Thanks! I was fortunate to be a guest at the residence of the U.S. Embassy in Camp John Hay in Baguio. (It’s nice to have friends in high places 😉😊)
Baguio is a city in the northern mountain provinces on Luzon, about halfway from where I am in Metro Manila to the top of the island. The temperatures are much cooler there; it is the only place in the Philippines with pine trees. When the U.S. embassy decided to build a second residence for the ambassador and other dignitaries to escape the heat of the capital city, they decided on an area called Camp John Hay in Baguio. Before they could take up residence there however, WWII broke out and the Japanese used the residence as headquarters for their Imperial Army while they ran amok in the Philippines. The commanding general was captured in the final days of the war hiding in the mountains, and signed a second letter of surrender in the very residence he had used.
Born in Brooklyn, New York. Retired and living on the other side of the world in the Philippines for about 5 years now. For me, heat is better than cold. 😉😊
Oh great. Yes, the ideal human environment, where all fruits and vegetables are abundant, water to swim, inner temperatures mimic outer- perfectomondo, paradisio!
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Truly magnificent photograph! What a blessing to have such a view!
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Thanks! I was fortunate to be a guest at the residence of the U.S. Embassy in Camp John Hay in Baguio. (It’s nice to have friends in high places 😉😊)
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Stunning ♥
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😊 Thanks!
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that light, i can just feel its warmth
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Up there in the coolness of the mountains around Baguio, it was a beautiful sight! Thanks Jessie 🙂
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Where is Baguio?
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Baguio is a city in the northern mountain provinces on Luzon, about halfway from where I am in Metro Manila to the top of the island. The temperatures are much cooler there; it is the only place in the Philippines with pine trees. When the U.S. embassy decided to build a second residence for the ambassador and other dignitaries to escape the heat of the capital city, they decided on an area called Camp John Hay in Baguio. Before they could take up residence there however, WWII broke out and the Japanese used the residence as headquarters for their Imperial Army while they ran amok in the Philippines. The commanding general was captured in the final days of the war hiding in the mountains, and signed a second letter of surrender in the very residence he had used.
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Oh ok, how interesting . Are you originally from the Phillipines ?
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Born in Brooklyn, New York. Retired and living on the other side of the world in the Philippines for about 5 years now. For me, heat is better than cold. 😉😊
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Oh great. Yes, the ideal human environment, where all fruits and vegetables are abundant, water to swim, inner temperatures mimic outer- perfectomondo, paradisio!
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More like somewhere between paradise and pandemonium 😉
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