One year! How fast
time flies! Wasn't it just yesterday when he asked me out for dinner after how
many palipad-hangin-patay-malisya months? :D
"Time flies when you're having
fun"
To mark the first of
many years to come, we decided to spend a whole weekend on the land of Pines:
Baguio City.
"Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the
site of an Ibaloi village
known as Kafagway. The name of the city is derived from the word bagiw in Ibaloi, the indigenous language of the
Benguet Region, meaning 'moss'. The city is at an altitude of approximately
1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion condusive to the growth of
mossy plants and orchids."
- Wikipedia
I was a giddy kid as
the Victory Liner Bus (1st time on Deluxe!) rode off to the north. (I tried the
CR in the bus and I went out almost nauseated hahah.)
True enough, you knew you were already in Baguio when leaves of the trees changed from rounded corners to spiky thin greenies. It's been almost 10years since I last came to Baguio but I don’t think I was able to appreciate it the way I did last weekend. I really got to experience and get a feel of the place. Iba padin pag commuter ka! :p
The roads. Maygad.
It's like a Rollercoaster City. Sharp curves everywhere, and their highways are
more like high-WAVES. Pataas pailalim ang mga kalsada! And their jeepneys weave
in and out of the streets without even breaking a sweat. I think they've got
more powerful engines there than they do in Manila. Kung makapag-backing wagas!
So I guess this
could justify why on the first night I was DEAD.TIRED. My feet almost died. We
walked around SM Baguio and strolled along the Session Road. Downtown Baguio is
very much like Manila except that it's cooler. Literally and figuratively :p
They've got
affordable dining lined up at the Session Road. We ate at Steaks Toppings,
where you had a hefty serving of steak and great ambiance for less than Php150
a meal.
"Seryoso ka paglalakadin mo ulit ako dyan???" Medyo tawa-busangot mode nako nung hinihila ako ni Papa Ray. Hahah! He practically succeeded in luring my attention somewhere else to forget my tantrums (he's getting better at this actually lol) and managed to drag me back, climbing to SM. We had coffee and just took in the chilly Baguio air. It was some silent time discussing random matters (including our budget lol!) and I think, this is the part of the trip where we just breathed and really realized that, "hey sweetie, we're actually in Baguio! " :p
