After our day of action in and around Sagada, we were back on the road today, to make the good 160km to Baguio. The drive along high and curvy mountain roads in the end took us a good five hours of pure driving time.

With this drive we were finally leaving mountain province, with our first stop at the sign and viewpoint. We continued on the high road – with our next stop at the highest point in the Filipino highway system at 7400ft / 2250m above sea level (according to the sign) near Cattubo, Benguet – a perfect spot for a lunch break …

… and later on for an introduction to one of the more questionable specialties of Filipino cuisine – balut (essentially a fertilized, boiled egg with an embryo inside). Well – I skipped (as did everyone else in the group), balut was just pushing it too far …