DSC00824. DSC00895. I wonder what other people mean when they say "Batanes makes you feel like you're in a foreign country." This is part of our country, the way it should have been before neon lights and rowdy karaoke bars took over. Mr. Z calls it "the place that time forgot." I thought so too. Once sybaritic spas and swanky resorts take over, Batanes will never be the same. store owner Lily Garcia. There was no Jollibee in Batanes. We were craving for pizza and saw a place that ... Continue Reading...
Beautiful Camp John Hay and other Baguio landmarks
One of my earliest visits to Baguio was not a pleasant one. I was a young cub reporter covering the aftermath of the disastrous July 1990 earthquake where more than 400 people died. I remembered that it took forever to reach the city because the major highways were closed. Session Road looked like a picture of devastation and most pitiful of all was the Hyatt Hotel ( also the site of a casino) which crumbled like dominoes and buried scores of people. The stench of death was clearly palpable above ground where we were and heard stories of who tried to escape, who died ... Continue Reading...
Mines View Park : One of the best places to have a (cheap) photo-op in Baguio
Back to the city groove after a mercy flight from Asian Spirit that got us out of rustic Batanes. Now it's time to continue with snippets of my neglected travelogue on Baguio City. I wish I can say am tired of Baguio but it certainly was a changed city when I got there this time around. The change was evident in Mines View Park, a famous tourist landmark near Hotel Elizabeth which has this splendid view deck for admiring the city landscape. Mines View Park was so called because it was here where one can see the gold mines of Abra and Benguet from a distance. It ... Continue Reading...
One week and 5 flight cancellations later, we can’t get out of Batanes… what is going on Asian Spirit?
DSC00851. I'd be too happy to continue with my Baguio posts except that I can no longer mask the reality that we've been stranded in the paradise-island of Batanes for almost a week now. We are still lovestruck but now more dumbstruck at the prospect of starring in our own edition of Gilligan’s Island . We have the real world to go back to - Mr. Z already missed his international flight and I should be reporting back to work in less than 48 hours. Same goes for the rest of the passengers who have commitments to meet and families to go home to. ... Continue Reading...
Hotel Elizabeth in Baguio was p-r-e-t-t-y
Hotel Elizabeth Baguio facade. We arrived in dark and chilly Baguio City at night, and when we saw the bright, elegantly-lit facade of the Hotel Elizabeth, Mr. Z knew we simply had to be there. ..truth is, we had to be anywhere BUT our first stop - I would've settled for a port-o-john with a locking door, after that - Mr. Z We must admit we judged a book by its cover on this one, and we were not disappointed. The cover, or the facade, we mean. Hotel Elizabeth happens to be the summer capital's newest hotel - barely two years old. Going to the ... Continue Reading...
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