@Mayt 31 May 2021

Baguio escapade

If I would choose where to **spend my summer**... I'll probably choose **Baguio**. The weather there was **so nice** that even the **heat of summer** is **not allowed**. **March 30, 2017**, is the first-ever **Baguio escapade** that I experienced. It popped up into my **memories on Facebook** that makes me reminisce the happy scenes. It was a **good experience** even though we went there by **truck**. 😅 Yeah exactly. A **truck**.

Can you imagine **15 persons** inside the truck? 😬 It's not easy. I can't even **prolong seating** there as I got **dizzy all the time**. So what **position** can you imagine? Yeah, we're traveling while **lying down**. 🤭 Imagine how **crowded** we are inside the truck that even someone's **feet** can be your **pillow**. 😅 That's so **awful**. 😂 But it's okay. We're ready to **sacrifice** just to go to **Baguio**. From **Bicol to Baguio**... We will consume **12 hr** of traveling. That's a **long hour** for **truck passengers**. 😅 But still... We're fine with that. We just spend our hours **sleeping**. After a **looooong hours** of sleep, we're at the Baguio. We can feel the **cold air** coming outside the truck. That just means it's **Baguiooo**! So yeah... Our driver was so considerate that allowed us to go out and **take a picture** first before we proceed for more hours.

This was my **first ever picture** there. Hahaha, I know it's **not that amazing**... I just took it to have memories that **"yeah... Here I am at Baguio."** 😅

This was my **first ever step** on Baguio. 😅 And the background was just the **highway**. 😅 What's with it? Well, it's **Baguio** pips haha. We went to our **accommodation**. It's just **in front** of the **Strawberry Farms in La Trinidad**. So who will not be excited about your **first times**? As we're just in front of it, we decided to **go out** and **took a tour** of the **strawberry farm**.

As you can see... It's just **sprouting**. **No strawberry** at all. We didn't tend to experience **strawberry picking**. But anyway, we just wander around. As you can see in the pictures, there are **green tents** at the exit. We go there and you know what we see? A lot of **strawberry vendors**. Different products from strawberries, some souvenirs, and wines. 😍 You know what I appreciate there... When you visit their tents, they will give you a **free taste** of their products. **Wine** is what I loved the most. I love tasting every wine and discovers fruit that possibly can be wine. So yeah, a lot of free taste we did. 🥴 Until we feel drowsy and decided to stop. 😂 Now on the way back to our accommodation, there's an **ice-cream vendor**. He gives us a **scoop**. And tells us that **it's** **free**. It's a **strawberry ice cream**. 🍦 A lot of free taste happened that day. We went home with a **full stomach**. And you know what, as we tell it to our cousins... They blame us that we didn't invite them to rove. So, they decided to go where there's a lot of free taste. 😂 Such **shameful people**. 😂 They just want the ice cream, so yeah. They went home **so happy** with a scoop of ice cream. 😅 Another day has come... It's our **tour day**. We will spend the **whole day** visiting the **tourist spots of Baguio**. We rent a **Toyota Innova** that will be our service with a driver. First destination... 📍 **Tam-Awan Village**

This place is more on **vintage things**. You can see different stuff of **old Ifugaos** there, you will know **how they live**, what kind of **house** they have before... And their **different beliefs**. At first, you need to go a **quick hike**...

As you can see there's a **lot of stairs** from the entrance up to the top... Yeah. More on **exercise** here, I guess. 😅 It's more on **greenery** and there's a **taho vendor** there which sells **strawberry taho**.

It's my first time tasting it. Also, as we go upstairs... There's one side where the **mirror** is everywhere...

I don't know what does it mean, but I'm sure it's one of **Ifugaos beliefs**. Sorry for the picture, she's a trying-hard model. 🤦‍♀️ After that, we went down and we discovered an **art gallery**. A lot of drawing, oil painting, watercolor, and wood carvings are there.

I tried **dancing with a painting**. It was so big that I can directly dance with the man. 😬 It's a good thing her partner was not a jealous woman. 😂 That's the end of our exploring there. Next, we went to... 📍 **Easter Weaving Room**

From the word **weaving**... Yeah, you can see a lot of **authentic traditional weaving techniques** there practiced by the weavers with multi-colored threads.

I was amazed at how **fast** their hands are when it comes to weaving. I can say they are fully focused on their work.  Also upstairs, you can see their **finished products**. A lot of **different displays** are there which you can avail by buying.  There are accessories like **bracelets, earrings,** also some **bags and cloth** made of hand-woven. My sister bought some bracelets there which became her **long-time accessories**. 😊 It's worth your money.  📍 **The Mansion**

Lol. Here's a **groupie** for you. 😅 Sorry. That's the **only picture** I have right now. A lot of pictures were taken there but I only have this **one** on my phone. 🤦‍♀️ So okay, this place is the **official summer palace** of the **President of the Philippines**. The **front gate** was open to the **public** but not the main palace itself. The view here is so **elegant and neat**. A lot of **flowers** can be seen here. Also, I remember some **painting vendors** sell their arts here... And my Uncle bought two. Their paintings are so beautiful and worth the price.  📍 **Wright Park** This is one of my **favorite spots** in Baguio. Why? Here I experienced **riding a horse** for the first time.

See how **happy** I am to experience **horseback riding**. Lol. I don't know why I end up so happy on that scene. I was so **confident riding** but deep inside I was so **nervous**. You don't how this horse can drag you so fast without thinking of his passenger. It's a good thing that the **experienced handler** was always there to **guide** and **watch** us all the time. But you know what? Before we can reach this riding circle, there's a **long stairway**. Here at Baguio, they're more on the **stairs**. 😬 I guess it's because their place is more on **hills**. And a lot of **pine trees** you can enjoy taking pictures here. And also a **big dog** who's ready for a selfie. We took a picture with him even though we're afraid of him. 😬 So yeah, that's my memories at Wright Park. A lot more tourist spots we visited that day, but unfortunately, I don't have the picture. Sad to say our laptop that stores those memories stopped working... And yeah... All the files were gone. 😥 So that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed our tour in Baguio. Thanks for being with me today. ❤