Why we Travel by Pico Lyer

"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.

We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.

We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed.

And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more."

We "need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what."

I like that stress on work, since never more than on the road are we shown how proportional our blessings are to the difficulty that precedes them; and I like the stress on a holiday that's "moral" since we fall into our ethical habits as easily as into our beds at night.

Few of us ever forget the connection between "travel" and "travail," and I know that I travel in large part in search of hardship -- both my own, which I want to feel, and others', which I need to see. Travel in that sense guides us toward a better balance of wisdom and compassion -- of seeing the world clearly, and yet feeling it truly. For seeing without feeling can obviously be uncaring; while feeling without seeing can be blind"

(by: Pico Lyer on Why we Travel, March 18, 2000)

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Transportation from Sagada to Bontoc to Banaue

Transportation time of Departure:

Jeepney: 6:00 am to 9:00 a.m.daily at least every 20 minutes for a

Sagada-Bontoc trip, transfer to a jeepney or bus towards Banaue;

Jeepneys 8a.m. to 1a.m. daily for a Bontoc to Banaue trip;

Buses that goes from Bontoc to Manila via Banaue: CABLE TOUR BUS leaves 3pm, Air-Conditioned. This can also be an option, however expect the fare to be a lot more expensive than the jeepneys because it is intended for a longer trip.

Distance: 18 kilometers, (Sagada-Bontoc)

About 60 kilometers, (Bontoc-Banaue)

Travel Time: About 30 minutes ride (Sagada-Bontoc);

About 2.5 hours ride (Bontoc-Banaue)

Fare: P45 pesos (Sagada-Bontoc) - jeepney

P100 pesos (Bontoc-Banaue)- jeepney


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