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Travel Blogs from Baguio
Foggy Baquio
... there are exceptions to that 'smiley face country’ rule:)
Honestly, I have never seen so many such a nice, kind, friendly, smiley, helpful people as in Philippines. One of them said that they developed this friendly attitude as they went for years and years of hardship. Well, I know nations that went through hardship and they are left with complains and victim attitude.
The small kids, when they are 3 or 4, go to kindergarten; then ...
On Climbing Mountains...
... the hike in peace and quiet. Willie was like a horse heading home, speeding up the closer we got to home. We were practically jogging by the time we got back but Dave and I still enjoyed the hike back and lunch was waiting for us back at the restaurant so we didn't complain about the breakneck speed...we were hungry. Lunch was probably one of the best meals we've had in the Philippines. They claimed it was Filipino food but, it seemed more ...
Bah-gee-oh
... was mainly a stop off point as I head north. The city has major air and noise pollution problems and the main charms of the city lie outside the city centre.
At last, a good night sleep! I went to bed at 9pm and slept for hours!!
Next morning, I quickly headed for Sagada. I jumped in a taxi to a different bus stop, on the way, the taxi is hit by another car. The driver jumps out and ...
A short stop off in Baguio
... by messing around with it! Ah well, we looked like we knew what we were doing! (Note from Karen: At one point Ashley very confidently moved a few sticks around and I would have been very impressed with him had the huge flame we'd had a few seconds earlier instantly die out!)
Talking of being at one with nature. When we went into our hut ...
La Union and more
... place - basically when the Marcos regime was in power, they spent a lot of money building this (and other buildings as well) trying to prove that the Philippines was not a developing country, but they were spending money on **** like this instead of areas where it was really needed, like development and poverty.
Classes were slated to start today, so Laura and I were up bright and ...