Sand Trails at Paoay San Dunes Ilocos Norte
It was 7 days, 1798 kilometers, 9 Conventions and Visitors Bureau (CVBs), 8 provinces in 4 regions, 26 people on one bus on a trip around Northern Luzon. This is the Lakbay Norte Familiarization tour held January 24-31, 2010. I’ve always wanted to do a horseshoe loop of north Luzon and I was glad I was able to do it with the help of North Philippines Visitors Bureau. It was packed, tiring but also fun and exciting. For those who would like to try the similar route, this would be a great reference on what to expect.
Lakbay Norte North Luzon Route
Our route is counter-clockwise coming from Manila. Here’s the Itinerary and related blog post:
Intro:
Day 1 Cagayan Valley
Day 2 Cagayan Valley to Ilocos Norte
Day 3 Ilocos Norte to La Union to Baguio
Day 4 Baguio to Pangasinan
Day 5 Pangasinan to Greater Subic
Day 6 Subic Bay to Clark
Day 7 Pampanga to Manila
Check out the images at my Flickr Site:
Also during the Lakbay Norte Tour, I acquired a few Microtel 50% Off Vouchers. I know I won’t be able to use all of them so I decided to just raffle them off over at the Facebook Backpack Photography Fan Page. Here are the four winners of the vouchers:
Microtel Voucher Winners
Congratulations to:
- Jonel Uy
- Lino Almuenda
- Marjori Quebec
- Divi Malolos
I will be contacting each of you seperately to get your details. Thank you very much for joining the contest.
Nice of you to share your blessings with fellow travellers and/or bloggers. Kelan ang Guam post mag start? Can’t wait. Saw pix on Flickr.
Woot! Thanks Ferdz! The vouchers would really come in handy on my trip to Davao Bloggers’ Food Appreciation Tour on April 29-May 2.
that was a great trip ferdz, each place a destination in itself.
congrats sa mga nanalo. dito nyo sa microtel-cabanatuan gamitin
Hi Photo Cache! Maybe next month I’ll start the Guam series
Glad you’ll be able to use it Jonel
Each destination was great Oman, yung nga lang kulang oras to stay long in one place.
[...] The perks of being able to travel was plenty this year like how the year started amazingly with Lakbay Norte Tour. A bus-full of media peeps doing a horse-shoe route of Northern Luzon. It was fun and exhausting [...]
[...] I found the first Lakbay Norte in 2010 a bit cramped and rushed, it was still a fun trip going through the 8 provinces in 4 regions in 7 [...]
[...] year’s first Lakbay Norte was a blast so I was thinking how would they top it again this year? Well this year’s magic [...]