Baguio abuzz with Panagbenga guests
These photos were taken last Sunday afternoon. One of the reasons why we would rather stay home is because there are already lots of people in the city, and vehicular traffic comes to a standstill.
This is the hilltop market area. On normal days, this road is relatively orderly and clean. On Panagbenga, vendors occupy the streets and the crowd swells in size.
To the right is the Abanao Center. The mall occupied the street and placed a stage so traffic is rerouted. You can see the silhouette of the City Hall beyond.
It is a challenge going through the overpasses. I must advise guests and locals alike to exercise caution lest you lose your valuables in such crowds. Better safe than sorry.
The Maharlika Livelihood Center with a strategic location along downtown Session Road, is adorned by ads of competing telcos.
As consolation, we were greeted by an amazingly blue sky as it got illuminated by the fading sun.
Posted in: Abanao, Hilltop, Maharlika on Friday, February 29, 2008 at at 1:03 PM
Traffic na rin pala ryan, parang Manila na rin ,kaibahan nga lang malamig ang panahon kaya hindi nakakapag-init ng ulo kapag traffic...hehehe.
Ann: Occasionally makikita mo na rin yung temper ng drivers na nasa highly urbanized areas... yun ang hindi maganda. For example, Dati, drivers will voluntarily stop at pedestrian lanes to let people walk through. Ngayon, may occasion na impatient ang both sides. At least, taxi drivers still return all your change.
Would you know if the number of visitors really reaches 1million plus. Parang 1.5 million yata according to the news. I can't imagine the strain that that number would pose to the city.