Baguio... city in the mountains

One hot day our team took a ride up to Baguio city. It was a windy, steep road in the heart of Launion province. As our van climbed the hills the temperature became cooler, thus bearable. Our first stop was the strawberry fields (insert Beatles song here), nestled into the mountains. We were a little late, so we combinded our forces and were able to pick one basket. No one knows what happened to that basket of berries, but we can say we partook in the Baguio tradition. We then loaded up the van and headed to SM mall for dinner at Jollibees and some shopping. Jollibees is like a glorified KFC, and in my books just as gross. Not a fan, sorry Philippines, not your best product. We then hit the stores to find some great deals. The only problem for me is that filipino people are smaller. Their size 10 shoe, is about a size 8 canadian. So not much luck for me. It was fun to browse nonetheless. We then congregated back at the van for the windy road down the mountains in the dark. It felt like the space mountain ride from Disney Land. And it marked the first time I was cold in the Philippines (minus the initial bus ride, you could have chilled meat on that ice shuttle. Plus the movie they were showing didn't help warm the mood, all brutal fighting scenes with no dialogue).
It was a fun trip to see how people can really live anywhere there is space, be it on a cliff that you need to take a sketchy bridge to or on the side of the road where your kids play.