When I started using the food+adventure tag of this blog, my original plan was list all the places I visited, cost I incurred, food and resto where I ate and dined and directions but...it's not happening so I guess my adventure will be sort of like a photo diary and Baguio is known for flowers (and strawberry, ube, cold weather and taxi drivers who give change up to the last peso)! Below are my favorite shots.
And there's cacti, succulents and beautiful plants too.
I also went to the public market which is the driest and cleanest I've been (ohhh Salcedo Market is an exception by the way) where we (I'm with my sister) bought fresh strawberries and ube and strawberry jam. I got tempted to buy honey and vegetables too because it's cheap there, but I don't want to bring too much stuff back to Manila aside from the cactus and succulent I bought.
Raisin Bread from Baguio Country Club is the best and the Ube Jam from Good Shepherds is the yummiest. Not much of a fan of strawberry jam but glad that we bought one that has lots of strawberry chunks on it.
And of course we went to Burnham Park to stroll and look at the colorful bicycle.
We passed by Casa Vallejo and went inside the coffee shop and bookstore adjacent to the hotel.
Casa Vallejo is a historical structure that survived World War II that is now in danger of being erased in the city's map. It's sad that part of a history will be destroyed (hopefully not) for development. Yes, it is not wrong to strive for growth and development but removing the charms of the place is like taking my childhood memories away breaking my identity into half. While my photos above are beautiful with flowers, here's what Baguio look like from SM:
I believe it's not yet too late and there are concern citizens that are taking action in order to restore the charm of Baguio. I'm praying for them.
