Blogs from Tagaytay, Philippines, Asia - page 2

My baby’s back! She was away for 2 months and I have missed our travels together. In the process though, I discovered a lot from my suburban home at Quezon City. I will be blogging about this on my next journal. Going back to our Tagaytay trip, Maan H (H for Hilvano), as we fondly call Val’s best friend, celebrated her birthday at Tagaytay with us and her boyfriend Jaqui. Featured sites include the newly discovered T-House, a more affordable alternative but not as fancy as the Boutique, The Taj, a restaurant which is uniquely India in its spices and finally, The Cliff house with a lot of restaurants to choose from in one stop such as Buon Giorno!, Platito, Domicillo, Fruits in ice cream. P.S. Don’t be afraid of the P100 parking fee at the ... read more

After more than 3 years of working in the hotel industry, I decided to call it quits. Val & I are ready for a new life adventure. Val's going to the USA to apply for her residency, while I join the nearby IBM call center. As soon I resigned, I had a month vacation before joining my new company. Val & I spent quality time at our favorite nearby vacation destination - Tagaytay. We first had lunch on our favorite super-size back rib restaurant ... the Boutique. After lunch, we checked in at Nurture Spa wherein we stayed in one of their cottages which has its own massage area, bathtub but no tv! TNurture Spa also have nipa huts available but I don't encourage staying there because you have to go down the ladder of the ... read more

Aisde from staying at the Boutique, we decided to try out the different restaurants of Tagaytay. Thursday lunch in Manos Greek Tavern (the baklava was too sweet, the moussaka was delicious), dinner at Hawaiian babyback ribs at The Boutique (mouth-watering and enough of a reason to come back again and again), breakfast in bed courtesy of The Boutique and Friday lunch at Gourmet's cafe (salads are their expertise and they have their own farm and produce store) ending with buco tarts to bring home from Amira's. ... read more

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After just a day of rest, we were off to Tagaytay once more this time to celebrate Nanay's birthday. We had seen the Caleruega Church and learned of its campsite 3 days prior to this trip and had planned to go back to camp there. We oh so love the place - lots of trees, cool weather, nice grass covered lawn, the sound of creatures all around - perfect for staying overnight. We asked nanay and carlo, ikee's cousin, to come with us. Ikee and Boyet did the reservation the day before while I was enrolling for the 1st sem. Lunch was at View site Restaurant. We had filipino food - bulalo, steamed pla-pla, adobong kangkong, and ensaladang talong. The rest of the day was basically the same as what we had done during Ikee's birthday. ... read more