So instead, I went to a lil resto. I usually try to eat the local/ regional food when I travel. This is sinanglaw, a sour soup with beef meat, tripe & innards. It's made sour by the kamias fruit (Averrhoa bilimbi, acdg to Google). It was my 1st time to eat it - I liked it.
You can take the piss re: Filipino food, I won't mind.
^^ I'd eat that, the Thai's do a similar one.
Did you have to pant your way up and down with your mask on. In Thailand atm and having gone a few months without a mask in the UK and it drives me nuts, the mask always gets roughed up on the inside due to my massive overbite and ends up tickling my nose.
^cheers, MM77. I had to stop and chat with Michael the Archangel to catch my breath. I did prepare for this trip by doing daily walks (10k+ steps) but my town is mostly flat terrain. I had to put the mask to below my nose so that I could breathe easier. At the top, we all removed our masks for picture purposes but put them back on again shortly after.
Upon return to the city center, I saw this store selling Korean street food and decided to try them. The ones on the left are dumplings with pork & spring onion. The ones on the right are made of meat wrapped in seaweed. I liked the pork dumplings more than the seaweed ones.
They also sold other Korean goodies. Owner is probably Korean, but the staff was a Filipino lady.
The gimbap tray (similar to sushi rolls) costs 120 pesos (a little over 2 usd). Good price, I think.
In my former trip, the taxi driver said there are plenty of Koreans in Baguio.
At Rizal Park (near Burnham Park)
After buying strawberries at the market, I passed by this store. Since this was a reminiscing trip, I wanted to see/ eat things from former trips. I had previously bought a shawarma at this place, so I decided to buy again. Shawarma & strawberries were my dinner. I was still a bit tired from the night bus/ trip and decided to go to my hotel & have an early night.
Shawarma
The store also sold other food.
Strawberries... Mmmm...
Nice one Katie, keep them coming.
Btw it's not confirmed yet about Dill and lycra I think hes bottled it. Scared of scaring the natives
It's been years since I visited Baggio. I enjoyed it though. But recall there wasn't a lot of night-life back then. There was a few good restos and of course an SM megamall I was really only passing through on my way to sagada. I had an Aussie buddy in olongapo who had a small truck and him and his wife would drive up there twice a week to buy fresh veggies to resell in Angeles first then olongapo//subic. The cooler climate there produced a lot of veg. He done it for a couple of years so must of been profitable
Good to see you getting back out there traveling, Katie! Looks a great little trip.
You might recall the Swagman group had a hotel up there way back when called the Attic Inn. I got roped into playing a golf tournament there once and took the Swaggy bus, only the hotel laundry ladies will know just how scared I was going up that mountain in torrential rain and swearing to never return before we even got there.
Great thread Katie! Keep it going!
I'm off to Cebu on Monday to do my immigration stuff and both the wife and I are pumped to be traveling again. Apparently all we need to fly there and back is an ID and proof of vaccination.
I had never heard of this ethnic group and will do further reading on them.
Thanks for all the pictures Katie, glad you are finally travelling again!
It is really nice to see everyday life in random places around the world. Baguio City will definitely now be on my list as I love high mountainous cities.
I thought I would add a topography map of Baguio and surrounding area.
One should listen twice as much as one speaks
Cheers all. Thanks for all the greets and greens.
@BLD - don't worry, there's more Filipino food pics that you can insult. I took the pics with TD in mind. Re: nightlife in Baguio, I'm sure there are bars and restos. I remember when I went to Baguio in my early 20s (with some girl-friends), we went to a bar with live band. I didn't seek out nightlife for this trip. Re: vegetables, yes the surrounding towns & provinces produce "highland" veg like cauliflower, briccoli, carrots, etc. The markets in Manila and syrrounds get their veg from Baguio or La Trinidad, the next town where there's a "bagsakan" or drop off/ wholesale point for veggies. They bring the veg by the truckload.
@headworx - I've heard of the Swagman bus
@topper - good luck on your Cebu business/ pleasure trip. Take pics! Btw, be careful if you'll post pics of strangers on the net/ social media. PH has a data privacy law & safe spaces law. That's why I blur the faces. If ppl are wearing masks, then I guess it's ok since they're not too identifiable.
@bonecollector - Baguio is indeed a mountainous city. As I've mentioned before, from Baguio you can go on a day hike to Mt Ulap - go to the town of Itogon and ask around. From Baguio, you can also proceed to Sagada, it's a more chill small town. I have a Sagada thread somewhere. I didn't go to Sagada for this trip since the bus journey takes ~6 hrs and this was a short trip.
Thanks for the terrain map - it's very welcome on the thread.
The Victory Liner buses have A/C and quite spacious (4 seats per row). There's a deluxe Manila to Baguio overnight bus which is 3 seats per row. For the regular A/C bus, if you're not an overly large or tall person, it should be OK. The seat size & legroom are similar to that of economy class in a plane.
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@chitty - good onya that you're willing to try tripe & innards. Btw when I see MAMILs in my hometown during my walks, I chuckle & remember TD.
Hey, the Scots have haggis and the English & Germans have blood sausage. I've tried the yerman Blutwurst and I didn't like it. But I like "dinuguan", a Filipino dish/ stew made of pig's blood, meat & innards. Different strokes for diff folks.
Started Day 2 with a "silog" breakfast, which consists of rice (usually fried), egg and a protein source (it may be spam - spamsilog).
Breakfast was included in the hotel fee. Upon checkin, the staff will ask you for your preferred breakfast - there's a list.
This is Bangsilog - bangus (milkfish), egg + rice
Longsilog = longganisa (sausage)
There's an American breakfast but I didn't check what's in it.
First site for the day was Baguio Museum. I wanted to know more about history & culture of the place, especially the Igorot. Igorot is a collective term for the tribal people in the Cordillera mountain range (which Baguio is part of).
It was a short walk from my hotel to this place. Google maps helped. Entrance fee is P80 or ~1.5 usd (1 usd = 51 to 52 pesos).
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