Blogging Baguio

Go Baguio! Your Guide to Baguio City Philippines is such a dynamic website, its pages updated almost daily, so one would think there’s no need to maintain a web journal for it. Why don’t I just keep adding pages instead of trying so hard to learn how to customize a blog?

You see, my webhost, does not provide an integrated blogging platform or a forum or any of the other interactive things on the internet. It does, however, provide this very intuitive site builder that allows complete control over the design of a website. To be able to sell a beautiful “product” such as Baguio, I have to be able to give site visitors a very visually appealing, content-rich site.

But without an integrated blogging platform, visitors can only participate in the website by giving feedback via the guest book or via email. A blog is so dynamic that guests can instantly react to an article and post, thereby giving the blogger and themselves, along with other site visitors, a chance to build the blogsite together.

There are also some things about Baguio that the visitors may want to know about before coming up, such as why there is a Number Coding Scheme, or why there seems to be too many taxi cabs in such a small city, and those things I would not know how to include in a travel & business website. I would need a blog for all that.

Why call it Baguio Insider?

The shortest domain name I could register for the blog was www.i-baguio.com. I was happy about that since I prefer “dotcoms,” and because it could stand for many titles like “In Baguio” (unimaginative), “I, Baguio” (presumptuous), “Internet Baguio” (really now), “Inside Baguio” (acceptable), “I Love Baguio” (pretty neat). Then I decided that since I live here, I would be in a really good position, as an “insider,” to tell you about the little things that make Baguio a virtual heaven on earth.

And since Go Baguio! is my personal website for Baguio City, Philippines, it can be said that this is, actually, my personal Baguio journal. Here you discover many secrets about living in Baguio, exploring the Cordillera region, and all sorts of views on Baguio politics, economics, and tourism.

You are all welcome to jump right in and participate in the building of the Baguio Insider through your comments and reactions.

For it has always been my stand that, contrary to the belief of the Baguio residents that Baguio belongs to them (and consequently they can do with it as they please), Baguio City belongs to the whole Philippines — it is the only place of its kind in the whole country, with great weather, a rich history, a thriving art community, and a cultural heritage that needs to be preserved — and it is then our task, our right, and our responsibility, to make sure that it stays the best and most accessible vacation place for all of us and our children to enjoy.

Welcome to a Baguio City like you’ve never seen before!

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