It's rather obvious why we chose to go to Baguio on just its Panagbenga opening over the big event that's gonna be on the 22nd known as the grandest float parade of flowers. For one, we really meant to celebrate husband birthday and our 11th wedding anniversary in Baguio which both fell on the first week. We got married Feb 1st on a Chinese New Year and it took eleven years for CNY to actually fall on Feb 1st again which happened this year. Well, the senti in me got that figured out. So is it safe to say this year is our 2nd CNY anniversary? I mean 1st? Whatever :)
Another reason, Pangbenga is too crowded an event. Hotels, restos and parks are gonna be jam-packed of tourists. Transportation I bet is also gonna be pain in the ass. So yeah, I don't know about everyone else, for us the opening was the bomb. Everything that's too much is suffocating, yes?
Without further intro, let's get it on with day one now!
Just arrived fresh haggard from the bus. From six hours expected travelling time to eight hours...wtf! And yes I couldn't complain. We were met by the cold wind and welcomed each of us with chilly kisses. That was 2 pm when the sun shines brightly but the cold wind out-ruled the sun amazingly. That point we knew we were in Baguio and that had put smiles on our faces.
We checked in our hotel just to unload baggage and hurriedly scoured nearby resto for food because we were dead starving.
But man...the cold was such a force to reckon with! Our fingers were freezing hard! Thus, the mittens! Aren't they cute? We bought three pairs.
Because we came late, not so much happened on the first day. Right after we stuffed our tummies with tons of foodie courtesy of Don Henrico, we headed off to market to buy some supplies we need. I brought along toiletries so we only bought slippers, water to last a day, some sodas, vodka to trick sandman because we badly need double-dosaged dust-sprinkling to sleep. We window shopped for vegies and some souvenirs, sight seen a bit of burnham park and nearby attractions, took some photos then got back to the hotel to spend the rest of the night.
The first day was freezing cccoooold! Our boogers were snowing...wtf.
Tip. You might wanna buy unique wooden handicrafts, try in Baguio, there's a lot. For us we bought wooden rolling masseur for only 50 pesos..perfect for muscle pain. Same place where we bought wooden bracelets and keychains for very cheap prize tags. Oh I almost forgot the wooden chess board Julien picked for himself! Very nice quality...everything looks durable.
Watch out for day two coming very soon if time permits. I will post the link once it's ready.
Thanks for reading!
Link to previous post...click Celebrating Multiple Events in Baguio..
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