My Pagudpud Adventure: Taking It Easy on the Fast Lane
My Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte trip was lagare to say the least, yet so full of new and exciting experiences for a desk-bound lawstude like me that I can't help but make a short checklist out of them... Rode a tricycle that overtook a ten-wheeler truck? check. Rode a tricycle running at full speed to tour a province? check. Stood beneath a gigantic windmill? check. Had my picture taken beneath a windmill? check. Nagpapikchur sa gitna ng mahabang tulay?check. Climbed my first lighthouse? check(this started my quest to climb as many lighthouses as possible). Climbed a huge white rock formation near the sea? check. Ate a suspicious-looking orange-colored, deep-fried empanada that turned out to be so addictively delicious? check. Ate a yummy banana split while drinking an equally yummy pineapple margarita? check. Watched the sunset on the beach? check. Stayed at a nice affordable hotel by the beach, with a vista of the sea? check. All these only in Pagudpud-- and all for just one day and ...