“We’re losing it!” I yelled in a blend of enjoyment as well as panic as the 4×4 jeepney we were riding stirred dust across the large arid land. The huge sphere of terminate is slowly dipping in the horizon, as well as the sea yearn trees — which under typical situations I would discover delightful — were blocking the view. We’re losing it, I whispered again, this time in a tone that was coming from a location between unhappiness as well as frustration. We just lost the sunset.
But there was no time to be unhappy. The car accelerated under the twilight skies, illuminated by the afterglow of the sunset that we just missed. The weak sunlight hurdling the horizon ended up being our guide as well as there we were in the middle of a desert in Ilocos Norte, just about to begin our sandy adventure. Up as well as down the sand dunes we went while we struggled to keep a great grip on the security bars. Taking pictures was a difficulty since not only did we not have sufficient light, I definitely did not want to be in the the next day’s news about a blog writer who unintentionally as well as stupidly got thrown off the vehicle.
The sunset afterglow.
We were in the middle of Paoay Sand Dunes, one of the numerous thirsty lands in Ilocos. On the airplane while approaching the Laoag runway, my eyes were treated to view of spectacular landscapes, which are patched with numerous mini-deserts. This location was one of those. Paoay Sand Dunes is an 88 sq km parched paradise that lies adjacent Suba Beach. It is one of the two many prominent sand dunes sites in the province, the other one being La Paz in Laoag City.
Imagine sandboarding here!
The 4×4 jeepney can bring as much as 5 pax (excluding the chauffeur as well as traveler seats)
Our car slowed down to a halt on the top of a sand wave. Our guide hopped out of the chauffeur seat as well as asked who among us were interested to go sandboarding. I increased my hand like it had never been increased before! never mind that I had never tried it, not even once. never mind that I was using tight pants, which would get incredibly filthy after. never mind that I had just recuperated from a awful situation of asthma. The desert be damned, I just missed the sunset as well as there’s no method I will miss this!
I got on the board, bent my knees to a combating form, as well as slid down to the valley! however not before crashing. halfway on the method down, I lost balance as well as faltered. chosen up the board. Climbed back up. Let’s try again! The second attempt was perfect. I reached the base of the sandy cliff without touching the ground! Ha! I was getting lost in the delusion that I was the very best sandboarder in the world of all time ever ever ever when the rest of the group called us back up. It was time to get moving, for the light was dwindling.
Whooooop! Slide!
The nasty part of sandboarding is climbing back up. Haha
No point of that trip was comfortable. When its enormous wheels roll on the tough terrain, we at the back of the car might feel every muscle mass in our body tremble as if we were in those elegant massage chairs. The difference is, this was not unwinding at all. We needed to hold on for our dear lives for this one. It is rather funny that while I stood there, I had this terrible feeling that my body would get sore that night (and it did) yet I desired much more — much more dunes, much more shaking, much more sandboarding! The farther we got as well as the longer our trip went, the much more I wished to stay there. Alas, the dark was blanketing the desert.
How to get there: From Laoag, one choice is to take a tricycle to Paoay Sand Dunes. Here, you may lease a 4×4 jeepney. The expense of the trip is typically P2500 inclusive of the ride, guide fee, as well as the utilize of sandboard. The jeep can bring as much as 5 pax so you may want to divide the expense among the group if you’re part of one.
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