May 2007. Went to Vigan. 3 of us. Forgot the details. Let's make it simple.Day 1: Drive. Car stereo: Yoyoy Villame and Fred Panopio. Manila to Pampanga. Late night. Sisig dinner at most popular sisigan where it was said to be invented. Forgot the name. Something something. Drive...
Day 2: Early morning. Going to Pangasinan. I drive, they sleep. Friends wake up: let's go to Baguio. Right turn. American breakfast at Camp John Hay, Baguio. Temperature: ok. Now, to Vigan. Vegetarian lunch in Pangasinan. Temperature: sizzling. Now, to Vigan. I sleep, they drive. Car stereo: Depeche Mode. Late afternoon. Traffic in Vigan. Fiesta something something. Check-in hotel. Move around. Tasted the popular empanada. Pictures, pictures, pictures. Chicken dinner. Vigan night life. Two new female friends from Manila. College students. Friend scares them off after one beer. Oh well, zzzzz...
Day 3: Good morning, Vigan. Bought tobacco, bagnet, and green grapes. Drive. Further north. Target: Pagudpod. Still driving. Map check: too far. Reality check: too far. U-turn. Seafood lunch and beach and Korean girls in La Union. Swim, swim, swim. Pictures, pictures, pictures. Rains. Drive. Cholesterol dinner in Pangasinan. Drive. Car stereo: Depeche Mode (again!). Manila. Late night burgers with drag queens walking around. It's good to be back.
Day 4: Zzzzz...
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