The Summer Experience 2: After Two Years Part 2

We only spent our stay in Pagudpud overnight, for biyahe purposes, but I didn't waste time to enjoy what the white-sand beaches of Pagudpud has to offer. Some say it's the next Boracay but I say that it is, without the stench of crowding beachgoers by day, and the lost innocence of the evening by night.

The big bummer though was the unnecessary drizzle falling down in the area. The blue skies covered with clouds while strong winds blew hard and slow across the horizon.

The day after, we headed back to Currimao and stayed there for one final day.

The past five days have been a wonderful experience for me and the rest of the pack who were with me as well: My family, my cousins, and my tiyuhins.

On the 2nd of May, we left Ilocos for good and in a span of almost 10 hours. We made a quick stop in Vigan (which is in the middle of celebrating its own festivities) and had lunch near Plaza Burgos: Sinanglaw and a 355mL bottle of Pepsi. Yum!

Have I told you that from Pagudpud southwards, I've counted a total of 17 checkpoints, the last being in a town within Tarlac. My mom on the otherhand counted as much as 30 construction roadblocks starting in Ilocos Norte downwards. Hehehe.

Thanks to SCTX, we got home in Valenzuela as early as 10pm...yey! The trip in NLEX was exceptionally smooth, being able to take a turn to Valenzuela Exit and headed towards Maysan Road before emptying itself to McArthur Highway. We took a left turn to Gen. Santiago Street in Malinta and crossed the border to Santulan, Malabon which is in the middle of its May festival before taking a right turn to M.H. del Pilar northward to Arko.

And the next thing I knew, we were home....

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Oh, yeah...I forgot to tell you. Here's another politico making his presence known via a tarpaulin of his we found in front of the municipal hall of Sinait, Ilocos Sur: