Baguio City, Philippines: Best City Ever

 

I will always be a Baguio girl who will forever love, protect and fight for Baguio City. I remember when I was a little girl, Baguio was not so congested unlike today that it has turned into a highly urbanized city. 

Baguio is very much alive with its booming business and commerce, although a lot of issues were budding such as the garbage problem and cutting of trees. As a Baguio girl, I will always choose to keep the trees. Back in the old days you can really smell the heavenly scent of pine trees when you are on a bus traveling from the lowlands back to the City. Today, the scent  is forever gone. How sad!

Baguio City is located in Benguet Province. It is the center of education for Northern Luzon and the seat of government for the Cordillera Administrative Region. Baguio City was established by the Americans as a hill station. Originally, Baguio is the home of the Ibalois, a group of Indigenous peoples originally living in Baguio. 

Because of Baguio's awesome cool climate, it is designated as the "Summer Capital"of the Philippines.

Wikipedia.com says that:

The government was transferred to city to escape the lowland heat during summer. It was incorporated as a chartered city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909, as authored by former Philippines Supreme Court Justice George A. Malcolm. The City of Baguio celebrated its Centennial on September 1, 2009.

Burnham Park is one of the famous tourist destinations. The park was named after the American architect and urban planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham who creatively laid the blueprint of the city. 

When I was little, my family used to have picnics at Burnham Park. Really, it was one of the most memorable parks for a Baguio girl like me.

Back then,  manual photography was a huge business! Since there were no digital cameras available during those days, people took manual photography as a full time job.  Perhaps, it was a good source of income back then. Sadly, the fad was killed by modern technology. However, you still see those men  with their old cameras.  

My prayer is that in spite of the development and technology introduced, I wish that they will still keep the trees and its natural god given beauty. I wanted my great great great grand children and their children's children to see how beautiful Baguio is.