Bantay Abot Cave & On the Road to Vigan

It’s Easter Sunday and I’m at home, down again with fever and a runny nose 🙁 Yet I’m here blogging not just to finish all my backlog posts but to make myself feel better with memories of my Ilocos holiday, with some help from good coffee and feel-good summertime music 🙂

On the third day of our Ilocandia holiday, we had breakfast in our resort Kapuluan Vista and checked out at around 9 AM since we were off to the next leg of our getaway in Vigan.

Along the way from our resort to the main road where we’ll take the bus to Vigan, we told our tricycle drivers to make a stop in the main area of Blue Lagoon Cove and Bantay Abot Cave, a rock formation with an interesting doughnut shape.

To get there, we had to get down from the low cliff to the rocks below. Thankfully, there were concrete stairs, although it was still steep.

And just the thought of slipping on these rocks gave our little sidetrip some dash of adventure.

After reaching the base of the cave, we had to climb up the cave to reach the middle of the doughnut.

As expected, the winds and the waves were really strong.This cave was formed by the lashing of the winds and the waves, of centuries’ worth of the constant pounding and pressure of the water and the winds. And isn’t that such a beautiful thing? I can’t help thinking that it’s the same way with people—that we become who we are, damaged but beautiful and full of character, with everything that has been thrown at us with the passage of time.

My Pride and Prejudice moment 🙂

We then said goodbye to Pagudpud and off we rode the bus for the 4 hour trip to Vigan, in the province of Ilocos Sur, the land of tobacco and nostalgia.

Dress- Divisoria find
Head scarf- vintage (thank you Aissa!) 🙂
Fab Manila Talia messenger bag
White Havaianas slim flip flops
i2i sunglasses
Accessories- Kikay, the Landmark, and glass bracelets bought from our tour guide James 🙂

Wishing all of us more travels, and the transformative beauty that can only come from time and pain. Cheers! 🙂

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