Within a few
meters after landing on the final step and after a turn, the most photograph
place (according to some writers and bloggers) in the city of Baguio came into
the picture. The pool and The Mansion
always offer a certain form of identity and pride to this place. We were lucky that time because we almost had
the place by ourselves. Inside the
compound of The Mansion, visitors are only allowed to a certain point for
picture taking. The military officers
who are guarding the place are always on the alert every time visitors will
enter the gate. At one point, we asked
the guards to have a picture with us but they declined our request because
according to them, they are prohibited in joining any picture taking activity
with the civilians lest they will be reprimanded by such action.
Mines View Park
was our next stopover, a popular tourist destination in Baguio. Actually, the place is now overly populated
with souvenir shops and stalls that sell goodies and there’s really not that
much to see except for the relic of the past and the picturesque mountains of
Benguet. There are now houses at the
base of Mines View Park and from atop, tombs can be seen in the backyard of
these houses. If one is not oriented with the customs and traditions of our
brothers in this region, the sight of tombs in their backyard could be an eerie
sight for an outsider.
Our last stop
that day was at a mall. I don’t know if
it is a prerequisite for some to drop by at the mall when they visit
Baguio. Perhaps, even for my colleagues,
it could have been a habit already.
Anyway, it was not actually the shopping why they wanted to be there. I must admit also that the ambiance of the
mall is quite different from the rest of the malls within the country. It is an open one where its cooling system
comes from the nature. And most of the
visitors, just like us, love to spend some time in the verandas for a good
glimpse of the city landscape.
The Mansion
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