Laoag砂丘 最強に安く楽しむ方法 / Laoag Sand Dunes: super budget travel

マニラよりバスで約10時間、フィリピン・イロコス島の北端から下ってやろうの旅2日目。Laoagシティにある、フィリピン唯一の砂丘にやってきた。今回の旅について特にブログを書くつもりもなかったのだが、この砂丘編だけは少しシェアする価値があると思って書いておく。。

All the way from Manila took around 10house by bus, we arrived at the Laoag Sand Dunes for the second day of our trip: named "let's going down from the north edge of Ilocos island to the Manila". Honestly, I wasn't supposed to share this trip, but I changed my mind because my experience of this Sand Dunes was a bit precious to share for those who look for super budget trip but want to enjoy sand dunes.

（Kuya brought us to the sand dunes by his bike)

簡潔にポイントだけ：

・ネット上で出回っている砂丘ツアーは2500ペソ。ぼくら2人で500ペソ。

・The standard price you can refer on the web is 2500peso for a tour. For us this time, just 500peso.

ネット上のトラベルブログなどでシェアされているツアーは、4〜5人用でバン一台、サンドボードレンタル、ガイド、サンドボードレクチャー費込みで2500ペソ（5人で割れば1人500ペソ）。コチラは一般的な固定価格だそうです...
On the internet, you can find blogs saying the general price for the tour: good for 4 to 5 people including the fee of van rental, sand board rental, guide, and lecture of sand boarding, is 2500 peso (500peso each if you divide into 5 people).

ネットに載っていた番号にかけてみると、確かに最初の電話では2人ということでディスカウントがあったたしても2000ペソを要求されました。

For our case, the first conductor we called required us 2000peso for two even after they gave us a discount because of our people number. 

諦めてはいかん！僕たちが求めていたものは、
①砂丘までの運転 ②サンドサーフ ③夕日を見て帰る だけ！ということを電話で交渉。。
見事、LEAD Movement（コンタクト以下に記載）という団体がその条件なら2人で500ペソでもいいよといってくれました yatta-

It's my policy never give up when it comes about money. We continued to call and negotiate with our requirement: ①driver for back and forth to the sand dunes ②sand surfing ③watching san-set.
Luckily, we found a org "LEAD Movement" accepted us and charged just 500peso for two yeah.

よかったよかったhaha
ちなみに連れてきてくれたkuyaのJohnはボーディング初めてのkotaくんにレクチャーまでしてくれましたww

安く楽しく旅をしたい、大事なことは....

とりあえず、交渉！交渉！交渉！ネットだけでは得られないものもある！

the point here for super budget trip is....

Just negotiate, negotiate, and negotiate! and you could get something good beyond the internet. 

LEAD Movement

contact: 0917-841-5155 (for mobile)

+63-917-841-5155 (for land line)

the kuya taking care us named John was super kind and nice guy :)

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"微笑みの都市" バコルド。マスカラ・フェスティバル2014 ／ MassKara festival 2014 in Bacolod "a smile city"

1960年、砂糖産業で有名なここバコルドで砂糖価格暴落という危機が襲った。

多くの住民が生活の危機に陥る中、人々を奮いだたせ困難を乗り切るべくマスカラ・フェスティバルは始まった。

笑顔のマスク、カラフルな衣装、それらをまとったストリートダンスはまさに、困難を笑顔で乗り切ろうとする住民達の強い思いが伝わってくるようだ。

In 1960, people in Bacolod have faced the difficulty by the collapsed of sugar industry, which is one of their main industry. 

Did people get negative? No, they started this festival with the big purpose of getting Bacolod and it's people arose from the difficulty.

It seems their smily mask, colorful costume and street dances with them show us their strong passion to get over the difficulty by smiling. 

マスカラ・フェしティバルはいくつかの項目に分かれており、マスク衣装によるストリートダンスの前には"ピエロ・パレード"と題した各チームによる巨大人形披露パレードもあった。一般的にマスク衣装パレードのほうが大きく取り上げられるが、個人的にコチラのパレードも強く感じるものがあったので紹介しておく。

There are several contents in MassKara festival; one of them is "Crown Parade", which each groups show their crafted big dolls. Although the street dance with masks is generally known more, I would like to introduce this Crown Parade for this time because it touched me stronger in different way personally. 

→もっとマスクの写真見たい人はコチラ　笑←

→More picture of MassKara festival←

こんな感じで、人間の倍以上の大きさの人形達とその制作グループがパレードしていく。

Like this picture, each groups and their crafted giant dolls parade through the street.

 マスク衣装パレード、写真などで見る限りとても明るく楽しそうですが実は多くのダンサーが脱水症状に成る寸前まで踏ん張っており、「楽しい」より「気合い」のほうが強く感じられた。
かわってコチラのピエロパレード、制作グループはもとより観客の人々まで笑顔。（ちなみに中心にいるお婆ちゃんは観客側からいきなり乱入してきましたw）

「苦難は笑って乗り切ろう」という、俗にいう「フィリピン人スマイル」をまさに表したようなこのお祭り。個人的にコチラのピエロパレードのほうに真のフィリピン人魂のようなものを感じた。

It looks very blight and fun when you see mask parade on the picture, but in fact, many dancers looked not fun, but fight because they continued dancing almost on the urge of dehydration. 

On the other hand, all the people even audiences for Crown Parade laughed a lot and looked much fun. (the grandma in the central is an audience lol)

As it is commonly said "Filipino Smile", this festival seems to show the spirit of them "Get over the difficulty by smiling". For me, the Crown Parade is more like that sprit. 

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→The info of festivals in the Philippines←

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フィリピンのアテネオ大学で出会える10コのこと / Ateneo de Manila University: 10 Things You Meet

Ateneo de Manila University is known for one of the top universities leading the Philippines. 

It's clean, high techniques can be seen a lot, and students are fashionable you may not be able to imagine after walking in the outside areas. It's a condensation of development of the Philippines, so that it can be said the best place to study and spend your precious university life. 

Here's what you can meet in there called one of the best university in the Philippines, from the view point of a Japanese exchange student. 

①Traffic jam inside the campus during rush hours / キャンパス内での車の渋滞

Because many of the students in Ateneo are high class, they commute to the school by their own car and it leads the huge traffic jam.

②VISA extension is done at the university office  /  なぜかビザ更新は学内で

Unlike other universities in Manila, Ateneo requires exchange students to extend tourist visa every month not student visa. You have to pay around 3000peso each month to the OIR office governing all exchange students.

③Ride on Tricycle inside campus / キャンパス内でトライシクルに乗る

You can move among each buildings by tricycle which is like a bike taxi. Many of the students use this in order to avoid suffering from a scorching sun. (sometimes you have to wake them up first) 

      ④SUPER friendly cafe "Bo's Coffee" / めっちゃフレンドリーなコーヒーショップ

There is no limitation or manual for their hospitality. Many of Atenean are using this place to engage own work. Go many and let them remember your name so that you would freak commuting this cafe.

      

⑤The full of greens on the campus / 緑溢れる..というか大自然のなかのキャンパス

Because Ateneo was built in a place used be a mountain, there are plenty of remaining greens inside the campus. The air is totally different than outside so that you could live healthy. 

⑥Mango shake / マンゴーシェイク

You can't speak out the Philippines without Mango shake. Only 30peso($0.7) for the size this guy holds. Try it in the morning before you going to the class and wake you up!

 ⑦A lot of sudden canceled class / 急な休講が多い

It is quite often happened in Ateneo and also other universities in the Philippines. Be patient, be positive for everything. 

 ⑧SUPER cold library / めちゃくちゃ寒い図書館

Because the Philippines is tropical island, Philipino always seek the super cold environment to feel the happiness by the difference of temperature.

⑨Stop walking, and listen national song every morning / 立ち止まり、国歌を聞く

At every 8:50am, the Philippines national song is floated up from the big speaker. I recommend you to stop walking during the time in order not to be awkward. 

⑩Party on every Thursday at DTH / 毎週木曜はDTHでパーティー

(Photo credit: ASEC)

Every Thursday, there is a party organized by residents of Dream Team House, where many of exchange students mainly from Europe live together. Also, ASEC, an student organization of Ateneo engaging to make a chance for Atenean to have international exchanges, organizes many events at this place. For those drink lovers, go and drink every Thursday!!

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