It was going to be a long haul to San Juan. It's only about 300 kilometres, but due to the nature of travelling on the highways, we actually couldn't do it one day. Our first day took 10 hours and included 4 different buses. First from San Felipe to Iba, then Iba to Santa Cruz, then Santa Cruz to Dagupan, and finally Dagupan to Baguio. Some buses were air conditioned, and some were not. Some had the standard 4 seats across, and one actually had 5. It wasn't as cramped as you might expect, but still... wow! Along the way we saw a lot of rice being dried on the side of the road. You use what you've got, I guess. Arriving in Baguio, which is built over top of ridges high up in the mountains,
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