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Thursday, January 31, 2008

T hree of those photos found in my collection of landmark photos during my travel across the country recently found its way to the header of True World Travel and Tours website. If you happened to read my earlier postings of this site, you learned that this same travel agency is my former employer sometime in 2004. The photos, shoot in film, are shown below with corresponding notes to indicate the date and place these photos were taken.


Boracay Island - Jan. 1, 2004


Cagsawa Ruin - Feb. 2003


Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite - summer 2004

Update: June 27, 2009 5:38pm

Due to revision demands, these photos were no longer incorporated in the new web design of the site. Please see the new design here.


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Baguio City: Revisited

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Fast Fact

Baguio City is a well-known city in the Philippines located in northern Luzon. Baguio City, established by the Americans in 1909, is located about 1,500 meters above sea level, high in the Cordillera Central mountain range giving the city an almost temperate climate. This makes the city the leading summer tourist destination in the country, and in fact, the city's nickname is The Summer Capital of the Philippines.

Baguio City is an independent city not belonging to any province. The city used to be part of the province of Benguet which completely surrounds the city. Baguio is also the administrative center of the Cordillera Administrative Region.

The City

Baguio City occupies 49 square kilometers of hilly land on a plateau about 1,500 meters high in the southwestern portion of the Cordillera Central mountain range in northern Luzon. It is completely surrounded by the province of Benguet in which the city used to be a town of before being made into an independent city. The city is bordered by the municipality of Tuba to the south and west, by Itogon to the east, and by Benguet's capital, La Trinidad to the north.

Owing to its high altitude, Baguio City has an almost temperate climate that averages about 8 °C colder than in the lowlands. The temperature rarely goes higher than 26 °C. During the rainy season from June to October, the city experiences much more rainfall than in other areas of the country, but is not often affected by typhoons that hammer the lowlands because of the buffer offered by the mountains.

The three main access roads leading to Baguio from the lowlands are Kennon Road, Marcos Highway, and Naguilian Highway. Kennon Road starts from Rosario, La Union and winds its way through a narrow and steep valley. This road is the fastest route to Baguio but is the most dangerous with frequent landslides during the rainy season. Marcos Highway, which starts from Agoo, La Union, and Naguilian Highway, which starts from Bauang, La Union, are more roundabout routes but are much safer than Kennon Road and are the only routes permitted to buses and trucks.

The centerpiece of the city is the Burnham Park which features a rectangular lagoon and open fields. The eastern part of the city is dominated by high-class residential areas surrounding the Camp John Hay, an former American military recreation zone now turned into a tourist residential-commercial area with its own 18-hole golf course.

The Economy

Much of the economy of Baguio is heavily dependent on education. A secondary source of income for the residents is its character as commercial hub in the province of Benguet. Finally, tourism supplies a trickle of income. Many of the agricultural and mining goods produced in Benguet goes to Baguio City for central distribution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baguio

Kennon Road Scenery


The sculptured limestone Lion's Head


Sir Boy and Ryann


At Kennon RoadAt Botanical Garden with Igorot elderlies


At The Mansion (subjects are out of focus)

Baguio Cathedral



Turista

Baguio downtown




Abanao Square at the downtown areaNight time fruit stand


Parks


Botanical GardenBurnham ParkSM Baguio as can be seen from Burnham Park

Marcos Highway


Mt. Sto. Tomas (as seen from Marcos Highway)Kuya Zaldy

Photos were taken with Canon EOS 750QD and recorded the scenes on Fuji Superia 800 film. Most photos were taken on June 7, 2005.

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