a homecoming for Miss Iggy

Welcome back up north, Miss Iggy!

 

 Miss Iggy waited for the sunrise here! It was so cold! 

 interesting welcome sign featuring the country's most famous beer!

Bontoc Rice Terraces by a river.

a little village nestled in the valley

Banaue Rice Terraces!

That's the mighty Mt. Pulag in the background. Miss Iggy hopes to climb it soon!

 In Sagada, Miss Iggy walked in a cloud.

These girls enjoyed their trip up north, Miss Iggy most especially!

miss iggy visits the iggy store

and helps gingmaganda replenish the doll stash. yay!



it's labor day in the philippines! long live the workers!

miss iggy and mountains

a windswept miss iggy with the mountains of benguet as her backdrop. taken with a plastic toy camera. cos she's analog like that.

miss iggy at the strawberry farm

miss iggy at the strawberry farm in la trinidad, benguet, philippines. this is where she was originally acquired and she's now right back from where she started from! all sorts of strawberry products can be found here such as jams, wines, ice cream, candies, and of course, the freshly-picked fruit. there are also other sundries such as woven textiles, plants, souvenir shirts, bags and yes- iggy dolls!

another benguet staple is the "walis" or broom. people who go to baguio, benguet's prime tourist trap, often bring home these brooms as gifts to friends or family or for their own houses.

top left corner: everlasting flowers, which are supposed to, well, last for ever.

freshly-picked strawberries. yum.

strawberry jam.

strawberry ice cream with strawberry bits.

mr. iggy returns to baguio city

only a few days after he was given to me by friends ging & connie, mr. iggy eagerly accompanied me to a road trip to the city of pines (where i attended one of the many christmas parties last year). what better way to spend the holidays than to drive around baguio city - to commune with nature, to enjoy the winding roads, or to simply enjoy the cool breeze & high altitude.

the trip was especially memorable for mr. iggy coz he was able to reunite with some of his igorota sisters in such places as mines view park and the wright park.

... and also enjoy such wonderful local delights as ube jam, chocolate crinkles and of course - fresh and sweet strawberries!!!

right back from where we started from

Strawberry Farm in La, Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines



Other Miss Igorota dolls waiting to go out and conquer the world!