First of a series

Look for Two Trees in Google Maps” was the instruction given to me on my second visit to the De Guia compound in Kitma Village, Baguio. Having no map and relying on the geographical knowledge of a cabbie, I took mostly wrong turns before deciding to alight from the taxi and ask for instructions from pedestrians.

As is the wont in Baguio, the streets are steep. It was downward all throughout until I happened on a kasambahay sweeping a front yard with a walis tingting. I had hit the jackpot—it was the De Guia compound indeed. She pointed sidewards to indicate that there was Kawayan de Guia’s house and garden.