Trip To Cagayan during the Bataan and Good Friday.

Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in theCagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital isTuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south. Along the way we stop at the Famous Alacala Milk Candy store Making it fresh everyday since 1930 in a small household operation in the town of Alcala, these milk pastilles made out of carabao’s milk wrapped in thin sheet of white Japanese paper. They are not too sweet but is enough to quench a sweet craving. The aroma is unmistakably that of warmed milk, so reassuring like the Pinoy version to Kraft caramel candies. It comes in packs of 12 priced at 20 pesos a pack . I simply gobble down a pack in one sitting. The Town of Sta Ana in Cagayan valley is the last town of the philippines in the North. It is over 400 miles away from the capital Manila and almost 15 hour away by land. Gone are the day where as a ghost town is now busltling with activity since they host it as Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Free Port. It is the new home of Surplus/Used car from Japan and Korea.
Along the highway, a market selling the freshest marine life from stingray, yellow fin, etc the price is a "catch" if you compared in Singapore dollar value.




Finally. after an ardous jourmey we reach a road leading toAnguib beach, home to two major resort complexes - the Macau based Sun city and Xiamen Based Eastern Hawaii. The Resort GM Mr Anthony, favourite phrase , we have a resort plenty of excitement "we have the sea, the land, and fresh air if all this bored you, we still have casino that never sleeps". Among the largest investments are two leisure-resort and gaming support service complexes, which is currently under expansion to provide a total of 600 rooms for foreign guests from the current 400 room capacity. rooms, including villas, KTV, water sports. Larger aircraft are also using the Tuguegarao airport which presently caters to international chartered flights to and from Macau, and has a frequency of two flights per week to bring tourists to Sta. Ana while the CEZA international airport remains to be completed. Oh, by the way, the currency use here are Hong Kong denomination of transaction. They have a chinese restaurant selling most of the authentic Hong Kong Dishes, Desserts & Beverages To Choose From.

Apart from relaxing on the beach and soaking up the sun, Here you can enjoy a picnic in the scenic area and take a refreshing swim in the natural swimming pool. Nearby you can find the fishing village with a nice sandy beach. You will never run out of activities and adventures to explore sailing to the sunset or nearby Crocodile Island ,Games fishing or rent a motorboat island hopping. Before I sign off we had to thanks Mr Mac Chin, Mrs Margarette Chin and family to invite us to the trip.