Pagudpud Run
January 15 and 16, 2000
Joey Pery
Date: Mon Jan 17, 2000 9:57 am
Subject: Back from PAGUDPUD
Hi Folks,
I guess I'm the first one back from the trip,
that's me and Robbie BTW. We arrived in
Manila
at 12:00 midnight last night. The others,
Joey A.,
Chem, Norman, and Jason decided to go up to
Baguio and
spend the night
there. Keith decided to stay in Ilocos Norte with
his wife.
Boy-oh-boy-oh-boy, what a trip! That run from
Laoag to Pagudpud is something else! The best roads the country has to offer.
Ripple free, winding, and with great views. That Aquaeduct was something else.
We climbed to the top of the lighthouse (a first for me). We had Lobster (real
Lobster) for lunch at a beach in Pagudpud.
Among the many highlights of the
trip were three low mountain ranges (AKA winding roads!). The first two were
separated by a long aquaduct under which the waves of the northern most
Philippine shore were crashing beneath. The next two were separated by this long
shoreline straight, I would say about 2 kms., where you could hit around 160
before coming to the next mountain range.
We have loads and loads of
pictures, movies, etc.
We met this wonderful man with a
Miata who lives in Laoag, Mr. Pompey Crisologo. He invited us to dinner Saturday
evening at his house (great house) and the next morning he led our trip North
from Laoag. At first we thought he was going to be a slouch at 65 yrs., but he
drove at a very good clip. Very enjoyable! He took us all the way to the
boundary of Cagayan before turning back. Because of his generous hospitality, we
took the liberty of making him an honorary member. We'll be mailing him a club
T-shirt and a cap and copies of the photos. We already gave him a club sticker.
Lot's of stories, lot's of laughs. This run
should be experienced by
all club members at least once and I'm sure that
the number of runners will just keep getting bigger and bigger every year
because I for one am going back!
Next meeting we'll have so much to talk about.
JoeyP
PS. The lowest point of the trip
was the *&%$#@!# North Expressway on the way back to
Manila. I swear
that highway is getting
really bad specially after experiencing the roads
up north.
Jason Cuadra
Date: Tue Jan 18, 2000 3:40 pm
Subject: Paugdpud and Naguillan rd
Wowowowowow!!! The best part of the Pagudpud run for me was chasing Joey A up Naguillan road! It was around 8pm, few other cars around , pitch black; the effect was surreal. What a high! I didn't think I was capable of driving that road that fast! It's like a dream now. We weren't gunning it to the limit on the straights, but we were taking the turns pretty well. Imagine the drop if you overshoot the turns! :-) Joey said what was slowing him down was that his lights didn't have enough spill to the sides to illuminate the turns(!) :-O What a guy!