Baguio 2016 on a 16k Budget Trip

Revisiting Baguio this year... but this time we are out here to challenge ourselves. We aim to spend 16k for the whole stretch of this trip. 

We are staying at Casa Vallejo Hotel... Our accommodation is out from the budget. :) I already booked it months ago thru Agoda. I got our room at 3.6k for 3D/2N stay... 

Day 1: July 26, 2016

6:00am - we left Tandang Sora and driving thru NLEX and SCTEX where we had a very very very long straight road to take. Then exiting Urdaneta and passing by La Union to Baguio City for 4hours. 

When we crossed the borders of the Province of Benguet, we passed by a Kambingan/Bulalohan eatery, since we are starving from the long drive, we decided to eat our brunch :) We had hot Papaitan and Calderetang Kambing. It was enough to fill our empty stomach then headed back to another hour trip to Baguio City. 

A Meal for 2 like this cost us 247php. 

Did I mention about the breathtaking view? Well, just as we entered the borders, the view of the lush green mountains and several falls wowed us...

10:37am - we first payed Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral a visit. kneeled. prayed. We are thankful for our safe trip. 

We then headed to one of the most popular local restos, Cafe by the ruins. We just had Lola Luisa's Ensaymada (cost 95php), Ruins Coffee (at 85php) and i had Iced Ruins Coffee (110php). We opted to have a light snack and a good coffee to get us going all day :)

a few parking space in front of their facade is reserved for the guests. 

the Ensaymada was a little too dry. But the coffee is something different, it has a spice, that brings everything together when a muscovado sugar is dropped on it :)

come 12noon we decided to check-in at Casa Vallejo, where i booked a month ago. We got the room for 3D/2N at 3.6k only... Location is great since it's just right in the heart of the city. The hotel itself is a story teller... on the same building we visited Mt. Cloud and tried to steal-away good books at a good cost... we bought 1. hahaha and it's a cocktail drinks recipe book!

on another door, is Cinematheque Baguio, which was one on my list to go to on this trip and it's just right beside our hotel! We checked the indie films they will showcase and we are set to watch tomorrow. It is just a mini-cinema but! there's no entrance fee on this one. So you watch indie films for free! :)

We went to see the Bell Church next. It was closed though but it was good enough to visit because we came across the La Trinidad painted-houses with mural. 

and since we were already within La Trinidad, we went straight to the popular strawberry farm of Benguet. I am disappointed though, no strawberry picking this time of the season, since it's been raining, they have lettuce of different kinds instead. a big big box of assorted lettuce is only sold at 100php only. 

bought a box of strawberries at 150php and a bottle of strawberry wine at 180php. We also tried the strawberry ice-cream which was sold expensively :(

 For the love of butterflies, we came to Camp John Hay to visit the butterfly sanctuary but it was closed when we arrive, so we spent sometime at garden of The Manor Hotel instead. 

It was around 5pm when we realized we haven't had lunch yet... We went around Burnham Park looking for something local for dinner and we passed by Good Taste. We ordered too much, they have super generous serving that we ended up having like a feast of Garlic Butter Chicken (Half at 170php), Lechon Broccoli just because i love broccoli (155php), Hototay Soup (Small at 105php) and a Calamansi Juice. 

Today we spent roughly around 2.7k... but we plan to go out for the night market tonight... let's see if we are to spend a couple of box for a good find :D