Baguio Things to Do

... but deep inside the mountain surrounding Baguio there are are copper, gold and silver mines. Silver has become Baguio's greatest attraction, because at the university and numerous local silversmith shops tiny and tiniest pendants are manufactured, most of which are for export.

Its a beautiful collections of flowers that captures the eye.it is really great to watch those flower formed by any kind of.. i can't stop to pick the yello flower in the right side of it.... hahahaha..

The most colorful event in Baguio. You will see lots of floats made of flowers, there are street dances with their interesting and colorful costumes and a lot more (visit the url i provided ;) )

This happens every February the week after valentine's day.

Batad is one of the idyllic villages in the province of Ifugao. The surrounding terraces of the village look, as some say, as a 'tribune in a amphitheater'. The mountain people still maintain the terraces and the walls of stones and loam, often 6 to 7 meters high, with their hands. Every part of the steep slopes is used. Sometimes the surface of a rice-field on a terrace is only 10 square meters

There was once a magnificent Crystal Cave here in Baguio. This was the place. Upon entering you could see the crystals gleaming and sparkling from the walls but because of economic problems the people were forced to literally canibbalize the cave off all its crystal and sold them to feed their families. Now its just a dark , cold cave.Although you can still see the walls carved by time.It still a worth see place. And its not bad to keep an old beauty some company every once in a while.

In Camp John Hay, Baguio they have a Butterfly farm. Its also a must see because you can see butterflies fluttering everywhere and if your nice enough they will rest on your hand. Butterflies usually are lively during Feb.

Pinikpikan is the locals way of cooking chicken, They hit the chicken on the head and cook the chicken above fire. It may seem a lil bit cruel but it has been a tradition and the chicken actually tastes good.

If you arent much of diping in ASINS hot water pools you can actually Pay $2.00 or P120.00 to dip in a hot bath tub of sulphuric water. They say a lot of old people come here to take a dip at the medicinal sulphuric water bath tub to cure them selves of rheumatism