Manaog, Pangasinan

We were supposed to go to Cagayan De Oro on Feb 15-21, 2012 but unfortunately according to news there was a low pressure area that will hit Northern and Eastern Mindanao. LPA might be a typhoon and so we thought of an alternative. We thought of going to Camarines Norte but the tour offer was just for 2days and 1 night on Feb 18-19. As Camarines Norte is a long drive from Manila we would like to stay there for at least 3 days and 2 nights thus Camarines Sur was thought of. We've already mailed some resorts for package tour but it seems the bad weather was keep on following us so it was again cancelled. We thought of not pushing our vacation anymore which would have made me very disappointed and sad. Finally, going to Manaoag pop up to my mind, we've been thinking of going there for quite a long time. From EDSA-Crossing we rode on a bus going to Munoz, dropped off to Five star bus terminal (on the right side).

Time Travel         Destination                                                                FARES
05:30 - 10:00        CUBAO to MANAOAG                                                  296.00 each
11:45 - 12:45        MANAOG to DAGUPAN (including waiting time)               30.00 each
12:45 - 14:30        DAGUPAN to ALAMINOS (including waiting time)             65.00 each
14:30 - 16:00        ALAMINOS to BOLINAO  (including waiting time)             45.00 each
16:00 - 17:30        BOLINAO town proper to D' HEREDERO BEACH RESORT  
                           at ILOG-MALINO  (including waiting time)

stop over at mabalacat pampanga

While we were inside  the bus, we haven't decided yet which place we were going to stay at. This was the time that we were trying to contact some of the resorts in Patar, Pangasinan. Most of the resorts accommodation rates we found on the intranet were quite costly. We were on a budget so we only had two options, one was   Solomon's Paradise Bar & Grill and the other one was D' Heredero. At the time, we actually don't know Heredero's resort name. What we had was just a number of a certain person named Biboy. We got his number from this guy named Ian, who posted his number to bloggers sites. We compared the rates Solomon's was offering to Biboy's based on our exchange of text messages. Note that Solomon's offer was a promo while Biboy's was not. Biboy doesn't have photos of his resort's room and offered us to check it out personally.

inside five star bus going to Manaoag

at the altar

The bus dropped us off just in front of the church. We were very hungry when we arrived Manaoag, but we shrug it off for a while as we were trying to catch a morning mass. Mass schedule is every hour. We attended a mass, however the mass intention was for those dead people. Afterwards, we did some picture taking and tried to find the counter for miraculous water but unfortunately we didn't find it. I found also a garden in the back of the church but we did not go there because had to eat our lunch as we were very very. hungry.

people queuing to touch Our Lady of Manaog

after the mass photo of the church

an area for lightning the candle

section for lightning the candle

MASS SCHEDULE:

Monday - Friday:      5:00 am to 11 am (every hour)

Saturday          :      5:00 am to 12 nn; 4:30 pm

Saturday          :      5:00 am to 12 nn; 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm

Blessing of religious articles -  inside the church after every mass.

For those who would like to stay in Manaoag, below are some of the hotels which you may check on.


Manaoag Hotel
203 Soriano St., Poblacion, Manaoag
Manuel Dalupe +6375-519-4495


Pilgrimage Inn
Mendoza St., Poblacion, Manaoag
Bernabe Mendoza +6375-519-4365/ 519-2969

After the mass and a few picture taking, we had our lunch at Mang Inasal, after a few minutes or so..we inquired from locals whether there's a direct bus going to Bolinao from Manaog and we were told that there was no direct route from Manaoag to Bolinao. But instead we were advise to ride on a van going to Dagupan. Then Dagupan to Alaminos to Bolinao.

We didn't get to stay longer in Manaog  because we were trying to catch the daylight for Bolinao as we are not familiar with the town. It was our first time to set our foot both in Manaoag and Bolinao.