Pekkan Falls, in Palias, Vintar, Ilocos Norte
So, last tuesday pumunta kami dito sa falls na ito. Hindi ito alam sa bahay dahil sinabi ko na may school activity kami that day.
8AM yung usapan na time, pero napunta sa quarter to 10 kasi madaming nalate sa pagpunta. Kaya yun “kaming” mga tumupad sa 8 nag antay ng more than an hour. Pero okay lang yun sa amin basta matuloy yung picnic.
Sumakay kami ng jeep papunta doon, hindi namin inexpect na ganun kalayo yong place pero nag-enjoy naman kami sa jeep kasi yun nag picture-picture kami sa loob at sa mga magagandang tanawin. Dumaan kami sa dalawang bundok para marating namin ung entrance ng falls tapos nung nandun na kami sa entrance meron pang about an hour na hike papunta dun sa pinaka falls talaga.
Mahirap at nakakapagod pumunta pero nawawala ang mga ito pag narating mo na ang falls.
magulong picture namin sa jeep
ayan magandang kuha ng picture sa loob ng jeep.
Sa loob ng jeep masaya, kasi nag-pipicture’an kami. Haha. Tapos mag nag bre-break yung jeep na papasama kami sa direksyon.
sa entrance ng Pekkan falls, habang nag reregister at nagbabayad ang iba (nakakatawa yung look ko :D)
Merong kubo dito, nasa may harapan namin. Dun kami kumaen and yung iba sa hindi sumama sa pag hike papunta sa pinaka-falls talaga dun sa kubo natulog at nagpahinga.
tampisaw ng tampisaw
Dito ako unang naligo, kahit wala akong dalang damig. Sige, sulong padin, kaya basang basa ako nag hike papunta ng entrance nung pauwi na kami. Kaya mejo mabigat ang mga damit ko nung pauwi na. Basang basa ako, pati yung katabi ko sa jeep nabasa din ang pants dahil saken. Haha. Sorry!
Pero buti nalang, pag dating ko dito sa bahay hindi na halata na naligo ako, except ako kasi basa parin underwear. Hahaha.
Hindi naman nahalati nina Tatay at Nanay pagdating ko, pero kinabukasan, tinanung saken nung house helper namin kung saan ako nag punta nung tuesday dahil nakita niya yung mga dumi ng shirt at pants ko. Haha. Yun, nag sinungaling ulet ako, sinabi kong pumunta kami ng friends ko dun sa buttong sa may “karayan” nila and nag “luglug” kami ng tubig. Hahaha. :D PEACE!
It’s a beautiful and refreshing place especially these days – not yet rainy season. I was born here in Pallas but to tell you the truth I have not reached the place. Hope to see this place in my next vacation.
Yes its beautiful there. An i hope you can visit it when you come home here in PI. You must condition yourself though, cause there’d be too much hiking and rock climbing.
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TO THE WRITER: JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IN ILOKO, THERE ARE THREE TERMS FOR WATER FALLLS. THEY ARE: 1] TAPUAK [YHIS KIND OF FALLS ONLY HAPPENS DURING RAINY SEASON AND HAS NO WATER AT ALL DURING THE DRY SEASON. IT HAS AN OBVIOUS WATER WAY FOR THE WATER TO DROP DURING THE WET SEASON.] 2] PEKKAN [THIS KIND OF FALLS HAS TRIKLING OR SMALL WATER EVEN DURING THE DRY SEASON BUT COMES FULLY ALIVE DURING THE WET SEASON. 3] DISSOUR [THIS TYPE OF FALLS POR OUT WITH GREAT AMMOUNT OF WATER AT ANYTIME OF THE YEAR.
SO YOU SEE. TO SAY “PEKKAN FALLS” IS A REDUNDANCY AS PEKKAN IS A KIND OF FALLS JUST AS YOU CAN NOT SAN DISSOUR FALLS BECAUSE TIS WOULD MEAN ‘FALLS FALLS’
WITH MY SHORT COMMENT, I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING . . . . . . .VERY TRULLY YOURS, BRILLANTE “ATI” ALBANO
SEASON. SO YOU SEE, TO SAY PEKKAN FALLS IS A REDUNDANCY AS PEKKAN IS A KIND OF FALLS.
correct ka diyan pekkan is ilocano term for falls