March 3rd, 2006 |
I’ve always liked Baguio. Everytime I’m in that place I just feel at peace. Happy. It seems to be a different place. The cool weather helps and the nippy mountain air is a big positive change from the usual humid and very polluted air of Metro Manila. Strawberries are cheap and almost found everywhere. Passion fruits are sweet. Session road is teeming with people passing by, looking, buying trinkets and stuff during the evening and a bowl of hot soup is always a welcome treat. That was where we went almost four weekends ago, just after my birthday.
These punks were just sitting in Session Road unmindful of the stares and quiet chuckle of passersby. I couldn’t resist myself that’s why I went near, asked and got their photos. During the evening, small time sellers of various stuffs from handmade native necklaces and bracelets, to leather goods, pirated VCDs/DVDs/CDs, to various used clothing locally called as wagwag or ukay-ukay. Its really a pleasure to watch people pass, stop, stoop, haggle, and then buy.
Early Sunday morning and just after I took some photos of the cathedral, I met these Aeta (natives) selling whistles. While at the market, I passed by the flower section. Flowers from La Trinidad find their way here, a narrow alley filled with differet varieties.
Also at the market, one cannot miss these pasalubong vendors: from the famous Baguio brooms that my mother likes very much to various food stuff like peanut brittle, ube (purple yam) jams, chocomallows, crinkles, and various sweets.
Because the city is on a mountain, most sections are steep but really not a problem when going up as the coolness makes the walk relaxing.
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For a change, we headed to Baguio City for a brief stay two weekends ago. Not much was done as the weather was just uncooperative. Yes, Baguio City was wet as rains made its mark on and off. When temperatures are already cool, it was much made cooler with the somber weather. But it wasn’t disappointing. In fact, it wasn’t bad at all.
