Enjoying hot balut from one of our stop overs going to Sagada!
The fog is all over the place when we arrived at the Banaue Rice Terraces view point, but we are still blessed because after few minutes the fog gave way and we were able to see the magnificent view of Banaue Rice Terraces!
The Banaue Rice Terraces (Filipino: Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are 2,000-year-old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the indigenous people. The Rice Terraces are commonly referred to by Filipinos as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand.
On the view point, there is no entrance fee but there is a local/manang who will ask you for donations, some of us gave her 20php, some 50php but it actually doesn't matter since it is a "donation" you can give any amount you wish.
There is also an eatery in the view point where you can have your breakfast, price range from 100-150php. The choices are tapsilog/tocilog/etc, they also serve coffee and cup noodles and they use their local brown rice for their menus.
Going to Sagada, you will pass by a lot of rice terraces and one of them is the Bontoc Rice Terraces (photo shown below)
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