By Kalongkong Bridge Web Eye on Jul 29, 2012 in:
Events, Health, Outreach, Running, Sports, Batac, Batac City, Ilocos, Ilocos Norte, Laoag, Laoag City, Vigan, Vigan City
A state-run medical center in Batac City in Ilocos Norte will hold its first-ever fun run to benefit indigent patients. Dr. Ma. Lourdes Otayza, medical director of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, said proceeds of the ̶...
Time has come to conclude my family’s holidays in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. We loaded our stuffs in our AUV as early as 7:00 a.m., (Friday, December 30, 2011) to prepare for the next 14-hour journey. We will definitely miss the friendly smiles of our...
Good news to all bakasyonista and turistas! I just heard the new place to hang out in Ilocos. We never missed the recently-opened Everland Resort & Multi-zipline when we had our 2 weeks vacation last September 2011.
By Coffeehan on May 15, 2012 in:
sinking bell tower, ilocos norte, batac, ilocos, marcos gallery, laoag, philippines, paoay lake, paoay, paoay church, sand dunes
I think it would be a sin on my part if I don't show you the beauty of Ilocos Norte, so today I present to you some of the pictures that I took in the cities of Batac, Laoag, and Paoay. Batac Marcos Gallery Paoay San Augustin Church of P...
By Coffeehan on May 13, 2012 in:
sinking bell tower, ilocos norte, batac, ilocos, places, laoag, marcos mausoleum, philippines, paoay lake, paoay, paoay church, sand dunes, herencia cafe
My guestimate is that we left Vigan to get to Ilocos Norte somewhere between 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning. By then the weather was oppressively hot. The sky was blue and cloudless, the air was dry, and the only shades you can count on were from inf...
The town of Batac lies 18km south of Laoag and it is in the mid-southwestern portion of Ilocos Norte. The word "Batac" in a local dialect means "pull", refers to the people pulling their efforts together. There's a legend of how...
By The Penultimate Journey on Oct 31, 2011 in:
calamba, batac, juan luna, quezon, miguel lopez de legazpi, feature, manila cathedral, teodora alonso, leandro locsin, rizal, francisco mercado, rizal park, rizal shrine, literary, marcos, luneta, san agustin, san pedro bautista
In lieu of the season, The Penultimate Journey will lists unusual and famous cemeteries, mausoleums and crypts in the country. We will travel across the country to complete our lists. Have a safe season with all saints in God's company and all our de...