Baguio (Botanical Gardens)

Our tour of Baguio continued as we visited the Botanical gardens which is around 3 miles from the city , mostly up hill into the cool air of the mountains . I found this place to be a peaceful , relaxing and beautiful with plenty of gift shops and food outlets .

Outside the main gate where you can have your picture taken with the local natives 

Such a oriental feel about the gardens 

The first thing that welcomes you into the gardens

Her phone was working overtime lol 

So where is the Botanical gardens ? Well  The main sites to see are all clustered together and you can easily visit all the attractions within a day ! and everything is Free to enter !! ... Next stop  Mines View Park ! 

Baguio (our first day)

Our first day in Baguio started at 8 am when we checked into the hotel , We has no sleep all night but agreed to look around Baguio city and sleep later on . 

What a small,busy but such a cool place to be ! , I found it amazing how so many little houses climbed up the mountains along with  the clean streets and  strict litter laws!

So we went out on our travels around the city and stopped at Baguio Cathedral ..

Half the day had now passed and it was time to get back to the hotel for some sleep ,  but there was a problem .......  we forgot the address  and name of the hotel !! .  We spend another 2 hours or so trying to find the place and with no sleep the night before my mood was quickly turning ! .  It was lucky that i found a picture of the hotel i took with my phone previous that day and the local police pointed us in the right direction ! ..  Cab meters are set at 40 pesos and it really don't take long to move around the City .

Baguio (The bus ride up)

  Our 10 hour Bus ride up to Baguio was sure an experience . Setting off after 1pm was never a good idea to begin with as we did not get to see the lovely mountains traveling into Baguio as it was past 10pm by the time we go into the Bus Terminal . 

So it's after 10pm and we finally  walk out of the terminal to endure a hour in a cab driving around looking for a hotel to stay in  but  sadly everything was booked up that night and the only thing i could do was make a reservation for the morning so that's what we did .

Back to the Bus Terminal for the night it had to be!!

Sleeping in a Bus Terminal is never the same as a bed !

Our first day at Baguio will soon to begin ........

Price of Pork

The Price of Meat in the philippines varies from place to place depending on the quality of the cuts.

This Pigs head I bought for 1000 pesos from the market catered for 15 people !

Century Park Hotel (The Chefs)

I knew a staff member at the hotel and he asked if he could borrow my camera to snap a few Last Day pics with his co workers ...... This is what i found ...

@ Century Park Hotel 2016

Century Park Hotel (Manila)

This Hotel was  really nice and almost Grande which cost me only 3000 pesos per night!.

Fridge,Tv,Cable,wife ect

King size Bed 

And great views across Manila

I chose this hotel partly on reputation and a easy route to the Bus terminals .