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Baguio stories

A lot have been said about Baguio. But we'll dig a little deeper about the stories behind it. Like why the streets and parks have American names while Manila has Spanish ones.. why heritage houses and monasteries became haunted.. favorite restos of city folks. And then we start to appreciate the city more.


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Kidlat Tahimik. Baguio Influential Artist # 2.

Eccentric guy that is a famous Baguio icon that set up Oh My Gulay and Ililikha restos. You'll never know but he is a Wharton MBA grad and a finance guy working in Paris in his younger days. And then one day he saw a movie camera and all bets are off..

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Burnham who?

Burnham Park is a major icon of Baguio. Ever wonder who it was named after? He originally designed Baguio for 30,000 people. Now, it has almost half a million with a million more when tourists arrive. Do the math. Guess we need another Burnham. Nope, not the park.

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Vizco's. Baguio strawberries in a cake.

The perennial Baguio strawberries. It's grown in nearby Trinidad town actually. But what the heck, the city made it famous. Since the Trinidad Strawberry Festival is canceled, best way to get it is in this resto.

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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..

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