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4 - Baguio (Day 2)

The next day, we woke up kind of late. We were supposed to wake up at 5 AM but ended up sleeping in 'til 7 AM. Our first destination was Mines View Park. It took so long to get there because of the heavy traffic. Well, it was kind of expected because it's summer and hot, so that means more tourists. When we got there, the first thing that caught my attention was the taho vendor. The strawberry taho is a must-try. I had three cups of it because it was so delicious. One cup costs P20 compared to the 10-peso taho in Manila. But it's understandable because it has strawberries and we were in Baguio.



 


The gates to the Mines View Park
 Inside Mines View Park, you'll see different kinds of plants. I even saw a Good Luck Money Tree. I need that tree. I should've bought it. Hahaha kidding. But really though...  


We just took some photos of the place and of course, selfies. How could I even forget? Hahaha! We also had a picture taken with a St. Bernard named Coco. There were two St. Bernards there. The other one's name is Oreo. They were so adorable. A picture costs 100 bucks, but I managed to sneak some pictures with the dog looking at my camera. Hehehe, I'm a ninja. Just kidding! 


And of course, we went to check out the souvenir shops. I bought some mini dream catchers for my five best friends and a souvenir shirt for myself, of course, and my brother bought food. Lots of food. 

After that, we went to Burnham Park. We took a boat ride at the man-made lake. I think my face was covered with my jacket the whole ride because the water keeps on splashing onto my face, which was disgusting because the water looks very dirty. You couldn't see a thing underneath. After several minutes, we rode bikes in the park. My sister and I rode a BMX while my brother and his girlfriend rode a tandem bike: the one that has two seats and two pedals. I kind of regretted agreeing to go because I got tired of pedaling and we still had, like, 40 minutes. (Yes, I remembered) So I sucked it up because I don't want the money to go to waste. After that "bike session", we went to SM Baguio to have lunch. We got to our car just in time before it started raining hard. We had lunch at Bonchon. And as we were enjoying our meals, we heard a loud crack of thunder. It was deafening and very scary because we're on a mountain and the lightning might hit something or worse, someone. 



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