Baguio???

[actob99 156]

Going to spend a couple days in Baguio next weekend and was just curious if anyone has been? Looking for someone who has been and stayed in a decent hotel. ANy info would be cool? Thanks..

[chrismanilyn 4]

OOPss... I posted to your personal msg board! Doh!

Bloomfield Hotel, 446-9111 to 14, 3 Leonard Wood Road, Salud Mitra Brgy. Very clean, modern, convenient (right across from SM and bust station), reasonable price, great food...I loved it. $3Kish got a suite overlooking the mountains

[Magic Power 7]

OOPss... I posted to your personal msg board! Doh!

Bloomfield Hotel, 446-9111 to 14, 3 Leonard Wood Road, Salud Mitra Brgy. Very clean, modern, convenient (right across from SM and bust station), reasonable price, great food...I loved it. $3Kish got a suite overlooking the mountains

Dat very expensive. Is that Kano Price?

[southcalhog 43]

Try "Camp John Hay Manor". I stayed there a few years ago and the place was very nice and reasonable.The Staff is "very" attentive to your needs and wants there. As you know the Altitude is very high so of all the places in the Philippines Baguio is Cold there at times so take a Sweater. there is also a big lake there that you can go Boat riding and dont forget the Lil people, the igorots.they will want to take pics with you for pesos. they are about 3 or 4 feet tall, very cute. And of course the malls. have a good trip there.

[Leatherneck 693]

Try "Camp John Hay Manor". I stayed there a few years ago and the place was very nice and reasonable.The Staff is "very" attentive to your needs and wants there. As you know the Altitude is very high so of all the places in the Philippines Baguio is Cold there at times so take a Sweater. there is also a big lake there that you can go Boat riding and dont forget the Lil people, the igorots.they will want to take pics with you for pesos. they are about 3 or 4 feet tall, very cute. And of course the malls. have a good trip there.

Is Country Waffles still there at John Hay?

Edited March 4, 2012 by Leatherneck

[Sirach123 2]

Try "Camp John Hay Manor". I stayed there a few years ago and the place was very nice and reasonable.The Staff is "very" attentive to your needs and wants there. As you know the Altitude is very high so of all the places in the Philippines Baguio is Cold there at times so take a Sweater. there is also a big lake there that you can go Boat riding and dont forget the Lil people, the igorots.they will want to take pics with you for pesos. they are about 3 or 4 feet tall, very cute. And of course the malls. have a good trip there.

Your information about the Igorots is incorrect. They are not little people of just 3 to 4 ft tall. They are regularly build pinoys just like you and me. And if you go there don't openly call them Igorots just like not calling the blacks as Negro.

I would add also that hotels in Baguio are relatively cheaper than in Manila.

Hope these would clarify a couple of misconception about Baguio.

[southcalhog 43]

Your information about the Igorots is incorrect. They are not little people of just 3 to 4 ft tall. They are regularly build pinoys just like you and me. And if you go there don't openly call them Igorots just like not calling the blacks as Negro.

I would add also that hotels in Baguio are relatively cheaper than in Manila.

Hope these would clarify a couple of misconception about Baguio.

im not a expert by any means, that what was told to me by others there.so they regular size pinoys, they were still 3 or 4 feet tall and i never called them that, that what was told to me. And I already been there.took pics with me.they approached me, i didnt approach them!

Is Country Waffles still there at John Hay?

Yes they are bro, lets go get some!

Edited March 4, 2012 by southcalhog

[Dan and Judy 614]

The Aeta (pronounced as “eye-ta,”), Agta or Ayta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. They are considered to be Negritos, who are dark to very dark brown-skinned and tend to have features such as a small stature, small frame, curly to kinky afro-like textured hair with a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair color (blondism) relative to the general population, small nose, and dark brown eyes. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the Austronesian migrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeta_peoples

The life expectancy at birth of the Aeta is just 16.5 years,^[1][2] with only a third of children surviving to adulthood at 15 years^[2][3] – at which point life expectancy is still only 27.3 years.^[2] Young women reach full adult height (average 140 cm) at age 12 or 13.^[1][2] The most thorough longitudinal study done of any Aeta group (or any ethnic community) is available on the Web

140cm = 4ft 7 inch

[Leatherneck 693]

im not a expert by any means, that what was told to me by others there.so they regular size pinoys, they were still 3 or 4 feet tall and i never called them that, that what was told to me. And I already been there.took pics with me.they approached me, i didnt approach them!

Yes they are bro, lets go get some!

Ok, my treat at Country Waffles.

Man I have some memories about Camp John Hay. That was the weekend getaway place for the military when we had a presence in the Philippines, that cool climate was always a welcomed break from the heat of Clark AFB or Subic Naval Base.

There were a few times I would arrive in the Philippines (Clark AFB) from the crushing heat on Okinawa, feel that oppressive heat from the concrete during the walk from the plane to the terminal, then get on a bus and go straight to Camp John Hay to enjoy the change of climate.

[Magic Power 7]

Your information about the Igorots is incorrect. They are not little people of just 3 to 4 ft tall. They are regularly build pinoys just like you and me. And if you go there don't openly call them Igorots just like not calling the blacks as Negro.

I would add also that hotels in Baguio are relatively cheaper than in Manila.

Hope these would clarify a couple of misconception about Baguio.

I would have to disagree

The Aeta (pronounced as “eye-ta,”), Agta or Ayta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. They are considered to be Negritos, who are dark to very dark brown-skinned and tend to have features such as a small stature, small frame, curly to kinky afro-like textured hair with a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair color (blondism) relative to the general population, small nose, and dark brown eyes. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the Austronesian migrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeta_peoples

The life expectancy at birth of the Aeta is just 16.5 years,^[1][2] with only a third of children surviving to adulthood at 15 years^[2][3] – at which point life expectancy is still only 27.3 years.^[2] Young women reach full adult height (average 140 cm) at age 12 or 13.^[1][2] The most thorough longitudinal study done of any Aeta group (or any ethnic community) is available on the Web

140cm = 4ft 7 inch

Good Read....

[Magic Power 7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks

Read all about this, Now we all have been speaking Filipino, Just didn't know it..

[Leatherneck 693]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks

Read all about this, Now we all have been speaking Filipino, Just didn't know it..

With an American twist.

[actob99 156]

Thanks for the great info, will enjoy I'm sure.. A couple more spots in the Phils to visit while we wait for Visa... I appreciate the info, will book at John Hay and tell you how the Waffles were. Have a good one..

[Sirach123 2]

I would have to disagree

Good Read....

Aetas are so much different from Igorots. You guys do not know what you are talking about. Someone just got a couple of pictures and presume they have seen all the tribes of the Igorots. I know what I'm talking because i grew up in Baguio and live there for so long. I have adopted their way of life even visiting the hinterlands of the mountain provinces. I rest my case.

[southcalhog 43]

Thanks for the great info, will enjoy I'm sure.. A couple more spots in the Phils to visit while we wait for Visa... I appreciate the info, will book at John Hay and tell you how the Waffles were. Have a good one..

Good choice! Enjoy!! Let Leatherneck and me know how the Waffles were?