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From Baler Bus/Van: with EJ Liner, D'liner and Maria Au 192 Central Luzon From Baler terminal (3 hrs). Destination could be Aparri, Ba - Bus/Van: With EJ Liner, D’Liner and Maria Au - ler, Casiguran, San Jose or Tuguegarao. De par - rora Express (4 hrs). Vans take 3 hrs. Genesis ture for Aparri and Tuguegarao from the Baliwag Transport buses to Manila go via Cabanatuan. Transit Cubao terminal hourly from 6-11am and 6-11pm. From Banaue Bus: With Ohayami Trans (6 hrs). Destination n Manila. Doesn’t get into Cabanatuan until mid - Baler o Pop 36,000 / Postcode 3200 / Tel (042) z night, so it would perhaps be better to first take u L a bus or jeepney to Bagabag or Solano in the Baler is the capital of Aurora Province on the wild l a morn ing and board one of the many buses there east coast of North Luzon where the famous r t heading for Manila. ‘Charlie don’t surf’ scene in Francis Ford Cop - n e pola’s multi-award winning anti-war movie C From Manila Apocalypse Now was shot in 1978. After the Bus: With Baliwag Transit, Five Star (few depar - filming had been completed, Coppola handed tures) an d Genesi s Transpor t fro m thei r Cubao the surfboards over to the youth of Baler and Cabanatuan, Baler 193 single-handedly started a surfing craze. Since pine Surfing Circuit season opens on the dark then, this place has been known as the cradle of sandy beach at Sabang with the three-day com - surfing in the Philippines. petition for the Aurora Surfing Cup , further From the peaceful little Baler Church in the cen - events taking place in Catanduanes, La Union, tre of the town, footsteps in cement lead to the Mindanao (Siargao Island and Surigao del Sur) nearby Doña Aurora House , a model of the and Samar. Other popular surfing spots around house belonging to the family of former president Baler are the Cobra Reef on the beach at Ce - Manuel L Quezon’s wife. Standing next to it is his men to, and of course Charlie’s Point at the mouth restored Chrysler Airflow Limousine from 1936. of the Aguang River at the northern end of Sa - From Burgos St you get to the barangay Zabali, bang Beach where, in a surrealistic movie scene, where a picturesque, if rickety, hanging bridge Coppola has a village attacked accompanied by spans the broad Tibag-Sabang River - a wobbly the stirring strains of Richard Wagner’s Ride of C experience only for those who have a head for the Valkyries while a few Marines show off their e n heights. surfing skills in the background. t r a Surf Shops on the Baywalk along Sabang Beach l Surfing rent surfboards (P200/hr) and provide surfing L u In December the strong surf should be enough lessons (P400/hr). z o for the most avid of surfers. Surfing season is Aliya Surf Shop, Cel 0939-9390929, Dehins Surf n from September/October to February/March. The Shop, Cel 0939-9020227, Mahdox Surf School, first event of the season is the Surf & Music Cel 0928-3797349, @, (also rents out rooms in Festiva l in October. Ever y February , th e Philip- it s Backdoo r Vill a set back a bit fro m th e beach 194 Central Luzon n o z u L l a r t n e C Baler 195 Cel 0998-8923232; from P2000), and Michael Surf Shop, Cel 0939-9390786. Charlie Does, Bu- And...Action! Charlie Don’t Surf ton St (next to Bahia de Baler 2), Tel 7240117, in As the US Army attack at dawn a village addition to surfing courses also offers surfing tours. controlled by the Vietcong (‘Charlie’) with helicopters swooping in from the sea, in Museum order to protect a patrol boat approaching Museo de Baler , Quezon St. 8am-noon, 1-5pm. the river mouth, Colonel Kilgore finds out This museum in the little Quezon Park, graced that the boat crew includes a former profi- by a decorative façade, contains a few historical surfer, Lance B Johnson. Surf-crazy Kil gore, artefacts from Aurora Province. The focal point of played by Robert Duvall, challenges him to the park is provided by a bronze statue of the ride the waves together while mortars are seated Manuel Luis Quezon, the city’s most fa - detonating all around them. When Johnson mous son, who was elected president of the Phi - points out that the nearby enemy are lippine Commonwealth in 1935. For lovers of vin - making the situation far too dangerous for tage cars: in front of the museum stands the that kind of ‘R&R’, Kilgore responds laconi - restored original of a Cadillac Cabriolet (1937 cally: ‘Charlie don’t surf’. To clear out poten - Cadillac Series 90 V 16 Custom Town Car) that was built by General Motors for President Que - tial snipers, he has the whole area bombed zon, but given to General MacArthur in 1938 for with napalm and then utters one of the most the duration of his duty in the Philippines. famous sentences of any Hollywood movie: ‘I love the smell of napalm in the morning’. Shopping Pasalubong Center , Recto St (at the bus termi - Bay’s Inn , Cel 0918-9266697, @. P1000-1200 nal and market). Culinary and handicraft special - (fan) and P1400-2600 (4 people, hot water); incl. ties of Aurora Province are available, including breakfast. Somewhat older accommodation with traditional clothing woven with fibres from the basic, quite good rooms, most however without sabutan plant, bags, hats and mats. hot water (if necessary, they’ll give you a bucket with a portable immersion heater). Restaurant Places to Stay (Fr and Sa 24 hours). Along the beach in Sabang about 2 dozen places Pacific Waves Inn , Cel 0928-8011888, @. P1200- offer accommodation, most of them belonging to 4000 (10 people); discount possible if aircon not the basic category, some raise their prices at the used. Basic and clean, the rooms in the main weekends. There are a few alternatives in the building are inviting and pleasingly furnished, town. It’s 2 km from the bus terminal to Sabang some with veranda. Popular with local tourists. Beach (tricycle P15 per person). Located on a less busy section of the beach; en- trance next to the Iglesia ni Cristo. Baler Pedervera Beach Resort , Buhangin, Cel 0918- Carlito’s Inn , Ong St, Cel 0908-8720816. P800- 9675958, @. P1500-2000 (4 people); incl. break - 1100 (4 people). Basic, but by all means accept- fast. Cosily decorated rooms in good condition. able. Shared balcony for outside seating. On the Peaceful resort with a long, sturdy stone building western edge of town near the Capitol Building. 4 km north of the main section of Sabang Beach Same pricing for rooms in the annex in Burgos St . at Charlie’s Point, just north of the river estuary. Machiavelli Lodge , Molina St, Cel 0947-8919217 . Bay-ler View Hotel , Cel 0919-2863105, @. P1600-2200. Practically furnished hotel near City P1600-3000; incl. breakfast Pleasant, functional Hall. rooms for 2, 3 and 4 people, some with sea view. C Restaurant. e n Sabang Beach Aliya Surf Camp & Resort , Cel 0939-9390929, t r a Baywalk Tent City & Cottages , Cel 0939- @. P2100-4500 (7 people); incl. breakfast. Clean, l 9390786. P150 per person (tent, P100 if in own practically furnished rooms with 2 basic beds. L u tent). Neighbours of Freddie’s Place (Live-Mu sic) Restaurant, pool table, swimming pool. z o and Michael Surf Shop. Bahia de Baler 2 (Casa de Bahia) , Cel 0917- n Surfer Girls Lodge , Cel 0917-5715094. P800 8574424, @. P5900-6600 (at the weekends P600 (fan), P1300-2000 (4 people). Friendly little guest - surcharge); incl. breakfast. 3-storey building with house with only a few rooms. Beach location. immaculate, light rooms. Not directly on the beach. 196 Central Luzon Use of the swimming pool at the sister hotel Nearest ATMs in Cabanatuan at the BPI, BDO, Costa Pacifica Resort opposite. Metrobank and PNB. Bahia de Baler 1 (Casita de Bahia) , Cel 0917- Kayaks: Charlie Does Surf, Tel 7240117, rents 8574424, @. P7200-10,900 (P600 surcharge at out 1, 2 and 3-person kayaks. the weekends); incl. breakfast. Long, flat building Tours: Half-day tour with a tricycle P500 (3 peo - with good, spacious rooms, all with small terrace. ple), whole-day tour P800, the latter incl. Ditu - Attractive accommodation, although not right on mabo Falls and Balete Tree. The Tourist Office the beach. Swimming pool. organises knowledgeable drivers. Charlie Does Costa Pacifica Resort , Cel 0917-8448371, @. Surf, Tel 7240117, offers bicycle, kayak and trek - P8400-18,000 (P600 surcharge at the week - king tours besides surfing tours. ends); incl. breakfast. Light and friendly, with Tourist Office : Aurora Provincial Tourist Office, modern design, some of the roughly 100 gener - Capitol Compound, Quezon St, Cel 0921- ously sized rooms however with no sea view. 3207015, @. Restaurant. Big resort with a sunbed area and 2 swimming pools. Getting Around Motorcycle: P500-800/day, eg at Charlie Does Places to Eat Surf, Tel 7240117. Baler Surfer Grill , Sabang Beach. Star attrac - Bicycle: P100/hr and P300-650/day, eg at tion at this far from everyday barbecue station is Charlie Does Surf, Mahdox Surf School/Back - a VW Beetle under whose bonnet the grill sizzles door Villa, Cel 0928-3797349, 0998-8923232, away. Barbecue every weekend in a fresh ocean and in the Pajaroja Lodge, Cel 0907-2231771. breeze under the palms (chicken, fish, meat), as well as stacked Surf Burgers and delicious Surfer Getting There & Away Meals served up on a wooden board (P200).
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