Every Little Thing has Magic : Truly Baguio Part 2

Waking up in a cold weather definitely is a first for me. With 19 degrees temperature it's really a must to sleep without electric fan or aircondition. We woke up early to start our day right and ofcourse to visit many places. We met up with my Dad's other college friend, who suggested the place, to catch up and meet his family.

It was a ladida-dida moment with his family. A quick and abrupt talk I guess would be the best way to say it. My mom is a big fan of wood carvings so when we passed by this shop she went shopping spree buying a lot of things for our house. Mind you these are made of fine class of woods and she got some freebies also.

Tito Charlie (with his son:Chico). Dad, Jelai. Mom and Cristian

Shopping time for mom

We were really famished because of all the waiting. Oops I forgot to tell that my Dad's friend went to this wedding so we opted to wait for them until the celebration is finished. And that is the reason why we were so famished.

I have learned that restaurants can really be profitable here in Baguio. I am telling you guys that everywhere we go all the restaurants are full. Some restaurants do not allow take-out orders because they can no longer accommodate and provide service to the consumers.

After hours of waiting we got the chance to eat in an Asian restaurant which serves Malaysian-Indonesian cuisine. We have to wait for an hour for our food because of the terrain of people in the restaurant. The presentation of the food is normal but the food taste awesome! Spell-binding I would say. It was my first time to taste Cherry Iced tea. But to my dismay it was no near of that taste of Cherry.

Waiting for our turn outside the restaurant

Cherry Iced tea

Sweetened Chicken and Barbeque (P150 each)

We went to this place which I forgot what it is called but I know that it's a park. You can ride the horse with some other tourists. We decided not to ride and roam around there because of the smell. I'm really sorry but it smells like poop there and also I do not like the fact they dyed the hair of the horses making them pink, violet, red and etc. They are beautiful enough and need not to be played around using chemicals which could damage their skin or hair.

Look how beautiful these horses are without hair dyes.

Jelai, Me, Ruby and Mom

Mines View Park is our next destination. You can find there a lot of stuff from our favorite Sundot-Kulangot which is Picking Booger for my siblings to different variety of plants which has different purposes in life. Good Shepherd perhaps is where almost all of the tourists go to to get their Ube Jam. They are famous not only with their Ube Jam but also different kinds of sweets. Good Shepherd is run by nuns to help children go to school. For me they do not only produce the best tasting Ube Jam but also they deliver a good practice of helping other people.

I think there is no secret recipe in their Ube Jam, it is just that these were made with love, passion and faith to God. Again you are not just buying but also helping other people attain their dreams by sending them to school. I have a friend from my University who had finished college. university because of Good Shepherd. So I really assure you that the money goes into good.

Good Shepherd products

Mom with Boomer (St. Bernard dog)

Me, Jelai, Medi and Cristian in Mines View Park

Mines View Park View (redundant? haha)

Our head gears per se, cost from P100-P150 pesos only. When you go to Manila I think it cost around P300. After buying Ube Jam and plants in Mines View Park we went to Camp John Hay, a shopping center, a place where imported goods are sold at a fraction of the original price. We plan to eat there but all the restaurants were full. We do not like to eat at restaurants which we could find in Manila. We like to experience food which can only be found in Baguio. So went to Rose Bowl Restaurant instead. Actually we didn't know how to get there but thanks to the Iphone's GPS we reached it. Well We were kind of lost but still we found it.

As expected there were a lot of people there. As I have said before restaurants in Baguio are really profitable because of all the tourists. We only paid P2,500 for our food in the restaurant. For adults they said that the food was great but perhaps for our generation it was just Ok. Not the typical jaw-dropping food that we drool on. But still it's food so we have to eat what is in our plates and give grace to God.

Lastly your trip or our trip rather will not be complete if we do not go to the Ukay-Ukay (Goodwill Shop). You can find there all sorts of product! From shoes, bags, clothes up to stuffed toys! But you must haggle I tell you.