At Long Last!

For a change, I'll write a journal about what happened. And stuff.

At Mines View Park.

Wow. At long last - Baguio.

October 30: Me and Baby were talking through text about random stuff, and eventually got to talking about Baguio. Even got into a small argument about when we'll go to Baguio, until she suggests that we go there that night. That was a good idea, I thought. So we devised a plan that we'll execute as soon as I got home that night.

And so we did. As soon as I got home from work and packed my things, we caught a ride going to Pasay, and strode through on-going construction near the pedestrian lane, to reach the Victory Liner bus terminal.

Pinikpikang Manok. Imagined it to be grilled, or roasted. haha

October 31: This is when the fun began. Haha. I'd like to emphasize that we have been hitting lucky strikes throughout this trip. You see, we haven't reserved ourselves a hotel room in the area, but was lucky enough to be welcomed by a group of tourist information people, which helped us reserve a hotel room - and a cheap one at that.

To cut things short, we checked in at Hotel Henrico, a quaint, cheap but nice hotel at Kisad Road. It was not the best around but we definitely got more than what we paid for. :)

After breakfast (which was free, btw), we walked around the vicinity and reached Burnham Park. We tried the seahorse boat ride (which was cheap, too), which was entirely out of the plan. Haha. Got my left palm bruised terribly with the oar. I know, I'm the best seahorse boat rower there is. Haha! We caught the eye of one photographer there, who took photos of us and charged us dearly for them. We haggled and got 4 shots instead of everything for P600, I think.

Baby was looking for Strawberry Taho, so we got one while waiting for our photos to be delivered to us. We walked around, went to Session Road, walked around some more, and planned to have dinner at Pizza Volante there.

We had our lunch at one of the carinderias at Burnham Park. I loved the food, and they served us with platefuls of rice, liempo, and a bowl of Pinikpikang Manok, a local rendition of cooking chicken.

After lunch, we went to Mines View Park, strolled around and took photos. I was browsing my wallet for money when I was bumped (I think) and all the contents of my wallet fell to the ground. It was embarassing, but we managed to laugh at it. Haha.

I'm on a horse! Haha! Spoofing an Old Spice commercial. :D

After buying some stuff at Mines View Park, we went to The Mansion by jeep. Daming jejemon. Haha. I bought meself a limited-edition (daw) Seal of the Office of the President sticker, which I'll stick on my laptop.

After that, we're off to the Botanical Garden. There was a lot to see there, but we had to go back to the hotel. Haha. We waited around until it was dark and then we caught a ride to Bayanihan bldg. (I think) for some ukay-ukay. Had us some good finds there. Dad was right - there are branded stuff there if you're lucky and good at looking for things. Haha.

We ended the day with dinner at Pizza Volante, where the food is, um, Italian. Haha. We also went to a local bar that also serves good frozen yogurt. Yum!

We fell asleep while watching 2012 at HBO.

November 1: Woke up for breakfast and prepping ourselves for the ride home.

*to be continued*