112
trip journal
Gredel Eunice
Talavera
student
Enzo Luna
blogger /
photographer
PHILIPPINES
Clark
PHILIPPINES
Cauayan
Area code
78
Touchdown
Cauayan Airport
Get to town via
bus, van, tricycle
Check-in
Queen Jennifer Hotel.
Talavera
Compound, National Hwy; tel: +63 78 652
0066
Eat
To indulge and unwind over Ilocano
specialty dishes, Gerries Grill and
Restaurant is the place to go.
22 National
Hwy, Brgy Cabaruan; tel: +63 943 702 0825
Don’t miss
Visit Our Lady of the Pillar
Church in Poblacion, as well as the
Tabacalera warehouse and La Insular
bodegas at Brgy Turayong.
Got more time?
Visit Santa Victoria at
Ilagan, which is just 15 minutes from
Cauayan City.
Shop
Talavera Square Mall.
Talavera
Compound National Hwy
Area code
45
Touchdown
Clark
International (DiosdadoMacapagal)
Airport
Get to town via
jeepney, bus
Check-in
Hotel EuroAsia.
Don Juico Ave,
Malabanias, Angeles City
Eat
Sample authentic Japanese cuisine
at Yu-Fu-In Yakiniku and Japanese
Restaurant.
Don’t miss
Visit the Clark Veterans
Cemetery, the Kamikaze Airfield Site,
Dinosaurs Island and Nayong Pilipino.
Got more time?
Check out the heritage
churches in nearby towns like Betis along
with San Guillermo Parish Church. You
can also do a kalesa tour.
Shop
SMCity Clark is the area’s most
popular shopping mall, but beyond that
there’s Nathaniels, home to sweet treats
for pasalubong.
PHILIPPINES
Virac
Area code
52
Touchdown
Virac Airport
Get
to town via
tricycle, hotel service
Check-in
MaremPension House.
Sta Cruz;
tel: +63 92 9 162 0000
Eat
Dine at Sea Breeze Restaurant and try
the fried carabeef tripe (sinalpungan).
Don’t miss
Surf the majestic waves of
Puraran or stroll along Mamangal Beach.
Got more time?
Go on a one-day Caramoan
island hopping tour. It’s only 40 minutes
fromVirac to Codon Port, and an hour by
boat fromCodon Port to Caramoan.
Shop
Buy Belen’s pili nut goodies and
Impling’s special latik and pinangat as
your pasalubong.
tel: +63 921 410 9504
Pat Lorena
Apil
travel operator
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