My friends and I spent the Valentines Weekend (and also Panagbenga Weekend) at Baguio. We were hoping to relax and enjoy the weekend as we sink ourselves with the cold Baguio breeze. On of the things-to-try on my itinerary (which can be found here) was the Tree Top Adventure at Camp John Hay.


Tree Top Adventure is located inside Camp John Hay, beside the Bell House Museum. They are conveniently located through the vastness of the tall and sturdy pine trees of Baguio. One can appreciate nature while having an adrenaline rush from their activities like Superman, Canopy Ride, Silver Surfer and Tree Drop.

Zomato is a useful app that compiles a lot of data about different restaurants all across the Metro. They invite their foodie reviewers and members to a regular "foodie meetup" where you get to bond with the people behind Zomato and fellow food reviewers, and at the same time, you can help update the app with check-ins, reviews that would aid curious foodies.

I love cold places that is why I consider Baguio as one of the closest weekend getaway places Soshi and I usually go to. Our first time in Baguio turned out to be a major food trip. Now that Dexter's here (our newly acquired Suzuki Ertiga), roadtrips to Baguio have been more fun and easy.

Baguio is the summer capital of the Philippines and people often flock here during the summer. Temperature ranges from 25 degrees and even lower during the first part of the year. But this February, Baguio comes to life because of the Panagbenga Festival.


Panagbenga Festival is also called the Blooming Flowers Festival. This is a month long celebration, usually celebrated every February. The festival attracts a lot of tourists for Baguio comes to life, covering the city with flowers. The provincial government had prepared a month long activities to celebrate this season. The most anticipated event would be the flower parade where a lot of floats covered with beautiful flowers parade through the streets of Baguio. Spectators can't help but be in awe on how attractive and creative the floats are.

But we won't be going there during the peak of the festival. We'll just have a look of some of the activities for Panagbenga and at the same time cuddle ourselves to the cold climate of Baguio. Besides, It's the love month season, we have the all the reason to cuddle because of the freezing 19 degrees temperature in Baguio. ;)

Here's our sample Itinerary for our Baguio Trip this coming weekend:

If you miss your awesome nights at Republic, which unfortunately closed down. Fret not! The same people from Republic rebranded, thus the birth of Universe Gastrolounge and Nightclub.

Universe Gastrolounge and Nightclub is located at Resorts World Manila, where Republic and Opus were formerly located. The place was a bit smaller but it still had that party and chill ambiance. Universe Gastrolounge may be small in size as compared to other lounges, but it has the same awesome vibe as those hip party lounges like 71 Gramercy, Valkeryie and the likes because they are owned by the same cool people.


Aside from being a cool hip place to party, Universe Gastrolounge also has a cozy and quaint restaurant. I was invited to try their dishes and let me tell you, they were great. Little did I know, the whole menu was made by none other than Chef Aracama. Who doesn't love the dishes from Chef Aracama?

Here's a peek of what we had that night: