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BAGUIO , also known as City of Pines or City of Flowers, lies on a
plateau 1400m above sea level. It was built by the colonizing Americans
as a recreational and administrative centre, from where they could
preside over their precious tropical colony without working up too much
of a sweat. Baguio is also etched on the Filipino consciousness as the
site of one of the country's worst natural disasters, the earthquake of
16 July 1990, in which hundreds died. Most of the damage was to shanty
towns, which have either been cleared or rebuilt.
Although for many visitors it's little more than a stopping-off point en
route to Sagada and the mountain provinces, Baguio, with its pine trees
and rolling hills, has a few secrets worth discovering, such as its
parks and bohemian cafés, and the climate is a pleasant respite from the
searing heat of the south
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