We always look for souvenirs whenever we travel on places away from home. Looking for that special something to remind us of our vacation. Let me just take you with me and show you a few of the local souvenirs found just outside The Strawberry Farm found in La Trinidad, Benguet Philippines.

Souvenirs and Treats

This place is known for the strawberries and vegetables grown in this farm. Not only that for a fee you could harvest your own vegetables and strawberries.

You could see and read more about our experience
Strawberry Daydream
A Garden of Freshness

A very popular place for tourists and if walking thru the fields and picking strawberries and vegetables is not your thing. You could just buy from the stalls surrounding the area or maybe taste some of the local treats.

Locally made handicrafts, snacks and delicacies are a popular choice when it comes to buying stuff to take home. A local term that we use for that is Pasalubong which means something to take home to loved ones. This vacation that we had was from a couple of months ago and still very fresh in my mind.

There are a lot of small purses and key chains on display. The popular ones are the strawberry key chain which can almost be found on every stall. If your back is itchy most of the time you could buy one of those back scratchers. That would be on the right sight of the photo. No need to ask your wife to scratch your back anymore and it is very useful because I have one.

Most of these purses are hand knitted and would be a great souvenir for the ladies.

This place is known as the Strawberry capital of the Philippines and because of that strawberry jams are abundant. That would be a great addition for your breakfast. Toasted bread with strawberry jam from the mountains. The best ones even has whole strawberries in the jar and would be a bit expensive but it is worth it.

If you are hungry there are food stalls spread around the area. How about some burgers, footlong sandwiches and even shawarma. On the other side of this market are the restaurants offering local dishes perfect for lunch. We already had lunch before we came here too bad I was not able to get a couple of shots there.

More souvenirs and that one on the top looks like a knitted pot holder. Normally the prices for keychains are 100 pesos for three pieces or $2.00 which is not bad. I don't know if you see it but there is a naughty keychain hanging here which I just noticed. If you see it just give me a lol sign and if not just forget I mentioned it lol.

They also have other fresh fruits here and those seedless grapes was absolutely a winner. The ones that we bought did not last long.

After doing some shopping let's have some strawberry ice cream. A must try made from real strawberries as you could taste the sweet tarty flavor and even the seeds are present on the ice cream. Let me just tell you a little bit more about ice cream sold on our streets. Ice cream vendors push them on wheeled containers packed in dry ice to keep them frozen as they go around the streets. These are called popularly called dirty ice cream. You would ask, "It's dirty why would you buy dirty ice cream?" Well it is not actually dirty it was just a term used by parents long ago to prevent you from buying ice cream on the streets. Some of the vendors don't have gloves and just use their hands in touching the cones. The old folks found it very not hygienic as you don't know where those hands went. But these days cup and cones now are wrapped with napkins ensuring no contact. Still the name stuck and people call those sold on the streets dirty ice cream.

If you just have a closer look our vendor has a plastic wrapped on his hand ensuring no contact is made with the cone. Three scoops for me please.

Here we are our strawberry treat perfect for this warm afternoon. Since this is a tourist site the ice cream may cost a little more than those sold on the streets. But who could resist buying ice cream especially if you see a lot of people buying. Seeing strawberries all around your mind would tell you to buy one which would be very hard to resist and might as well give in to the treat.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you enjoyed this little trip with me. If ever you swing by the Philippines do drop by in this farm as it is an awesome experience. Just let me know or better yet you could ask a local Steemit buddy of mine @leeart who happens to know the best places in this area. Do give his page a visit for a lot of interesting places in Baguio, Philippines.

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All photos are original and taken with

Lumix GX85 and 12-32 mm