DAY 2: June 10, 2018 (Sunday)
As always, after an early morning breakfast to maximize our stay, we headed off towards our first destination, which was the Lumaguid Stone, wherein the jump-off point was the Balangbang Elementary School. The trail towards the stone would be through the Buninan Rice Terraces.
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| Jump-off point towards the Lumaguid Stone |
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| Nearing the stone via the Buninan Rice Terraces |
The Lumaguid Stone is a big boulder held by a smaller stone and is sitting precariously atop a rock that looks as if it would roll down anytime from its base during earthquakes, storms, and floods. Tourists have marveled how a smaller stone could hold the huge rock, but legend says that the deities placed it there. It is believed to hold the future of the town, meaning, that the Mayoyao people will stay strong and happy as long as the stone stands.
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| Lumaguid Stone |
Our next stop, in order to refresh ourselves and our weary muscles after that hike, it's got to be the Tenogtog Falls.
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| Trail towards the Tenogtog Falls |
Tenogtog Falls is a remote three-tiered cascade. Tenogtog is a local word for “chopped”. In this place, hunters used to chop up hunted animals and share it to other hunters who had no luck in hunting.
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| Tenogtog Falls - first tier |
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| Tenogtog Falls - third tier |
After tiring ourselves and drenching our weary souls, it's time for lunch at Double G's Lechon Manok, which, unfortunately, at that time Lechon Manok was already unavailable. We just then settled on what was available..Lomi!
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| Double G's Lechon Manok |
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| Lomi |
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| Lunchtime |
One of my friends was curious on what were those red stains she sees on Cordillera pavements. Well, they all came from spits of Betel Nut or what the locals would refer to as “nganga” or “moma”. She tried it...ok naman daw. It makes your teeth a bit reddish.
Betel-Nut chewing is a long-standing tradition among the mountain tribes; the men typically chew the nut wrapped in mint leaves, with an added pinch of lime (ground-up shells work well to create a lime powder).
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| Betel Nut Experience |
To cap off the rewards for this day, some of us went to a massage outlet just right across the restaurant, the Crixus Calming Massage.
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| Crixus Calming Massage |
Returning back at our homestay we freshened up first and relaxed before ending the second day with a sumptuous dinner.
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| Dinnertime |
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