After a funfilled day frolicking sa pool, we finally checked out sa Thunderbird Resort and decided to have lunch sa Babalu's Bulalo:
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| Babalu's Bulalo |
Nakita namin ito the day before and andaming nakapark na trucks at vans so shempre, kung san kumakain ang mga driver, ibig sabihin masarap ang pagkain dun (may ganun talaga.)
I volunteered to drive all the way to Manila para makatulog naman si Beltran. So keri keri lang, nakita ko sa mapa all I need to do is drive straight, wala naman kailangang likuan until I get to the town of Rosario sa La Union. All I need to do is stick to the main road. Iba ang route namin ngayon kasi yesterday nagdetour pa kami sa Manaoag.
So keri lang, drive drive habang humihilik yung katabi ko at buti nalang di niya nakikitang inoovertake ko yung mga 10 wheeler na trak. When all of a sudden, I had this sinking feeling....
sakto naman nalingat si Beltran. I asked him to check the map... Pero after a few minutes mejo ok na kasi nakita kona sa tabi ng daan na we are in the town of Rosario. Sakto lang.
This road should take us to Manila. Pero bakit parang puro bundok sa paligid?
Keri lang, sabi ni Beltran. We are on the right track. Basta deretsuhin ko lang yung daan until we reach the Rosario Junction where I should turn right to Manila. This junction should be easy to find kasi the main road ends here and all you need to do is take the left road or right road (to Manila).
So ok, derecho pa ren ang maneho ko... until we saw an intersection with a road to the left and may malaking sign dun "MANILA" and may arrow pakaliwa. Nagtaka ako. Akala ko ba kelangan ko lang dumerecho?
Nakita ren ni Beltran. In fact, there was another sign on the right side of the road (passenger's side) na nagsasabi I have to take a left to Manila. Ok, so masunurin kami at tutal anlaki laki ng sign na nagsasabing MANILA then an arrow to the left... so kumaliwa ako.
Kaso bakit ganun? Naging zigzag yung daan...? Tapos paakyat na kami ng bundok... Tapos may signboard na we are going to the town of "Pugo". Where the hell is Pugo? Familiar daw kay Beltran pero di niya maalala kung saan.
Tapos ito pa ang matindi... nakita ni Beltran ang signboard sa nakasalubong naming bus: PASAY. What the hell is going on??!
And naalala na ni Beltran. The town of Pugo is along Marcos Highway paakyat ng Baguio.
Beltran said, "Turn around".
"Whut?!"
"Mag U-Turn ka na!"
"Saglit maghahanap ako ng maayos na pwesto, ambibilis ng sasakyan baka banggain tayo sa likod pag huminto ako bigla..."
So finally nag U-Turn kami and on the way back... there were more signs saying na we should turn left to Manila... which means we should have never taken this road in the first place and dinerederecho lang namin yung road kanina.
So pagbalik sa unang intersection, we looked for the first MANILA sign which led us to this wrong road.
It was gone. There was nothing but talahib where the sign should have been.
Pakingshet.
Beltran insisted on driving at sabi ko kaya ko pa. Sabi niya siya nalang daw. Ok fine. Pagdating sa Petron, nagpalit kami. I knew something was up. I asked him what was wrong, bakit niya pinilit na siya nalang magdrive.
Nabanggit ko na bang meron nga pala siyang 3rd eye? The reason he insisted on turning around kanina is because pagtingin niya pala sakin habang nagdadrive ako, may nakita daw siyang babaeng nakaputi na nakaupo sa likod ko na nakatawa habang nakatingin sa dinadaanan namin... tapos biglang nawala.
Ayus.
This is Theridion grallatora, a.k.a. the Happy Face Spider. 
love!
