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Last week we spent the summer in the mountains. Baguio City, to be precise; the so-called "Summer Capital of the Philippines".
I vividly remember going up there frequently as a child, sleeping in th e back seat of our car for most of the six-hour trip from the metro. I remember loving every part of the city on the mountain tops: The beautiful parks, the cold mountain air, and the neat little trinkets you can buy just about anywhere (as a child I wasn't aware of this... but the indigenous people of this region have a fixation on a certain phallic appendage, apparently... making them out as souvenirs as ashtrays and whatever novel item to sell). It was a beautiful place to take a vacation in.
That said, Baguio City is now a shithole.
Graffiti and ad posters on the cemented mountainsides (paved to prevent further rockslides), the incredibly polluted city proper, trash everywhere in the once beautiful parks... it's sad.
But it's not all lost.
If you want to enjoy Baguio and it's scenic attractions, you still can. Just steer clear of the city proper (unless you need to buy something). Head for Camp John Hay instead. Or if you know a friend who has a house mountainside, go visit them. What we did was rent a floor of a transient house somewhere near the outskirts of the city.
So what does one do in these mountains? Click the pictures for descriptions (I haven't figured out how to put captions below 'em yet... huh).
Next time, I wanna check all the little mom-and-pop restaurants and cafés hidden around the city's nooks and crannies.
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