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Here I present you our rainy, foggy and chilly Baguio trip sample itinerary 'cause we owned it in our own way. Soon, I shall present to you more of Baguio... soon. :))

(AND THAT SOON IS NOW. HAHA. DAMING ALAM. BAGUIO TRIP OCTOBER 2015 LINK: HERE.)

I finally got to finish this year's series of Baguio posts because of today's holiday (and I've nothing to do but stay at home. Thanks to financial constraints that today is entirely a rest day): Eid-al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). Fyi, it is an Islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to follow God's command to sacrifice his only son.

This is the fourth time that I've gone to the "Summer Capital of the Philippines" but since my last was more than a decade ago, it felt like this trip was my first time going there. What is in Baguio? Where to go in Baguio? What are the things to do in Baguio?

It kept on raining in the afternoon and early evening so we had no choice but to scrap some outdoor plans. But then sometimes, while walking along the roads of Baguio City, I thought to myself that I like it there more during the rainy season. hahahahaha. Why? Because fog. Albeit some cancelled plans, it was so amazing to see a thick layer of fog blanketing everything in sight. I know that it can be dangerous especially for drivers and it can feel eerie but it was very relaxing and fascinating for me. The fog reminded me of Genting Highlands in Malaysia only better. Ohh, simple joys.

EXPENSES:
NOTE: A three days and two nights Baguio City tour is possible with less than P 3,500.00 per person budget.

Murang accommodation and food, lakad lang or jeep na lang kung magi-ikot-ikot. Tingin ko, pwede na sa P 3,500.00 lalo kung hindi bibili ng mga pasalubong. Mahalaga naman, nasa Baguio diba? Parks naman karamihan na andun. :)

P 545.00
One-way bus ticket from Cubao Terminal of Dagupan Bus Company
Travel Time: More or less 6 hours

P 300.00
Per person rate at Tuvera Transient House in DPS Area (with private bathroom)

P 600.00 (Rainy Season Promo)
Per person rate at Veniz Hotel with free breakfast buffet

P 30.00 and P 2.50
Current taxi flag down rate in Baguio and rate for every additional x meters.
Of the three days that we stayed there, we only rode a jeepney twice and the other was because the taxi driver we (Okay, I!) made pa-cute to in hopes that he'll take pity and drive us back to our hotel didn't even bother to prioritize business over his friends. Aside from riding a taxi, we walked around a lot which makes perfect sense because we ate a lot and it was actually fun walking around there. While taxis are the reason why I don't know the jeepney routes, walking is the reason why I became more familiar with the places and roads. As in seryoso 'to, may instant connection kami ng kalsada. Wala 'yung pakiramdam na nawawala kami kahit di namin alam kung tamang direksyon ba 'yung nilalakaran. Hahahahaha.

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Ito nangyari sa Baguio tour namin kasi ulan ng ulan kaya may mga hindi kami napuntahan o kaya paikot-ikot kami. :)

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DAY 1
Arrival
Tuvera Pension House at DPS Area
Good Taste Restaurant
Burnham Park
SM Baguio
Session Road (other roads..)

DAY 2
Panagbenga Park
Historical Core and Treetop Adventure at Camp John Hay
Cafe by the Ruins
La Trinidad Strawberry Field
The Manor at Camp John Hay
Souvenir Hunting turned Taxi Hunting
Ukay-ukay at Night Maket

DAY 3
Mines View Park
Good Shepherd Convent
Wright Park
The Mansion
Geney's Ramyeon House
Under the Tree Book Cafe
Baguio Cathedral
Burnham Park

November 2014 New Restaurant Find: Rancho Norte at The Ketchup Community near The Mansion, Wright Park and Botanical Gardens link: here.

Ito sana 'yung mas okay at magkaka-area na sites.

Day 1:
Arrival
City Tour (Burnham Park, Session Road, Baguio Museum, Baguio Cathedral, SM Baguio, etc)
Baguio Wet Market
Night Market

Day 2:
Mines View Park
Good Shepherd
Wright Park
The Mansion
Botanical Gardens
Camp John Hay

Day 3 (Benguet Area)
La Trinidad Strawberry Farm
Hindi pa ko napupunta pero Bell Church at Bencab Museum din.

AKYAT KA NA RIN NG MT.PULAG!!!!

PABALIKIN MO PA KO, BAGUIO PLEASEEEEEEEE. :)

GOOGLE MAP OF BAGUIO JUST BECAUSE:

Thank you, Louise for the invite. More places to explore soon!

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I can't remember how many times I've gone to Baguio at this point but I'm sure that I've always gone there annually (bi-annual even) the past five years. Paulit-ulit but I still look forward for it every.single.time.

Yup, kahit like my 2015 trip, day tour na naman for 2019.

All of my Baguio posts link: here.

Baguio trip 2014 itinerary link: here.

Baguio trip 2017 itinerary link: here.

Just remembered that there are a lot of places from my previous visits that I haven't posted here yet. Nonetheless, below are photos from Baguio 2019.

It was, again, a spontaneous decision since we just went here straight from Manaoag Church in Pangasinan. We finished mass at 10 AM and we didn't want to go back home yet so did a Baguio sidetrip.

Year after year, I'd see more buildings and a more congested Baguio which doesn't feel sustainable at all. I hope that the green spaces will remain there for the many years to come or better yet, I hope to see more green spaces in the years to come. I don't even remember seeing a lot of pine trees now. Di na rin kami nagpunta ng SM 'cause looking at the Sky Ranch there was kind of heartbreaking. I know that it's supposed to boost Tourism but I can't help but be sad for the trees that needed to be cut to make way for it, lam mo 'yon. :(

Tourist arrivals are partly the reason why there has been a boom with establishments in the area but I can't give up going to Baguio just 'cause I don't agree with the way they've been expanding. Ewan. It's my happy place - it has always been.

We went there last August expecting bottles of ube jam from Good Shepherd only to be greeted by this announcement that they couldn't source raw materials. Okay. Wala naman kaming magagawa but then the other day, their post announcing that now have white ube instead of the violet one went viral on Facebook. And I, naturally, want to go back there just 'cause GUSTO KO KUMAIN NG WHITE UBE. Also, I wasn't thinking of posting this here yet but then I saw another viral post in Facebook where a restaurant in Baguio is now serving STRAWBERRY CHAMPORADO.

SO ANO NA NGA, BAGUIO?!

Miss mo na ako agad?! Hahaha

Uy, infairness sa Anello Bag ko... hindi siya nakakasawang gamitin at hindi mabilis masira. :))

Baguio and low lying clouds on a rainy day.

Gusto ko na lang isipin na it's because of the weather and mountain combo that Baguio is still one of my favorite places in the Philippines. I'm still hoping that I'd get to visit Sagada in the future but Baguio is more than enough, it has always been enough... buti pa siya enough. HAHAHA.

Grateful.

Grateful for the small things, big things, and everything in between. <3

The rooftop of this mall (adjacent to the church) is my favorite viewing area. Mines View also has a great view but it can get a little crowded.

By the way, I've done Mt. Ulap Reverse Traverse a few years ago and I'm linking it here below.

Mt. Ulap Experience

Naalala ko lang bigla kasi on this area, viewable 'yung malaking electric fan sa taas ng bundok or 'yung mickey mouse ears na malaki sa bundok. :)))

Baguio has become a lot more traffic these days especially when it's a long weekend. I remember we were there during the ASEAN week and they had to issue a class cancellation because the tourist arrival was too much.

It's difficult to find parking spaces and so what we did was we parked our car in a paid parking area (NA SOBRANG MAHAL lol) and took cabs when going to the different points of interests. I am not sure if that move was the wisest and the cheapest but we thought that would be the best option for us back then. Hahahahaa. Dito lang naman din congested sa may Session Road area pero 'yung iba like Good Shepherd, Botanical Gardens, Mines View Park e parang meron naman available parking space that time.

Baguio is walk-able city.

If not for the rain then we would've just walked around this area but the weather didn't cooperate with us anymore that afternoon and there were not a lot of covered spaces in Burnham Park.

If you're looking for the place where the night market is set-up, that would be the road beside this park opposite the public market.

Where do broken hearts go pa rin ba? :)))

Ayan, talaga naman na wala kaming pinuntahan na bagong lugar para sa trip na 'to... iba lang talaga 'yung saya na binibigay ng hangin sa Baguio sa puso ko. HAHAHAHA.

View from Baguio Craft Brewery.

I don't always drink liquor but I like trying out craft beers. I've been here last 2017 and hung out in the area. They have different kinds of beer and if you're dining there, you may order a beer sampler. Strawberry Beer also called Lagud remains as my favorite in this brewery.

This is it for Baguio August 2019... tignan ko kung makabalik ako within this year. lolz. dami budget, 'te gurl. kala ko ba magtitipid ka na. *mixed emotions*

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After Under the Tree Book Cafe, we passed by Baguio Cathedral.
At the moment we stepped on the gate of the cathedral, the fog started blanketing the view again.

Hayyy, we're about to leave Baguio after an hour. Goodbye, fog... -_-

Our Lady of Atonement / Baguio Cathedral

After this Cathedral, we started walking again because we had to go back to Hotel Veniz. Since we already have a cognitive map of Baguio in our mind, we just walked until we reached Session Road and then when we were already near Hotel Veniz, we took the long cut so we could pass by Burnham Park again.

Burnham Park is at the heart of Baguio and is considered as the "Mother of all Parks" in the Summer Capital of the Philippines.

Fog at Burnham Park
Unlike our first day when it rained so hard, Burnham Park was just foggy that afternoon. Thick fog that is but tourists were enjoying themselves nonetheless. That's the allure of Baguio anyway. Maka-refer sa ibang tao as tourists, e noh? Locals kasi kami. Haha.

I don't watch American series but my friend said that this place was like a scene taken out from the Walking Dead.

This is what Burnham Park looks like on a foggy afternoon. Personally, it's dreamy more than eerie.

Last picture before going back to our hotel, before leaving the Summer Capital of the Philippines... :))

We rode a taxi to the terminal of Victory Liner only to find out that the ETD of the tickets they were selling was at 2AM. It's not like we have the time and the money to lengthen our stay so we decided to take chances and walked to Dagupan Bus Terminal to check.

Thick fog at SM Baguio. Grabe... <3 Weird ko. Hahaha.
From Victory Liner, we walked (directionless. kahit saan. walang tanong-tanong kung nasa tamang lugar ba kami) until we reached SM. As what I've mentioned in one of my last post, finding the way to a place was easier for me if I use SM Baguio as my starting point.

And there, our bus left at 6 PM which was just in time to catch the sunset while driving down the zigzag and picturesque road of Kennon.

Must find a place along Kennon Road to see the sunset once again when we go back to Baguio someday. Haaaay.

This is the end of our Baguio 2014. :))
HOPIA like it.

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Three Days and Two Nights Sample Itinerary with Expenses in Baguio: here.
The Road That Lead Me to BagUIO (Kennon Road): here.

Do you plan to go to Baguio during the APEC holidays? Haay. Buti pa kayo. Team bahay is love. Hahaha!

What I am posting here are the photos I took when we went there one afternoon last October. It was an unplanned trip so I wasn't able to look for tourists spots other those we've visited last year. Sinundan lang ulit 'yung nakalagay sa post ko paikot sa city. Sa sobrang galing ko gumawa ng itinerary, sinunod ko rin 'yung sinabi ko. Haha. Char lang. Wala naman kasi akong ibang alam na puntahan.

Also, this was after Typhoon Lando so the damages it did to Baguio (Nothern Luzon actually) were still evident.

... can they find their way home? Sudden #roadtrip. 💗 #baguio #walangjacket #walangpowerbank #walangcharger #aldubit 💕

A photo posted by Tin Gallemaso (@xtintina) on Oct 27, 2015 at 8:42pm PDT

We were only there for around five hours but still thankful that I was able to spend an afternoon there. Cordillera Administrative Region has a special place in my heart that I always look forward to going back no matter how long the travel time takes. Someday, Buscalan and Sagada!

ANYHOW...

Passed through the picturesque Kennon Road and we arrived at Baguio. Grabe, Kennon Road!

Viewing Deck of the Good Shepherd Convent

Houses and Mountain Ranges.

That's me wearing NYX's Copenhagen Matte Cream Lipstick

It's a good thing Good Shepherd accept card payments. Di ako prepared but I was able to buy bottles of ube jam. Hehe.

This is Mines View Park now.

The entrance of the park looks much better compared to its state last year.

MINES VIEW PARK, GOOD SHEPHERD 2014 link: here.

These are all for sale.

From the viewing deck of Mines View

Souvenir Shop

New gate.

I felt sad upon seeing this. This wasn't the only tree that got uprooted during the typhoon. I can't even imagine how long it took for this tree to grow then nawala na lang ng ganun.

Missing the foggy view of Burnham Park

Di kasi masyadong malamig and foggy when we there unlike the first when it was almost zero visibility everywhere.

Burnham Lake

More broken branches and uprooted trees.

I have been wearing that necklace for more than 5 years now and we've gone to a lot of places that's why I am frustrated that I lost it yesterday morning when I'm just staying at home. Hello, natulog lang ako tas nowhere to be found na. NAKAKALOKA.

I don't know if I placed it somewhere I can't recall since I was too sleepy or whatevs, di ko talaga mahanap more so maalala.

Pag may nawala, may darating. Hindi naman sa kwintas 'yun kundi sa Miraculous Medal na nandun. Buti na lang feast day na sa Nov. 27. May ginagamit ako ngayon na iba pero at least makakakuha ako ng bago.

Baguio Cathedral was repainted. This is my first time entering the church. Hehe. THANK YOU POOOOO!

One of my favorite spots in Baguio.

First visit link: here.

Yes pls. hehehehe. Money daw oh.

This is what the Baguio Cathedral looks now. Pink paint 'to before.

Last stop was the Wet Market to buy fresh vegetables.

Tingin pa lnag fresh na fresh na eh.

Sarap ng dalandan at strawberry swear. Hindi 'yung dalandan na nabibili rito sa'tin. Tas found out na meron palang orange farm something sa Mountain Province. Hehe. Soon.

And it won't be complete without strolling along Session Road.

NOTE: Kung magkataon na 'yung post ko na nakita mo e may mukha ko tapos magkasalubong tayo anywhere (Ang liit pala ng Baguio! hahaha) e kalma lang tayo pareho kahit medyo nakakagulat naman talaga. Wag naman 'yung approach na common na gawin ng mga masasamang loob kasi nakakapraning. Hahaha. Okay na okay na sa'kin ang HI. Artista levelz lang. hahaha. :))) Charot!

Enjoy your trip! Sabihan mo naman ako kung ano pang pwedeng mapuntahan dun o. :)

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