking on the turning hilly roads we did reached the view point at the top where the spectacular scenery of the rice terraces of the and I must say it was “WONDERFUL “.I tried to take the photographs with my mobile but unfortunately the mobile was charged off. And I could take only three snaps of the rice terraces of the Banaue. At the top of the hill where there was the view point there is a small shop which was selling snacks and cold drinks . I took some refresh ment and ordered another bottle for my guide who had tremendous stamina in walking in the hilly areas. I talked to the shop owners and other people. Two people were playing cards inside the shop and surprisingly one of them had some relative or friend in Nepal. The guy told me that he knows about Nepal as they are the expert mountain climber like my local guide.After half an hour , we decided to come down the hill as my tricycle was waiting for me. It took half the time to come down the hill in solitary way along with the guide as he took me thru the short cut route. We reached the base of the hill where the tricycle owner was waiting for us. The tricycle owner exclaimed when they say both of us coming down the hill. I paid the local guide some pesos which was five hundred and then I rode on the tricycle in which the local guide was also riding. I reached the youth hostel in half an hour. I talked the reception people about my check out intentions.
I started packing my goods in the dormitory which I had booked for a few hours.
After packing my goods I paid my bill and I went outside the hostel and I started walking down the road to the bus stop where I thought I can find the buses to go towards the baguio city. I ate at a small restaurent near the bus stop and booked my ticked for baguio city journey. I again boarded the bus and sit on the proper seat and bus started its journey after half an hour. I reached my destination city in the night at 8 pm in the center of the baguio city.