June 4, 2006 – Sunday
It was a good weather when we woke up. Sunrise was at its best. Fog covers most of the plain. Today will be our most exciting day at Sagada, our sight-seeing tour. Our call time was 6am but we woke up around 7:30am. Meaning we were an hour and a half late on our itinerary. Our tour guide was already waiting for us outside the inn. We hurriedly changed clothes and requested him some time so we can have breakfast. He agreed to meet us around 8:30am at St. Joseph Convent where we will have our 1st meal of the day.

(Corned beef, scrambled egg with rice and Sausage, egg with rice) We want something organic so we ordered their local tea for our beverage. We ordered Sagada tea with basil and Sagada tea with peppermint. Our breakfast damaged us around php300.00. It’s your option if you’d like to take your breakfast inside the café or in their garden. We ate at the garden to breathe some fresh air. We were surprised when they served us the tea. We thought it’ll be served in a cup but instead, they served a kettle full of tea.



After the underground river, we headed back to town to prepare for Sumaging Cave and to have lunch. We took some pictures of the rice fields we passed. Our tour guide told us that the view is magnificent when the rice crops were still young and green.
We went straight to Masferre Restaurant to have a quick lunch. We don’t have enough time and we need to start our way to Sumaging cave by 1pm. The spelunking will take around 3-4 hours, depends on how fast we can finish the trek inside the cave. Caving is no longer allowed after 5pm so we need to get out by that time. We met our tour guide in front of our hotel. The road to Sumaging cave is the same road where our hotel is located.


“These caves are Kabunyans (God) gift for Sagadians and all lovers of beauty and nature. Remember these wonders are millions of years old. Man was born only yesterday. We therefore have no right to destroy these legacies, only our duty to protect and preserve them.”
We arrived at the hotel around 4:30pm, took a quick shower and rest. Our feet sores due to endless walking.
Exactly 6 pm, we arrived at Log Cabin Café for our scheduled dinner. Since the café was closed to public on that day, the café appeared like it was reserved for us. We had our dinner near the fireplace which I found romantic. The pastas we ordered were mouth watering especially the penne with sausage and wild mushrooms. It’s fantastic. It overflows with Hungarian sausage, mushrooms and you can actually taste the fresh herb used. Each order of pasta was actually good for sharing. To sum it up, in my opinion, Log Cabin is the best restaurant in Sagada in terms of ambiance, price and food.
We headed back to our hotel and we boozed ourselves with a bottle of beer. Since we were really tired and have body pain, we didn’t notice that we've fallen asleep.
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