After a month of hiatus from blogosphere, here I am writing again about the places I’ve been to during the past couple of weekends. As much as I wanted to punch the keys and write all the beautiful places I’ve been and treasured experiences I had, I decided to pause and savor the memories of my Ilocos Escapade.

First Stop Ilocos

The Towering Wind Mill

 After visiting Bohol, it was also one of my plans to go to Ilocos, this year. Actually I am from North part of Luzon and yet never did I set my foot in the land of Ilocos. So I was a bit excited knowing my friend /officemates/dabarkads/siblings from different mothers (I missed you guys this way) decided to go to Ilocos. Even if I just recovered to a week bout of flu (thanks sa Bioflu- babangon ka talaga sa flu lol!), I still decided to join. So after all the planning, budgeting and finalizing the transportation we hit the road and took almost 12 hours of bus ride to Ilocos.

First Stop: Bangui Windmills

Our first stop was in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, hometown of Rhea, one of our officemates. We dropped by their place for a meet and greet moment with her titos, titas, and grandparents. One of the best traits of Ilocanos is their hospitality. We felt like we’re home during our stay. Thanks also to a sumptuous breakfast. Our morning was energized by Adobo and Igado the Ilocano style. Super sarap talaga!

Dormboy meets the Windmills

It was still a long day for all of us. After having heavy breakfast, we prepared for the first part of our itinerary- the Bangui Windmills. When all the guys were set and the van we rented arrived, our journey began.

Nice towering view of windmills

“As a simple trivia: Bangui Windmills can be found in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. It is also known as the NorthWind Bangui Bay Project, a project by the NorthWind Development Corporation as a practice renewable energy sources and to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The project is the first “Wind Farm” in the Philippines consisting of wind turbines on-shore facing the South China Sea and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia. The project sells electricity to the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) and provides 40% of the power requirements of Ilocos Norte via Transco Laoag. ” 

The sea facing north is indeed relaxing!

The towering presence of the windmills was fascinating. I forgot to count how many windmills were there since all of us were excited to see the scene. I only see these windmills in various travel blogs and  Facebook accounts of friends of mine who already visited the place. The sea facing north is also relaxing in the eyes. Amid the scorching heat from the sun, we still enjoyed our time gathering photos and checking the view of the windmills.

The Miniature Windmill Souvenirs

People began to flock minutes after we arrived. Some souvenir items, like key chains and miniature windmills were also available nearby. Bangui Windmills not only provided electrical energy to the people but another tourist spot for Ilocos.  

But before we left the beautiful scenery of the Bangui Windmills, isa munang malufet na JUMP SHOT!!! 

Ang malufet na Jump Shot sa Windmill!!! (Practice pa lang yan...)

 Next stop the Kabigan Falls…. (to be continued).