Alice Bustos-Orosa
From Sagada to Banaue —here is where my travel journal goes on. On the way back to Manila, we headed down to Banaue to stay a couple of days. Stopping by Banaue is also one way to cut the drive to Manila by about a third of the time. But as expected, the meandering zigzag roads on the way to Banaue are as tricky going up as going down the highlands. We were thus, amazed at jeepneys crammed with passengers, and at least a dozen of them perched on its roof, as these snaked through the roads from one village to the next. The cool breeze and the smell of pine trees though will keep anyone refreshed throughout the slow, arduous drive. I do suggest that anyone planning to traverse the roads from Sagada to Banaue do so while the sun is up.