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..
The Barn. Rustic artisan setting.
With its awesome scenery and picturesque surrounding, strangers just kept showing up to enjoy it. So the owners decided to cash in and put up a resto.. .. so you have to order a meal to see the view.
More eats...
One man against the Americans.
During the American colonial period, there was one person who went against the might of the colonizers. The battle was in their own home front, the US Supreme Court. He won. This is his story.