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Panagbenga Festival 2009: Awesome Flower Power and People Power in Baguio

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

It was an awesome show of Flower power and People Power in Baguio for the 14th staging of the Panagbenga, THE Flower Festival with this year’s theme: “Our Festival! Yours too!”. In celebration of the festival, here’s sharing photos of the Festival. Mabuhay ang Baguio! Float Parade Street-dancing competition

FREE Surfing at Burnham Lake, Baguio!

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

That’s right, dude! The latest thing in Baguio: Surfing at the Burnham Lake! Internet surfing, that is My surfer dude nanay picked up a story from Baguio’s local paper about Free WiFi Internet access at Burnham Park. So I tried it out and was pleasantly surprised that the WiFi Hotspot DID work . Burnham Park [...]

Baguio Itinerary for First-timers and some

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A friend wrote me, asking for travel tips for baguio: Hello Edwin, My parents are visiting next month and we are planning a 3D/2N trip to Baguio. We are looking for places to stay, preferably yung mga house for rent since there will be 6 of us. In case may alam ka na reasonably priced, [...]

Flower Festival na! Tips for a great Panagbenga Experience in Baguio!

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Here are some tips for a great Panagbenga 2008 experience in Baguio! Update: Flower Festival photos 2009 – ka edong 1.) Know the schedules of the parades. There are two highlight parades at the Panagbenga. The first is the grand parade of street dancing where schools compete on best marching band and street dancing performance. [...]

Horror bus ride on Christmas weekend

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

After a hectic two weeks leading to Christmas, my brother and I took a Victory Liner bus to Baguio one quiet Sunday morn, the day before Christmas eve. It was a pleasant early morning trip and we dozed off after all the puyat of the Christmas parties. At the Tarlac stop-over, the bus kundoktor plugged [...]

Burnham Suites: A New Place to Stay in Baguio

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Kisad Road in Baguio has a new posh hotel that just opened a few weeks ago. Burnham Suites lies at the end of Kisad Road right at the top of Burnham Park. It is a promising 7-storey five star hotel which gives you the feeling of actually staying on a condominium unit. Since, the hotel [...]

Igorot Dances at Tam-awan Village Baguio

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Tam-awan Village in Baguio City features authentic Ifugao huts, an Art Gallery and Crafts shop, a coffee shop, Fishpond, Eco-tours, art workshops and cultural shows. The village recently appeared in “Asian Treasures” (Robin Padilla, Angel Locsin) as part of the hunt for anting-antings. I visited the village together with a couple of friends one Saturday [...]

Oh My Gulay! Art Gallery and Vegetarian Resto in Baguio

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

“Most people think the attraction is the food. Actually, it’s an art gallery that happens to serve vegetarian food. ” This is how gallery-owner Kidlat Tahimik explained to me what Oh My Gulay is all about. Oh My Gulay is one attraction in Baguio that had eluded my attention for around 5 years now. I [...]

Baguio Flower Festival Blooms Anew

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Update: Baguio Flower Festival Photos 2009 – ka edong After a series of “challenging” years, Baguio is once again celebrating a “normal” Panagbenga (Flower Festival). Among the previous years’ difficulties were the meningo scare, strong rains during Flower Fest parades and (worst!) having two Flower Festival organizers — trust the politicians to make the worst [...]

Camp John Hay Revisited

Friday, January 12th, 2007

It was in the 1800s when it was a ripe period for most colonies all over the world to bolt out from their colonial masters. For the Philippines, it was their fight for independence against Spain in 1896. The revolutionary fervor reached Benguet where Ibaloi leaders were not mere spectators, but active participants in the [...]