HEP HEP! WE’RE BACK AND ROLLING!
Join us as we launch the 3rd issue of Roam Magazine!
Meet and greet other travelers and gear up for the ultimate Pinoy travel card game: Roam’s Pusoy Dos Tournament! We’re hunting down the king and queen of cards! Are you the one?
Grab your backpacks, we’re roaming!
See you at ROX Store, Bonifacio High Street on April 16 at 6:00 PM (onwards)! The event is organized by October 80 Publications and my friend Upper Viceo.
Okay I gotta blog this one before I forget. I <3 Korean food!
On our last day in Baguio in mid-February, Neil and I got to eat at Wood Nymph at SM.
We went all out with our orders. We didn’t want to order what the waiter suggested (when we asked what’s the best seller). He said Pinoys love to order the all-in-one box meals (similar to the Japanese bento box). I wasn’t there ordering as a Pinoy, I was there to eat what Koreans love to eat.
We went for the beef bulgogi, this spicy seafood soup (Neil broke into a sweat instantly), and kimbap (favorite snack).
Absolutely no regrets. The food we ordered easily beat out past faves in Baguio like Oh My Gulay! (the Anak ng Putanesca was too spicy on our last visit), Cafe by the Ruins (ambiance is starting to feel commercial), and Starbowl Cafe (which closed down, no more seafood dumplings… noooo!).
Baguio is a place we’re not planning to return to soon. We did it three times in one year. It’s time to explore other places in the Philippines like Sagada, Ilocos, and Davao. All those I hope to cover within the year. 
Wanting to make it a last day in Baguio kind of tradition, we had breakfast at Cafe by the Ruins.
We walked to its location near the Capitol. My first observation was that a large building was being constructed right behind the ruins. The ambiance was being ruined by how fast buildings develop these days in Baguio. This would include a EuroTel being built nearby!
I didn’t feel like experimenting this time around so I ordered the same thing I tried before which is the Farmer’s Breakfast.
The Farmer’s Breakfast comprises of homemade bacon (from home-cured ham), mountain rice, egg, fruit selection, and your choice of coffee or tea.
Neil ordered the congee with tapa strips. He decided to put the tapa strips into the soup which made it soft. Nyek!
We skipped the pastries this time because we didn’t like them to begin with. The homemade (home-cured ham) bacon is still a winner here.
It’s sad that the ambiance though is being ruined by the construction of tall buildings outside. Cafe by the Ruins should look for a run-down structure in the woods and turn it into something new.
February 14. Mass at the Baguio cathedral, a spicy veggie dinner at OMG!, hot chocolate and strawberry sponge cake at Cordillera Coffee, and Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief at the local non-air conditioned cinema.
Valentine’s Day is something you don’t put on the itinerary. In Baguio, you just go out and walk around the streets. You feel the cool breeze and let the warm embrace be enough to make you happy.
We spent Valentine’s Day exploring Camp John Hay by foot. It was really a refreshing and peaceful walk. No crowded bus terminals or shopping malls. Just the birds and the bees.
Here are some of the things you can do at Camp John Hay.
