Thursday, September 01, 2005

Baguio 1

Friday afternoon Macel and I made our way to Baguio - a 2hr bus ride up into the mountains. We arrived at about 7 and met Macel's partner Chii who had come up from Manila to join us for our Satruday in Bagio. We dumped our bags and headed out for dinner. We went for dinner at a nice place near the large Bagio Cathedral which overlooked the city.

The next day we got up early and went for breakfast at the Cafe by the Ruins. This is a great little cafe - open air, bamboo, local art works and Philippino food. I wish there were more restaurants like this in Manila! I ate french toast and maple syrup. Yum.

Me and Macel at Cafe by the Ruins

Afterwards we headed up to Mines View, which overlooked the surrounding mountains. Next on our whril wind tour of Bagio was to the Bagio market place where we bought pasalubong (food for people at work) and a few little presents for ourselves and other people. We then went back to the hotel, packed up our stuff and headed about 5kms out of Bagio to Tam-awan Village.

Chii and Macel at Mines View