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Laiya Coco Grove (San Juan, Batangas)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on March 2, 2010
Summer. The most wonderful time of the year, for some. It’s also the time when El Nino throws an extra punch. Low in water, which in turn means less electricity supply and more blackouts. The heat . . . well, could you say more except people are dying from heat stroke? We need an antidote to the heat, and while at it, have fun, too. Read the rest of this entry »
Summer Getaway at Laiya, Batangas
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Tips and Reminders, Where to Stay on March 1, 2010
Have a confirmed reservation. I know this much and my wife made it a point to remind me every hour or so before we headed towards Laiya, Batangas. We haven’t taken a break for some time now and my sense of adventure made my whole body itch. Just go, I thought. And so we embarked on a journey of discovery one sunny, warm (or really hot?) Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Grande Island Resort, Subic
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Things To Do, Where to Stay on August 25, 2009
I’ve been to Subic many times, but still haven’t visited the Grande Island Resort (and I still get lost in Subic roads. Maybe there’s a downside in always looking at all the traffic signs, especially the “stop” signs. if you haven’t heard, traffic laws are strictly enforced in Subic). Read the rest of this entry »
Hotel Dominique, Tagaytay City
Posted by Fred in Where to Stay on June 28, 2009
Many factors make a place memorable, sowing the seeds for a visit again in the future. Sometimes it’s just the place. Sometimes it’s what happened in that place. Sometimes it’s both, or some other factors. Let’s consider Hotel Dominique, found along Aguinaldo Highway, a nice hotel just a few meters from the rotunda in Tagaytay City. Read the rest of this entry »
Long Weekend Trip to Tagaytay
Posted by Fred in Food, Places to Go, Things To Do, Tips and Reminders, To See, Where to Stay on June 19, 2009
Another long weekend. The past long weekend, that is, Independence Day. There’s some sense in this holiday policy of the government. Perfect excuse to go out of town; somewhere relaxing but not too far — like Tagaytay City. Read the rest of this entry »
Secret Garden (Novaliches, Quezon City)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on January 28, 2009
A secret garden lies somewhere least expected. We’ve read about that in books and watched it in movies. In terms of Philippine travel, one may think about another secret garden near Tagaytay City — the former Sonya’s Secret Garden. But that’s not what we’re talking about here. Recently, we discovered a Secret Garden at the most unexpected time and in an unexpected place — Novaliches, Quezon City. Read the rest of this entry »
Camayan Beach Resort (Subic Bay)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on January 24, 2009
Fine sand pressing against feet seemingly in a million points. Sleepy sun slowly pushing gray clouds, revealing itself to an early jogger along the seashore. And, no, this is not Boracay. Read the rest of this entry »
Balay Indang (Indang, Cavite)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on December 21, 2008
The recent trend, I suppose, is to provide a place for people to relax and unwind, to leave the pressures of the city behind. This is evident in places such as Sonya’s Garden or Villa Escudero. In Indang, Cavite, you’ll find Balay Indang. Read the rest of this entry »
Golden Prince Hotel (Cebu City)
Posted by Fred in Where to Stay on June 11, 2008
A prince is stately and gold is one of the most expensive metals, as is. Putting the two together may conjure an image of something expensive and stately, but as they say, never judge a book by its cover, er, name?. The Golden Prince Hotel is not one of the more expensive hotel in Cebu City, although it’s also not the most grand like, say, Shangri-La Mactan. Read the rest of this entry »
Leisure Dive Resort (Mabini, Batangas)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on May 18, 2008
The rain came midway our trip to Leisure Dive Resort. It was still raining when we arrived in this Batangas beach resort on Friday night. It was really a bad timing for Typhoon Cosme to enter the Philippine area of jurisdiction this weekend. I mean, c’mon, we’ve planned the outing for more than a month and, besides, May is still summer. We should pass a law banning typhoons, at least for the summer season (that sounds like daydreaming, but what would you do with rain and wind messing up your weekend vacation?). The good thing, however, is that it stopped raining the next day, Saturday. The sun came out and the waves toned down, allowing us to enjoy the seawater. By the way, when I said the waves “toned down,” here’s how it looked like: Read the rest of this entry »
Clearwater Country Club (Clarkfield, Pampanga)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on May 11, 2008
Clear waters are normal in the province way back then. A stream ran beside our old house, for instance. With clear and clean water, we could wash plates in that stream if we choose to. It was not too deep so we could go fishing and take a swim. It’s now gone, killed by overpopulation and pollution. No, not just the fish, but the stream itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Montevista Villas (Mimosa Leisure Estate, Clarkfield, Pampanga)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on March 23, 2008
There was plenty of space to park and move around, maybe because we got there when the rest of those who spent their Holy Week vacation are on their way back to Metro Manila. The place, with huge trees generously dotting the entire landscape, is a welcome breather from the suffocating pollution in Metro Manila. Brown leaves of Mahogany, occasionally punctuated by twirling seeds, fall to the ground, sometimes gently hitting the windshield as you drive by. This is summer in Montevista Villas (Mimosa Leisure Estate, Clarkfield, Pampanga). Read the rest of this entry »
Tambuli (Mactan)
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on December 16, 2007
I never previously imagined sharing travel experiences, such as in this blog, specially in places where there’s a home to go to. Having spent years in Cebu and having a home in this city, it always feels weird to stay some place else, like in Tambuli beach club, which is located in Mactan Island, just a few minutes from Cebu City. Read the rest of this entry »
Shangri-La, Mactan
Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Where to Stay on December 11, 2007
“Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, “Shangri-La” is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia—a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. The word also evokes the imagery of exoticism of the Orient. The story of Shangri-La is based on the concept of Shambhala, a mystical city in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.” Impressive write-up, but that’s courtesy of Wikipedia. Read the rest of this entry »
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