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Bell Church: Baguio’s Hidden Secret

Monday, August 7th, 2006

On the last day of my stay in Baguio City, I decided to visit one of Baguio’s hidden secrets. The Bell Church. This Taoist Church is located at the border between Baguio city and La Trinidad, Benguet. The Bell Church is usually not included in a typical Baguio city tour offered by tour agencies. As [...]

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Climbing the steps of the Lourdes Grotto in Baguio

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

If you happen to visit Baguio City one of these days, don’t forget to include the Lourdes Grotto in your itenerary. Located on a fairly steep hill in the western part of Baguio City, the image of the Lady of Lourdes perches 252 steps above the ground.

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Popularity: 32% [?]

Picking Strawberries in Baguio

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

My last trip to Baguio was in August of 2005 but I must have made the most out of our week-end visit there than any place else. It was the middle of the rainy season so half the time, we were forced to stay indoors.

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Baguio’s Panagbenga (Flower Festival): Schedule

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Panagbenga 2006
Celebrating the Best of Baguio
Kasama ka na!
Kasali ka pa …. Tara na!

Here’s what’s in store for this year’s flower festival in Baguio City:

Feb 25, 8am, Session Road
Flower Power Parade
Grand Parade: Streetdancing and Drum & Lyre Competition

Feb 26, 8am, Session Road
Flowers on the Go
Floral Float Parade and Marching [...]

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To Baguio and in style

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Who of us doesn’t get a sore butt when we travel more than five hours by bus? Well, if you’re going to Baguio, you now have a choice to get a more comfortable bus ride.
Victory Liner has two luxury buses with 29 comfy and wide seats. There are three wide seats per row, two television [...]

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The Flowers of Baguio

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Another Baguio post? Don’t worry this is not about the SM City Mall I wrote about in my previous post. Although I still managed to drop by the said mall in my recent trip to Baguio last month, I would focus now more on one of Baguio’s best tourist spot where you can see all [...]

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Malling at Baguio?

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Thanks to the SM Prime Holdings, the establishment of SM Department store in Baguio City changed the landscape of Session Road at our country’s summer capital. The first time I went to SM City Baguio was some time last year. It was around October and it was supposed to be a peak season for [...]

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