CICT BAGUIO City Tour

I heard about the said fieldtrip right before our school’s Christmas break. I was informed from a survey made by the CICT faculty. The survey quoted where students would much likely to go for a one day tour. There have been three options in fact: Subic, Baguio, and Corregidor. More students opted for Baguio with their signatures in the survey material. I witnessed how my classmates talked about it. I even heard other CICT students getting excited for the tour to Baguio. Obviously, many of them chose Baguio. Now, what’s in there that most of us students want to explore? We were EXPLORERS right? A term ventured for us CICTians. It has said that January and February are months were Baguio experience very low temperature. That means really really cold!!! Imagine clouds are on your reach when the sun starts to go down. Maybe we love Baguio’s moist tropical pine forest conducive to the growth of mossy plants and orchids. Students would want to unwind from the pressures we get from school especially midterms’ only two weeks away.

This coming January 17, 2008, we are going to visit the City of Baguio. Let me give you some of the places we surely would visit. The first stop according to a CICT faculty officer is Burnham Park. There are different facilities for recreation and relaxation that are available in the park. You can row a boat, have a picnic, attend an outdoor concert, watch a football game, go biking, or just take a leisurely stroll around the park. After Burnham, the next route is the Wright Park. It is located at the eastern part of the city and fronting the main gate of the Mansion, and besides is one of the many scenic parks in Baguio City. We’ll also have a visit on the Philippine Military Academy where most of the bravest soldiers of our country were trained. Mines View Park is the next route. This is a breathtaking panoramic view of Benguet's gold and copper mines and the surrounding mountains of it. The organizers plan to drop by the souvenir shops after and then access the route to the strawberry farm at La Trinidad Valley and lastly to Baguio Public Market. There were also some school visit like University of the Philippines in Baguio and Baguio State University. We’ll also check out the Moog Controls Corp. and Texas Instruments, Smart, Globe, Sky cable and satellite centers that are related to Information and Communications Technology.

The packaging inclusions were services such as a Roundtrip land transfer (Malolos – Baguio - Malolos), city tour, travel insurance, permit and entrance fees, parking and toll fee, and Coordinator’s assistance. This is not compulsory. Those who are willing can join. All students of the college are invited. The fieldtrip fee is Php. 900.00. I had a copy of the tour schedule.

12:00 mn – 1:00 am Assembly
1:00 am Depart from BulSU
1:00 am – 7:00 am Travel time going to Baguio
7:00 am estimated time of arrival
8:00 am Start of Baguio City tour
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Baguio City tour
4:00 pm Departure going back to Malolos
10:30 pm expected time of arrival to BulSU

So on January 17 2008, let’s take the Baguio experience! Let’s unwind and feel the cooling breeze of the City of Pines. Maybe some of you have been to Baguio a couple of times and have fallen in love to it’s scenic views and the panoramic ambience everywhere and this time again, let’s capture memories there that will surely remain in us long enough to last.

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