A taste of strawberry

Baguio is one of the place I long to see and visit, and by the time I did. It look so much differrent from what I used to imagine. Everything in there are so much like what we had here in manila BUT the air is much cleaner (I think), the temperature is much colder, and the scenery is much nicer (having mountains as your backdrop). More and more buildings/commercial areas are spouting out in the foot of the mountains... Bridges, overpass are also present. Well, I didn't expect it to look like that ('cause I was really expecting nipa hut, and all that). Jollibee, Starbucks, Shakeys, HOTSHOTS, Brothers burger, and a lot fast food joints are there too name it they have it there too... A mountain of houses such as this.

My one-day trip/visit to baguio goes like this...

11:45 p.m. when we ride Genesis Bus Transport near our house (avenida). And when I checked out the time, it was already.

3:00 a.m.When we leave the bus station and starts our journey to Baguio. after two-hours of bus ride we took our first stop-over in Pampanga. Bought something to munch, since the idea of sleeping on the bus is very uncomfortable. So, I spend it with reading some books by Nicholas Sparks "a bend in the road"... I don't know why but I can't seem to find a way to interest myself and continue reading it with my full attention. But, the fact that passing through beautiful sceneries is one thing I couldn't miss. So, I put the book on my bag and enjoy the view of the farms that looks like little Banawe Rice Terraces, because of the laddering technique they use. The sight of a river now covered with "lahar", the sights of cornfields and farmers planting vegetables. It was already 5 in the morning and the sun starts to peek amidst the cloudy sky.

As time passes by, the more I feel uncomfortable. My neck starts to ache, my stomach starts to growl and I'm starting to get irritated again... Are we there yet???

It was 9:00 already when we reach our second stop-over. Basing on it's location I think We are already inside Baguio and will soon pass the "zig-zag" road (Marcos highway). A 30 minute more ride before we reach the city... Oooh I can't wait!

9:45 a.m. when we reach the bus terminal. I first saw SM Baguio city (ofcourse we didn't go there). Since it was my first-visit I couldn't tell much on how it look before but my dad says everything is different... meaning it's becoming more and more commercialized. was it good or bad?... Anyways, theres this one person (wearing brgy vest) who came on to us offering a van service to tour as around Baguio for P3ooo. Well, we didn't grab it since my dad think it was kinda expensive... So, we try to find other options.

At 10 a.m., we had our breakfast at Jollibee. and ask a few locals on how we can enjoy our visit in Baguio. They suggest that we just buy a map and ride jeepneys... its a lot cheaper P7.50/person/ride and it will take us wherever we want to. So, we bought a map P50.

But, the idea of venturing the city through jeepney is quite a no-no. So, we tried renting a cab, a little haggling power reach us to P200/hr. it's a great bargain compared to the P3000 don't you think?

Our first visit was in one of the most-visited shrine in Baguio (I forgot the name). And here's some of our picture.

with Uncle Louie, Auntie Marlyn, Auntie Zeny, Me, Ayen, Shobe, Mama and Papa

The girls plus our Dad @ Lourdes Shrine (I think)

At Trinidad, Benguet - Strawberry farm. Don't miss the strawberry ice cream, Strawberry taho, and those knitted pouch design like strawberries.

P85/box
P35ea. - 3 for P100 then, try to haggle it up to P30 ea (if you buy 6 above) -cguru pwde pa ng 25 eto anyways its cute the seed is just missing (I have an idea... to put some black beads in it sew it to make it look like seeds)