BENCAB MUSEUM

 It was a rainy day and had nothing to do but to eat, drink coffee and kill time in Beanstalk cafe.  My friend and I decided to find somewhere we could escape the boredom through the internet. We learned about BenCab Museum and that it's open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Mondays. We decided to grab a taxi cab right away to take us there.

We paid an entrance fee of Php 100 per person to enter the premises. They've got discounts for senior citizens and students. 

The BenCab Museum is on Asin Road, in an area known as Km. 6, Tadiangan, Tuba, Benguet, which simply means its six kilometers from the center of Baguio City. 

There's a museum shop where visitors could buy souvenirs and gifts from the museum.

The museum is composed of several galleries that house the permanent collection of Philippine National Artist Benedicto Cabrera (BenCab), his paintings, his collections of indigenous Cordillera art and the works of Filipino masters and contemporary artists. 

The different areas of the museum are the BenCab Gallery, Cordillera Gallery, Erotica Gallery, Sepia Gallery, Philippine Contemporary Art Gallery 1, Philippine Contemporary Art Gallery 2, Maestro Gallery, Print Gallery, Patio Salvador and Larawan Hall.

 

 

 

 

                           

 
 

I love nature and I was overwhelmed to see a very nice view of the pond overlooking the mountains.

Mt. Santo Tomas/ Mt. Kabuyao, Tuba Benguet

We went up to Mt. Sto. Tomas on October 3, 2015. Tourists usually climb the mountain in the morning but we went there at 2:30 in the afternoon. However, I suggest you go there in the morning so you could be able to see the different parts of this place. We rode public jeepney at Baguio City's public market all the way up to Mt. Kabuyao for 25 pesos per head. That jeepney was already the last trip that would go back to town after an hour. I was a little bit worried 'cause one hour is not enough to explore the area and the place is quite far to town and there's no other mode of transportation that we could use. 

 

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 This is an area where we could see Baguio City's view from the mountain top.

Cafe in the Sky

There are several stores nearby where we could eat when all of a sudden our tummy gets hungry but Cafe in the Sky is the most convenient place for us to eat.

 
We could feel the serenity of this domain and see the spectacular view of the city from afar.

Mt. Sto. Tomas Reservoir

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Admiring the sunset

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This place is also a nice place to watch the city lights at night. 

We were caught by twilight at 6:00 pm and we just walked down the mountain through the national highway. However, there was a forward truck that passed us by and we were so thankful that they offered us to ride with them.