Vague You Baguio Part 1

           Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines, is the place to be during the cold season. One must prepare not only jackets and sweaters but also palpable amount of fun and excitement. This year my family and my family's friends decided to plan and hit the road to go to Baguio. A place where one could embrace the coldness of the weather. 

           Eventhough we would be facing the gruesome hours of travelling by road. We still went through it. My family and friends hit the round around 5:30 am to start the day early. So everyone was up and running at 4:00 a.m. We hired a van and a driver to ease the tiredness of my father from work. In my opinion it is a good thing that we hired a van and a driver so that we could truly have the vacation that we needed.

We slept like babies in the van and when we woke up around 11:00 am we stopped by Matutina. A restaurant in Pangasinan which offers Filipino cuisine at a very affordable price. 

Sauteed Shrimp and Smoked Fish 

Our group eating our sumptuous treat 

We have a lot of foods by the way with a tower ice tea. All in all we only paid P1,500 for all of our meals. Keep in mind that our group is composed of 10 people.

Carrying on with our travel. We were on the road again at 12:00 noon. Yes, we have a tight schedule. Again after eating we slept. Yeah I know sleeping is our thing. :-). At last we have arrived in our apartment named Baguio Apartment. In my opinion it was a steal for it's a two floor apartment with a den, 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms with warm and cold water, dining area, living room area, TV, Refrigerator, Kitchen and utensils. Again it is a complete house! We only paid P5,500 per day for the apartment. So all in all it was P11,000 for two days good for 10 persons.

View from our Den 

Medi, Ann and Ruby outside our Apartment 

After settling down and unpacking, we decided to go the well-renowned BenCab (Ben Cabrera) museum. Ben Cabrera is a national artist in the Philippines, well known for his paintings and art works. The museum is situated near our apartment. Before one can enter the museum. One must pay the entrance which cost P100 per person and if you are a student with I.D. then you'll only pay P50.

His artworks I might say are very captivating and depicts his versatility in using different mediums. Taking pictures is allowed but flash must not be used because as we all know it could damage the art works. The buildings has 3 or 4 floors (I'm not really sure). A garden and a pond in my opinion is the best part of the museum where families can gather have and enjoy the food which is served in the cafe.

Inside Ben Cab's museum 

Truly a work of art 

Ruby and Me in BenCab's garden 

The museum closes at 5:00pm and we were famished from all the travelling. So we decided to hit SM Baguio first to buy a memory card for the camera. Afterwards we ate in a restaurant which caters the best sizzling food in town (according to my Dad). We did not took pictures because we were so hungry that none of us can pull our cameras out. Including me!

Good thing we arrived there at 6:00 pm because at 6:30 p.m. people are literally squirming inside the restaurant. I could say that the food is great and it was pretty cheap I guess. Because we only paid P1,800 for our dinner. Let me remind you that we are 10 in the group.

We are so ready to sizzle!!! 

Dad, Tito Pays (his college friend) and Tita Chloe (Tito Pays's wife)

It was indeed a very tiring but fun first day in Baguio... :-)

My Outfit: 

Earmuffs- borrowed from Medi 

Jacket- from my Tita 

Scarf-from my Mom 

 Gray top- from Zara

Pants- from Forever21

Bag-from Ninewest 

                                                                                           Love Lotsies,   

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