If you're going to ask any Filipino in the world what is the summer capital of the Philippines, they will answer only one place. They'll answer Baguio. The last time that i went there was when i was 7 or 8 years old. I was with my uncle. I never thought that I'll be able to go back there again. I was with three friends and my Bebe of course.
They planned the trip for only two days. Dave, James and Bebe planned it. I thought it's not going to push through but last July 25 at 9pm we rode a bus (Victory Liner) going to Baguio. At first a wasn't that excited because I was thinking that I have no money for the trip an
d nakakahiya naman kay Bebe because he's the one who's going to pay for the whole trip.
Couple of days before we left, i kept on telling him that I don't want to go because I don't want him to pay for our expenses. But when he told me na bumawi na lang ako next time. i said Yes, I'll go with him. I was also thinking that since for the past weeks, I've been thinking about my sickness and I needed a break from all of that.
We arrived in Baguio at about 3;30 am, six hours from the time we left Manila. We checked in a the Tulip Inn, a stones throw away from the Victory Bus line terminal and we're at the back of Camp John hay. We paid for the room for only P1700 plus P200 for the extra matress (I think) for an overnight stay. We stayed there for two days, you do the math.
Throughout our stay, we rode taxi's while going around the city. It's
good na walang nagongontrata na taxi at htey can take you wherever you want to go. Puro FX and taxi dun. Galing di ba?
I wan't able to sleep I guess because of excitement. I was thinking about the places we're going and the things that we're going to do for the rest of our stay. It's been more than a decade since I first went there and I am wondering if Baguio change during the time I last went there.
That morning we got up, took some pictures and got ready for the day ahead. The first place we went to was the famous Session Road. It's a downhill road that has lot's of places that served an array of foods. You can choose from Chinese, Italian and Filipino dishes. Of course we chose a Filipino-Chinese restaurant. It served an eat-all-you can brunch. You have to get a bowl and put anything and everything you can from veggies to por
k, chicken, beef and also to top it all of, you can also put different kinds of sauce. It's like you're making your own rice bowl. Once you made your own bowl, they'll fry it and serve it to you hot just like you wanted.
After eating we went to SM Baguio. I heard that the SM here didn't have air conditioning and they are right. SM Baguio is the coldest mall the I've ever been to and wow it's really doesn't have any air conditioning. We went there because James, who works for Oxygen, has to check the shop. Dave bought an Ipod charger because he doesn't have that and we didn't bring our laptop.
the next destination was the Minesview park. We rode a taxi going there and along the way we say the summer house of the president that look like the Malacanang Palace. We also saw the park where they can ride horses (I'm sorry I forgot the name of the park). When arrived there we immediately went to the bangin. We took pictures and I was wowed by the view. Mines view park didn't even changed throughout the years. There's so many tourists also that are doing what tourists do best, kodakan.
After appreciating the beautiful view Minesview has to offer we went bargain and souvenir shopping. I bought an ashtray with a penis carving (P6
5) for my mom ( as a joke), Bebe bought a rosary (P50) for his mom, Dave bought rosary bracelets, James bought key chains (P10 each) and Julius bought 9 shirts (P100 each).
We also went to the market to check for the prices of other pasalubongs that we can buy like ube halaya (3 for P100), lengua de gato (3 for P100), strawberry jam (P90), walis tambo (3 for p100) and of course strawberries (P100).
We also went to Burnham Park. You csn go boating there, eat mais ( ver huge corn), picture taking and ride a bike. We only took pictures there. Before the trip my bebe told me not to smoke ciggies because I'm sick and all, but when we went to th
e park, the wind is blowing hard and I't very cold (at 4pm) and there's nothing I could do but to smoke. Of course I got guilty because I really wanted to stop smoking for faster recovery.
After prancing around the park, we went home, slept and at 10 pm we went out to have dinner. There's a place there called Nevada Square. Kapitbahay lang namin un and it's one of the gimik spots in Baguio. It's a compound that has about 10 Bars in it. you can choose from an acoustic bar, hiphop, trance and dining. We ate at Beach house (one of the bars). I ate lechon kawali and I was surprised to see a familiar face. One of the managers working there was working for a bar in Las Pinas called tito boys. That's where I used to hang out. She told me that the owners of tito boy also owns the place but the owners are not here. Bummer! I thought we'll be getting free food.
It was a very rainy evening and foggy too. I jus stayed indoors while the others are drinking their hearts out. I can't go to closed spaces with lots of people smoking and I can't drink alcoholic drinks as well. So I stayed in the room, listened to James' Ipod. I listened to Avenue Q, which was hilarious, before going to sleep.
After drinking my friends and bebe went to yello cab for a midnight snack. They told me my bebe got dizzy and almost fainted. I didn't know what to do when they told me that. i hope nothing's wrong with my bebe.
We woke up late the next day. We're supposed to check out at 2 but we're still not ready to go out at 11 am. We still have to eat lunch and go to the market to buy pasalubong. We left the inn and ate lunch. it's really rainy and we heard that there's a typhoon and it's signal number one there. It was too foggy out and you'll think if you're still in the Philippines because it's rare that you'll see such thick fog here in our country.
So after eating and buying pasalubong, we went to the inn and packed out bags and went to the terminal. We left Baguio at about 3 pm and arrived here in Manila at 9 in the evening.
It was one of the best vacations that i had in years and I will definitely go back there within this year.
They planned the trip for only two days. Dave, James and Bebe planned it. I thought it's not going to push through but last July 25 at 9pm we rode a bus (Victory Liner) going to Baguio. At first a wasn't that excited because I was thinking that I have no money for the trip an
d nakakahiya naman kay Bebe because he's the one who's going to pay for the whole trip.Couple of days before we left, i kept on telling him that I don't want to go because I don't want him to pay for our expenses. But when he told me na bumawi na lang ako next time. i said Yes, I'll go with him. I was also thinking that since for the past weeks, I've been thinking about my sickness and I needed a break from all of that.
We arrived in Baguio at about 3;30 am, six hours from the time we left Manila. We checked in a the Tulip Inn, a stones throw away from the Victory Bus line terminal and we're at the back of Camp John hay. We paid for the room for only P1700 plus P200 for the extra matress (I think) for an overnight stay. We stayed there for two days, you do the math.
Throughout our stay, we rode taxi's while going around the city. It's
good na walang nagongontrata na taxi at htey can take you wherever you want to go. Puro FX and taxi dun. Galing di ba?I wan't able to sleep I guess because of excitement. I was thinking about the places we're going and the things that we're going to do for the rest of our stay. It's been more than a decade since I first went there and I am wondering if Baguio change during the time I last went there.
That morning we got up, took some pictures and got ready for the day ahead. The first place we went to was the famous Session Road. It's a downhill road that has lot's of places that served an array of foods. You can choose from Chinese, Italian and Filipino dishes. Of course we chose a Filipino-Chinese restaurant. It served an eat-all-you can brunch. You have to get a bowl and put anything and everything you can from veggies to por
k, chicken, beef and also to top it all of, you can also put different kinds of sauce. It's like you're making your own rice bowl. Once you made your own bowl, they'll fry it and serve it to you hot just like you wanted.After eating we went to SM Baguio. I heard that the SM here didn't have air conditioning and they are right. SM Baguio is the coldest mall the I've ever been to and wow it's really doesn't have any air conditioning. We went there because James, who works for Oxygen, has to check the shop. Dave bought an Ipod charger because he doesn't have that and we didn't bring our laptop.
the next destination was the Minesview park. We rode a taxi going there and along the way we say the summer house of the president that look like the Malacanang Palace. We also saw the park where they can ride horses (I'm sorry I forgot the name of the park). When arrived there we immediately went to the bangin. We took pictures and I was wowed by the view. Mines view park didn't even changed throughout the years. There's so many tourists also that are doing what tourists do best, kodakan.
After appreciating the beautiful view Minesview has to offer we went bargain and souvenir shopping. I bought an ashtray with a penis carving (P6
5) for my mom ( as a joke), Bebe bought a rosary (P50) for his mom, Dave bought rosary bracelets, James bought key chains (P10 each) and Julius bought 9 shirts (P100 each).We also went to the market to check for the prices of other pasalubongs that we can buy like ube halaya (3 for P100), lengua de gato (3 for P100), strawberry jam (P90), walis tambo (3 for p100) and of course strawberries (P100).
We also went to Burnham Park. You csn go boating there, eat mais ( ver huge corn), picture taking and ride a bike. We only took pictures there. Before the trip my bebe told me not to smoke ciggies because I'm sick and all, but when we went to th
e park, the wind is blowing hard and I't very cold (at 4pm) and there's nothing I could do but to smoke. Of course I got guilty because I really wanted to stop smoking for faster recovery.After prancing around the park, we went home, slept and at 10 pm we went out to have dinner. There's a place there called Nevada Square. Kapitbahay lang namin un and it's one of the gimik spots in Baguio. It's a compound that has about 10 Bars in it. you can choose from an acoustic bar, hiphop, trance and dining. We ate at Beach house (one of the bars). I ate lechon kawali and I was surprised to see a familiar face. One of the managers working there was working for a bar in Las Pinas called tito boys. That's where I used to hang out. She told me that the owners of tito boy also owns the place but the owners are not here. Bummer! I thought we'll be getting free food.
It was a very rainy evening and foggy too. I jus stayed indoors while the others are drinking their hearts out. I can't go to closed spaces with lots of people smoking and I can't drink alcoholic drinks as well. So I stayed in the room, listened to James' Ipod. I listened to Avenue Q, which was hilarious, before going to sleep.
After drinking my friends and bebe went to yello cab for a midnight snack. They told me my bebe got dizzy and almost fainted. I didn't know what to do when they told me that. i hope nothing's wrong with my bebe.
We woke up late the next day. We're supposed to check out at 2 but we're still not ready to go out at 11 am. We still have to eat lunch and go to the market to buy pasalubong. We left the inn and ate lunch. it's really rainy and we heard that there's a typhoon and it's signal number one there. It was too foggy out and you'll think if you're still in the Philippines because it's rare that you'll see such thick fog here in our country.
So after eating and buying pasalubong, we went to the inn and packed out bags and went to the terminal. We left Baguio at about 3 pm and arrived here in Manila at 9 in the evening.
It was one of the best vacations that i had in years and I will definitely go back there within this year.
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