Going on trips or vacations usually entail buying souvenirs or pasalubong for our family, friends or loved ones. I, myself, makes it a point to buy a ref magnet in every place I go to. Before I went to Banaue and Batad, I had no idea what else can be bought there aside from Tapuy (rice wine), keychains and tshirts. :)
So to help you with your souvenir shopping, here are some new items that you can bring home and where we saw them:
1. Coop near the wet market - after going down the pink stairs from the Tourist Information Center, turn right and in the corner facing the wet market, you will find this small coop store where you can find an assortment of Ifugao products to buy like Mountain Tea Leaves, Ifugao coffee, Ginger tea (powder), Herbal tea, Tapuy, tourist map, shirts and handicrafts.
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Behind the shelf with Mountain Tea and Ifugao Coffee is a Tour Map
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| Ifugao Midland Coffee and Taronut Cookies |
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| Tinawon rice and ground organic coffee |
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| one of a kind cards made by the Ifugao and more keychains |
2. Main Viewpoint souvenir shops - go shop-hopping around the souvenir shops at the main viewpoint and you'll be overwhelmed by the plethora of things you can buy, most of which are considered normal pasalubong items like keychains, shirts, kitchen items, handicrafts, ref magnets, etc.
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souvenir shop facing the Banaue Rice Terraces
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assortment of keychains for 15 Php each
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some of the keychains are made from Kamagong wood
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Headdresses for rent or for sale
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| More shops lining the streets going to the Mian Viewpoint |
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And of course, I wouldn't go home without buying my ref magnetst, both of which I bought at the souvenir shop of Uyami Restaurant.
The Taronut cookies turned out to be a hit and we actually the bought the bulk of it on the shops near the coop, just past the wet market. Price per box varies from Php 60 - 65.
What do you usually buy for souvenir or pasalubong? :)
Until next time!
