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..
Bell Church. Chinese Temple.
Want to go where kung fu movies were filmed in Baguio? Best time to go is Chinese New Year but they also have mini cultural festivals/shows on weekends.
More walks..
Foggy Mountain. Awesome view.
Looking for a cool place tonight? Impress a date? Apologize to the Jowa? Go to second base (third maybe)? All of the above? Lucky you. Here it is.
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First settlers of Baguio.
Before the foreigners came, Baguio was a peaceful place to live. Ibaloi families lived off the land with cattle and gold trading with people from the lowlands. Yup, gold was mined here centuries ago. Guess who got rich?