Where Has Baguio Gone?

Our family last went to Baguio in 2001. Even then, we saw the changes which were changing the landscape of the once-pristine city. When I saw it again, I was a little bummed. It definitely looked like a dense, overpopulated and congested city now. Everything that's mystical in it almost completely erased. Sayang.

BUT ---it did amuse me to no end to visit SM Baguio. We've heard so much about it when it was new. I suppose, it is pretty. But it looked like a small, glorified Mall of Asia lang actually. And hello! It is true that if you've seen one mall, you've seen all others. Still, we took pictures inside, for posterity's sake. We had lunch here and ate at Carlo's Pizza (yes, a branch of the one found in Tagytay). Quite expensive for such small servings. Anyhow, we were discovering new things and we all refuse to eat in places we'll find in Manila. We need everything to be distinctly Baguio. (A feat nowadays, truth be told).

Ella and I doing the touristy thing. Picture picture!

Ryan spent php 20 (Php 5 per 3 minutes) on the telescope found at the promenade (3rd floor) just to see rooftops and whatchamacallits. Ok lang, knock yourself out, we said.