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Baguio City 2017 - Day 3

By esa
DAY 3

 Here's a glimpse (with pictures) of what the inside of our rented house at St. Patrick looks like. The house can be rented for Php 18,000 a night. It was pricey for our small group, but would have been worth it for a bigger group. 

Room# 1 at Lower Ground


CR inside Room # 1

Stairs going to the main floor
Living room (Main door is on the right)

Dining room just across the living room


Kitchen (Pots and pans, knives, chopping board, plates, utensils, rice cooker, water dispenser with 5 Gal water, water kettle are all provided.)

Room # 2 at Main floor
CR just outside Room # 2
Stairs leading to 2nd Floor
Room# 3: Master's Bedroom (there's a CR inside)
Room # 4 across the Master's Bedroom (CR located beside the room)
Stairs going to Attic

St. Patrick Village was nice enough to hold my downpayment for 1 year. We were supposed to go last year, but we had a family emergency. I was really charmed by this place (as opposed to others) because of its attic - tents and a children's play area. The tents, however, were taken out early this year and have been replaced with real beds.

Attic!!!
Play area - There are even bean bags and extra mattresses. 

Bed at the attic. The 2 doors to the upper left of the picture are Room # 5 and another CR (wasn't able to take a picture of the inside). 

The village itself is small, with around (I think) 14 houses in total. Among those houses, only a few of them are available for rent as the others are privately owned. 

Deal Grocer usually has promos for the house rental as well. And the receptionist mentioned that one of the houses in the village was being rented out via Airbnb. 

Group picture in front of the house we stayed in
We all know what the little monkey will miss the most.


We had two places in our itinerary for our last day at the City of Pines - Burnham Park and Dinosaur Island. 

Burnham Park was a good place for activities. The four of us (parents+2kids) were able to ride in a buggy cart for about Php 50 an hour. 

MH and I took our places in the back as the pedals where there.

They sold balloons along the bike oval. The little monkey kept shouting "Ba-woo!!"

Later on, MBS tried riding by herself.

After that, we headed for the boats. MBS initially wanted to ride the swan, which was a pedal boat. But, later on, changed her mind and wanted to row. We rented a rowboat good for 4 people at about Php 150 and hour. I think we went for more than an hour, though, as we were figuring out how to get the boat to go in a certain direction.

My brother-in-law's family rode first as MBS initially wanted to ride the pedal boat.


Father and daughter struggling  bonding
Fun at the park

Burnham Park was near SM Baguio, so we had our lunch at the mall's Teriyaki Boy.

Afterwards, we headed out of Baguio and onto Dinosaur Island which was in Tuba, Benguet. (They have another branch in Clark, Pampanga.)


As MBS had just read a storybook with dinosaur characters, this place piqued her interest. And I have to admit, it was a pretty cool place too! 

Entrance fee to Dinosaur Island is Php 350/head for adults and Php 300/head for kids. Their opening hours is from 9:00am-6:00pm. We got there around 1:00pm.

Dinosaur Island in Baguio was a bit of a trek with 100+ steps to reach the top, where the tour began. They have a collection of dinosaurs - animatronics and sculptures. MBS quickly realized and mentioned to us that when the display was made of rubber, it would move.







Just as we stepped off Dinosaur Island, we made our way back to Manila. :) 

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