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."
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PMA. The long grey line.
PMA. Bastion of the military elite. Where boys that entered its hallowed grounds walk out as esteemed military officers. Best time to go is weekends when you might chance upon a parade or silent drills. Ok, after the lockdown.
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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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Benguet Coffee. Brewing since the 1880s.
Did you know that our renowned Benguet coffee was first planted in the Cordilleras more than 140 years ago. With the fertile mountains and favorable climate, we were a major produce of high quality Arabica coffee wordwide! And then a fungus came..