I arrived at almost 6:00am from Baguio and was dropped by KMS bus right
on the doorstep of Las Vegas Lodge, and I was immediately ushered in by the
friendly “Caloy”.
Location: The lodge was a bit off the center of the town, up on the
main highway where most provincial buses pass, about 1.5 kms away but there are
tricycles passing by regularly, fare is 10 pesos, or take a leisure walk for 15
minutes to town center. There are some
mini stores around but if you fancy eating at restaurants, you have to go down
to the town center (Poblacion). The
Cordillera Museum is in front on a sloping hill few meters up.
The place is a nice guesthouse-type with rooms at the lower levels of
the house overlooking some nice rice terraces below. It’s a 3-level wooden house, the family who
owns the place also live there. The
lobby is also a restaurant with large
windows overlooking the rice terraces.
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| Las Vegas Lodge on the right side if coming from Banaue town center.. |
No electrical socket inside the room, so if you need to charge your
phones, cameras, laptops or any electronic gadget, you’ve to use the electrical
sockets at the lobby/restaurant at a fee of 20 pesos.
A level down below are the rooms where I have mine, very simple and
small enough for one or two persons, a table and a desk, don’t ever look for an
airconditioner, this is Banaue, it’s cold especially at night. The bathroom is shared, there’s one toilet on
the room level, shower and toilet down the room floor through wooden stairs. The shower though is cold.
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| Las Vegas Lodge's single room. |
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| Las Vegas Lodge's lobby and dining area. |
Manang Paz, his husband and his three sons are friendly and helpful. You can have your breakfast at the lobby if there are enough people in the
guesthouse, otherwise, you have to go down to the town center for a meal.
The popular Las Vegas Restaurant in Poblacion nd another guesthouse,
the Nature’s Mist are also owned by the same owner of Las Vegas Lodge, the
Bustamante family.
Most nights I was the only person in the guesthouse so on my fourth
day, I was taken by Manang Paz to another place to stay, a good friend of hers,
at the Poblacion, right at the very center of the town.
Price: P300/night, no
breakfast.
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