The Dubai Chronicles

Friday, December 29, 2006

road to sagada: lumiang coffins

on our way to the yogurt house for lunch, we encountered another group with foreign tourists and was asked by the guide on where we heading. we told them that we're going back to town for lunch.

"did you see the coffins already?" he inquired.

"the hanging ones? yeah we did. we just went down to sumaging (cave)."

"no, i mean the coffins in the cave..."

"cave?" we're puzzled already.

he told us that there's another cave with coffins in the entranceway. it's called lumiang cave and graveyard site and told us to tag along with them (another freebie ride) since the tourist spot was closed to public. the guides only have the key in order to enter since a lot of vandals are destroying the sanctity of the place.

on the entrance of lumiang cave... a few minutes walk from sumaging cave


the trail to lumiang cave is somewhat concealed and cannot be seen if you're not observing the side of the road. the guide leaded us to a descending, rocky and steep pathway. five minutes from the road, we reached the cave entrance.

manong, the guide


the coffins are stacked and piled together at the entrance of a deep and cold cave. some say that these coffins were centuries old. he told us that the descent to the cave is dangerous and only serious spelunkers can go in. the place was cleaned and there's a sign telling that visitors should not touch anything from the place. we did our objective by taking some shots and we were requested to leave the premises since the guide is going to sumaging cave.

the "leader" coffin, separated from the others


the coffins in a wide-angle view. sign says "notice. please do not get anything inside. don't open the coffins."


going back to the paved foot path was hard... you have to climb back the steep and rocky trail. we were perspiring hard and exhausted. it took us more than fifteen minutes just to get out of the trail due to rest and slow pace. moments later, we're back in the road.

on the way we met few locals and tourists, some obliged to be photographed. on a curve we saw this shop and started snooping the goods. we ended up shopping for pasalubongs (gifts). since i have no more time for christmas shopping, i bought stuffs for my loved ones as gifts.

a little souvenir shopping


after our wallets and pockets almost emptied from shopping, we headed back to our favorite dining place, the yogurt house. the place is a little bit small but the ambience is nice. food is expensive but it's good plus the serving is big. i'd say you visit this place to eat. :)

lunch at yogurt house


finishing lunch, we headed back to our room and recharged ourselves for another trek...

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