Something about Baguio Trip

At the beginning of this year, when the temperature in the Philippines is cooler than normal (around 20 degrees celsius), I invited a couple of high school friends to join me for a weekend getaway in our very own summer capital - Baguio City. This trip, which we would like to call "a series of fortunate events" is the first out-of-town trip (and hopefully not the last) of the SFs camerographers.



From the onset of our journey, it seemed like our luck is on our side, when strangers provided unsolicited assistance at the most unexpected place and time. There was this guy who gave us a "tip" on the next available bus to Baguio after he overheard us discussing that we had to wait five hours for the next available trip. There was this lady from the bus who graciously transferred to another seat so we are seated within the same row. We also met this nice man from Baguio who ushered us to the correct bus stop, when we are tired from walking all over the city. And of course, our galante friend was with us who is nice enough to carry our baggage and who kept on buying street foods for us.
We left Manila around 1am, and was able to reach our destination few minutes shy of 6am. We stayed in a studio unit at Europa condominium, which cost around Php 2000 pesos per night. The unit is fully furnished, and is good for four people.



While waiting for our room to be ready, we checked the nearby tourist attraction near the condominium - Mines view park, and Good Shepherd. There is also a small mini-museum near the park where we saw several cordillera made products.





Once we are settled in, we then proceeded our Baguio tour.



Flowers are in bloom everywhere we go



The next day, we went to Baguio Cathedral and before going home, dropped by at Trinidad strawberry farm.



Cost per person (pasalubong is excluded) :
Transportation (Manila-Baguio-Manila): Php 1335.00
Accommodation (Php 2000 shared by 3: Php 667.00
Daily expense (food, transpo, & others): Php 800.00
Total: Php 2802