BenCab. Baguio Influential Artist # 1.
BenCab is a famous National Artist that retired in Baguio. During his elementary days, he made a few centavos doing his classmates’ drawing assignments. In high school, he drew portraits of James Dean and Elvis Presley and sold them to schoolmates for 10 pesos. Decades down the way at the peak of his career, his most expensive paintings sold for about a million dollars each. "Paint it and it will come."
More creatives..
Mt. Pulag National Park. Top of the world.
Bored with the lockdown? Go to a real adventure and climb a mountain. A very high mountain. But be prepared. Be very prepared. Ok, not now. Just imagine going there.
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Slaughterhouse. Baguio taxi driver's food mecca.
Go into a food adventure. Eat where the city taxi drivers have their culinary feast. Even Gordon Ramsey will freak out when he sees this place. Master Chef my foot!
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The Baguio builder.
Forbes Park. The premiere gated community. Enclave of the Philippine elite. Where Gretchen Barreto hides from all controversies.. where some of us wish we were during the lockdown. Guess who it was named after. Tip: He was also known as the builder of Baguio.