Day 1 of our Baguio Adventure.
| The Cathedral |
We visited the famed Baguio Cathedral located at pretty much the town center. Its spires (for lack of a better term) can be seen pretty much everywhere around town, and are good way points should one ever get lost. :)
Exterior.
Interior.
Prayer candles for the family.
| Burnham Park Boating |
We also decided to go to nearby Burnham Park and walk around. We were torn between cycling and boating, and since I am less-than-adept at the necessary skills needed to successfully man a bipedal, two-wheeled machine, we decided to go boating. We picked a swan-shaped pedal boat, and had a blast at the small man-made lake at the park.
| SM Baguio |
After boating, we visited the one large mall in Baguio City, SM Baguio. We went to the very top, and snapped some scenic pictures of the Pine City.
| Souvenir Shops |
Baguio is definitely one of those tourist cities where souvenir shops are just everywhere. The cool thing was that a customer can always haggle for a cheaper price. I didn't do too badly at haggling (in fact, I received a discount for everything I bought!) because I simply refused to buy something if I wasn't going to be given any sort of discount. :P These souvenir shops are near SM Baguio.
The people of Baguio seem to have this fascination about anything resembling the male phallus. Every souvenir shop sells key chains, necklaces, or decorations with the penis prominently featured. Here is one rather sizable example.
More to come in the following posts!Jay~
For the Facebook greetings on my wall, the birthday wishes in my birthday post comment form, and the countless text messages from all of you who remembered my 21st birthday and greeted me.
One huge thank you to Gayle for creating the best birthday surprise ever, the ginormous cake (with cars on it) and the effort in collecting all those greetings and writing them on balloons. Thank you babe. It was a wonderful birthday. :)
Once again, thank you, ALL of you, who greeted me. I had a great birthday.Jay~
There, it's official.
I am twenty-one years old.
:DJay~
Hey readers..
I am blogging now in an Internet cafe beside our hotel..
In Baguio City, Philippines! :D
Will update this perhaps tomorrow afternoon or evening. I'll be 21 tomorrow! Very excited. This place is a great place for bargains by the way. Awesome holiday so far, and I'm stuffing myself silly. :PJay~
Okay, I splurged. :P But no worries, it's a cheap splurge, because I have discovered buried and hidden treasures in a second-hand bookstore in Robinson's Place Ermita. The shop is called Booksale (ground floor, across Mercury Drug and quite near to Dairy Queen), and they carry some really good titles for obscenely low prices.
The financial damage was not very great at all, and my large bookshelf is increasingly looking small. :P Good thing I bought a new study table with a bookcase (Blims has the best furniture in Manila, I swear) and I will post some pictures either later today or perhaps tomorrow. Still arranging it. :)
Timeline by Michael Crichton. As many of you probably know, I'm a fanatic of Crichton's works, and this is my eight Crichton novel. Bought the paperback edition for only $2.00. :P
Next by Michael Crichton. This was a hardbound copy, and guess how much I got it for? $1.50. ROFL! This is 'bargain' defined.
Gai-Jin by James Clavell. Hardbound copy as well, for only $3.50. Amazing. It's a pretty large tome, and I'm a little intimidated to start reading it. :P
White by Christopher Whitcomb. Bought this because I have Black (the prequel to this novel), and since it was only $1.70, what the hell.
I found a hardbound copy of Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy (I already have the paperback edition) but when I came back to the store it was gone, hence why I bought Gai-Jin. I will probably visit Booksale at least once a week, since most of their books are in excellent conditions. Next and Gai-Jin both look like they're brand new. Good for me. :DJay~
