Adventures in Asia: Back to Manila, Philippines

Sadly I had to leave Banaue yesterday morning and make my way back to Manila.  I walked down the street from 7th Heaven to find a jeepney, and this time it was quite easy to do so and the driver was communicative and friendly.

I did not get a picture of the jeepney I was in, but I did get to take a picture of one through the window across the street while we were stopped in Lagawe.

From Lagawe it was another hour and a half or so to a place called Bagabag, and the jeepney dropped me off at what is called the Bagabag junction.  It did not look like much of a transit station, but the junction proved to be a bus and jeepney hub!

I took a seat in the shade next to a pile of these pies that vendors hawk on the buses when they stop.

I waited less than an hour before a bus came by that was going to the Sampolac bus station in Manila.  I possibly could have gotten on one even earlier, but I waited until I was confident.

It proved to be a great bus, because I got two seats to myself the whole time, and it had WiFi!  It was about 12:30 once I got on, and we reached Manila around 19:30.  I jumped off early, because I realized we were stopped below an LRT station, and I figured it would be easier/faster to take the LRT further into the city rather than wait for the bus to make its way through traffic.  I think this was a good choice, because I was back at my hostel by 20:00--plus I got to experience the LRT, which was certainly the most modern of the Philippines modes of transportation I have used!