Blogs from Batangas, Philippines, Asia - page 6

Just posting some pics of my favorite get-away in Batangas - La Luz Resort in San Juan, Batangas. As the beach is unbelievably clean and the drive relatively easy (3 hours from Manila), this is where we come to when we need some sun on our skin :) We just call for day trip reservations, pack our swimsuits and go. For P650/pax, we get a day of R&R, complete with buffet lunch and merienda, a huge cabana, clean facilities, beach-front parasoles, chillout music and of course, views of the resort's hunky owner Rommel Marasigan hehe. For more info on La Luz, check out their website here: http://www.laluzresort.com/ ... read more

This trip technically does not count as one of my travels because I've been to Batangas and Tagaytay a countless number of times. However, this trip has been so significant for me so here goes... They say travel helps cure a broken heart. This is the story of three broken hearts (in different stages of recovery and varying degrees of manic-depression) and a weekend of Fs -- “fetted shets” (fitted sheets), freeloading, fun fun fun, and fabulous friends). A and Cat, this is for you! For broken-hearted girls, there is nothing worse than long weekends. Nothing -- except long weekends which you forgot to make plans for because you were busy crying your eyes out. So there I was last Thursday, panicking, because I totally forgot about the coming Labor Day weekend. I wanted to hit ... read more

This year's company summer outing was at Virgin Beach Resort. It was a two and a half hour bus convoy from Makati to San Juan, Batangas. There is not much to write about this beach, actually. The pictures from their website looked prettier than expected. It was close to a sugar-fine brownish-white sand beach nonetheless. The food provided by the resort was bad. Big time. Good thing we had fun with our game ala 'Amazing Race'. We were divided into 6 teams and I was tasked to swim from the shore of the beach to the man on a kayak to get our next clue. My male teammate had cramps when we reached the kayak so I left him and I swam as fast as I could back to the shore! As soon as I got ... read more

Waking up at around 4am in the morning was a major pain in the bum. After all, we were up, whole day and night frolicking the highlands of Tagaytay. Plus, it's so frigging cold! It's so nice to sleep, cuddled up inside a warm blanket and dream in a lucid state. But, we couldn't. We needed to get up so we can hike Taal Volcano before we encounter the morning heat of the sun. Another thing was that our reservation at the Taal Lake Yacht Club (TLYC) for our boat and guide was at 6am. By 5am, we checked out of the inn and started deciphering our map to Talisay, Batangas. Before we reached Picnic Grove, we saw a sign leading to Talisay. Along with it were a couple or more men asking us if we ... read more

Decided to chill-out with some friends at the beach -- a friend generously brings us to Terrazas de Punta Fuego, an exclusive haven south of Manila. After a leisurely two-hour drive from Manila, we arrived at Terrazas and plunked our butts at one of the pavilions facing the beach. Had lunch at the resto and basically just goofed around the place. Going home, we stopped by Bag of Beans at Tagaytay for the customary pies and raisin bread then off to a fantastic dinner at Sanctuario. What a blast! ... read more