It took us almost an hour (if am not mistaken) this morning getting a ride bound to Baguio city.Our house is 13km away from the city and since it's holiday season, all buses bound to baguio are packed. Geez. I only had sandwich this morning and was already starving waiting for whatever available ride we could get. Fortunately, this non air-conditioned Amianan bus came to our rescue or god must've heard us complaining. The fog must've come and go due to the gruelling hours we spent waiting for a ride. The fare was P20/head, not bad as we're desperate after waiting an hour just to get a bus ride hello?
Ok, so as soon as we got to the city we went straight to this Ukayan across prime hotel. The same place we go to every time since we've been going back and forth to Baguio for many years now. The entire building has wooden floors, walls and yes very fire hazard, three storey if am not mistaken.
The building is housed to multiple ukay-ukay stalls or a place that sells vintage clothes which you more often needed to rummage to find best buys. It's crazy around for you'll find everything from costumes, socks, wind breakers, puffer coats, vintage figurines, toys and what-have-you. For people who appreciate unusual stuff to the weirdest degree, Baguio's ukayan is the best place to go. I saw a lot of winter clothes because most of them (if not all) came from the U.S. meant to be sent primarily to salvation army. Other country's trash is another country's source of living. Isn't that interesting? at least they don't go to waste.
Moving on, the ukayans barely allowed us to haggle. Let's just call it the season to skyrocket cost for almost everything contrary to the real meaning of the yuletide season. Not that i meant it negatively, just partial, lol. We got the cheapest tees for P80 a piece and the most expensive at P130. Let's just set aside the cost considering they're pre-owned stuff. What really drew me and my sister to Baguio's ukay-ukay would be our penchant for really unique and cool finds you won't get anywhere else. I mean, where can you find a tee less than P300-500 nowadays inside the mall unless you go to Divisoria or Baclaran?
Time to grab a bite.
we had lunch at our new found fave spot along session road called Oh My Gulay. The vegetarian resto/artists haven (that looks like a jungle) in the middle of the city atop la azotea. My sister had their anak ng putanesca pasta (with red & chilly sauce) for a very affordable P120 (yet the serving is enough to stuff you up) and dayap brewed iced tea for P60 ;) I ordered their alpesto for P110 and mango juice P60. We also had their kung fu crepe P70 for dessert topped with blueberries. Yum! Let's do the math--just add 10% for service charge by the way so all in all we only spent P462 for everything. T'was well worth the wait and at the same time a simple yet sumptuous lunch. Wrarr!
Btw, I bought myself a cute ear flap hat for P100 also across prime hotel. I really love it because it keeps my head and ears warm. To end the day, we bought home dozen of donuts. Our Mom cooked some bilo-bilo (sticky rice balls) and a family friend brought some fiesta ham for the new year's eve perhaps. Nytie..
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