Feeling HOT! Come to Baguio City

As you stroll along Burnham Park, especially around the lake, surely you'll be greeted with, "Boating sir, ma'am! Sixty pesos lang anggana uma" (Boating sir, ma'am! Just sixty pesos 'til you get tired of rowing). And as you walk towards the Children's Park, again you'll hear, "Bike kayo? Thirty pesos lang, maysa oras" (Want to ride a bicycle? Just thirty pesos for one hour). Then, as you continue enjoying your walk, some men with their cameras would ask you, "Picture? Picture?" These are the highlights of strolling in the park.

Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines, is oftentimes visited by local and foreign tourists because of its cool climate and hospitable people. Situated on top of a plateau in the Cordillera, this city offers comfort and solace for the sweat-drenched people of the plains. It could be reached by plane or by land transportation.

The famous road that leads to Baguio is the Zigzag Road or Kennon Road -- one of the costliest roads in the country, which was painstakingly constructed by Igorots, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino Lowlanders, and some other foreign nationalities under the supervision of the Americans sometime in the early 1900's.

I spent my college days in Baguio. It's fortunate for us Igorots that Baguio has become the educational center of the Northern Highlands so I would say, it's both enjoyable and worthy getting your diploma here! The city is the home of quality universities and colleges (Saint Louis University, University of Baguio, University of the Cordilleras, to name a few).