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Asin Roads Natural And Man-Made Wonders

The Asin–Nangalisan–San Pascual Road(also known as the Baguio–Tubao Road, Tubao–Asin Road or Asin Road) is a major road in La Union and Benguet, Philippines. This road is dangerous, and has tunnels along the road which used to be intended for rail services from Aringay to Baguio.The road officially opened to public on December 17, 2018.
This road is named after the Filipino word “Asin”, meaning salt. There are resorts and hotsprings such as Pooten’s Resort, Palm Grove Hot Springs and Mountains Resort, Asin Hot Spring, Riverview Water Park, and Neverland Mountain Resort.
The segment of the road in Baguio forms part of National Route 234 (N234) and National Route 233 (N233) of the Philippine highway network. The rest of the road leading to Tubao, La Union remained unnumbered and classified as a tertiary national road. As of recently, due to Marcos Highway was suffering for heavy traffic, the road was rehabilitated to serve as an alternative route down to La Union, but there a little adjustments left.

The Brown Madonna

The Shrine of the Brown Madonna was found by the Padilla’s of Baguio. The place is open to the public, free of charge. Mass is held here once in a while, hosted also by the founder, Narciso Padilla, a known Baguio journalist. The shrine features a 6-7foot tall Brown Madonna at the Cave’s altar. Also the scenery is a good place for a picnic

Sipitan And Yanged Tunnels

These tunnels were constricted during the time of Spanish colonizers by their prisoners of war, sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century.

These were purposely built to form part of the supposed railroad system that was to connect the existing railroad in Damortis La Union and Baguio City. Later the Americans at the start of the 20th century improved the road and the tunnels while constructing the nearby and still operational mini hydro plants that supplies electric power to the city of Baguio. Tunnels 1 and 2 are 96 and 158 meters long respectively, with a height of about 7 meters safe for any kind of vehicle, not a crack is found even after the killer quake in July 16, 1990