Bohol: Smiley town, smiley island, smiley people

Nov. 15-17 2007

Another beach trip! was pretty excited to hit Bohol. Together with friends Ina, her boyfriend, Jun, Pin and my bouncing little man Enzo, we arrived in Tagbiliran City at 7:00 am.
We immediately saw our service van and driver. We havent had breakfast yet but we're too excited to explore the city of smiles. As the routine goes, first stop was the monument of the blood compact. There's nothing really going on here, just the exact place where decades ago the historical blood compact happened.

We then headed to the old Baclayon church, unfortunately it was closed when we were there (after a year I went back with my family and was able to visit inside, and it was beautiful! old, but it would definitely take you back in time). The next attraction was the beautiful and still breath taking Chocolate Hills. I know about this hills since I was a kid, because it is part of the Philippine history. This is my first time to see it in actual, the hills were called chocolate hills because they looked like hershey's kisses spread out in green! its just beautiful!.

After that we stop by for a picture at the man made forest along the high way, nothing much really. The driver took us to our next stop, the hanging bridge where Enzo bravely enjoyed every minute of it, he was actually swaying from left to right while I felt the bridge was never ending. First few steps i told myself I will just go back in our van and wait for them, the driver told me there's cheap shopping at the end of the bridge. I crossed the bridge of course!

We made a little shopping then went back to our van to go to our next destination, the tarsier and the Loboc river. One of the highlight of the trip was to see the famous tarsiers and the banca ride along that river. My first time to see one of the endangered animals, the tarsiers are so tiny with huge eyes. Enzo and I had a picture with a tarsier on our arms. The Loboc river for me was one of the highlights of the trip. The river was just beautiful and you look around and you'll see nothing but mountains and trees. It was like cruising around the amazon. Fresh air, hear the birds, hear the water running...it was very...peaceful. The great thing about the tour around Bohol was that everything was pretty cheap. Mostly are just asking for donations, if there’s an entrance like in the Chocolate hills, it only cost Php10.00 per person (not bad!), with the tarsier, they only asked for donation in any kind of amount. The most expensive I think was the river cruise (it was Php160 then, even that its cheap). Still at the river, I kept taking pictures and at the same time, holding onto my son who keeps looking down and trying to feel the water by dipping his hand. The tour guide was a nice young man, a local from the mountains around the river (I forgot his name). He was very fluent with English and he told us stories about his life, the history, the typhoon that affected their lives, the government who wanted to take over everything...it was a pretty interesting story for a cruise of P160. He was very polite, very friendly and yes we gave him a good tip for that nice trip down the river.


After the refreshing cruise, we went to see the huge python caught in Bohol. It was really not one of my favorite since I’m not into snakes and likes. After the hissing and all gay-ness of the scary gay who takes care of the snake, our driver/tour guide took us to our one last stop to Hinagdanan Cave and then we’re off to the beach (Enzo couldn’t be too excited!).
We arrived in Dumaluan Beach resort in Panglao Island around 2 in the afternoon (highly recommended, its beach front and the rates are reasonable. The resort was at the other side of Panglao Island. It’s beside Bohol Beach Club and the only disadvantage was that aside from the resort’s restaurant, there’s only one ihaw-ihaw beside it. The resort’s restaurant was a bit pricey for Filipinos like me (well we tried the food and it was just okay, so the price was a bit high for us). For the whole 3 days and 2 nights we ate at the ihaw ihaw beside the resort, but kudos to their mango shake and iced tea, its really good but it only cost Php 25.00.

We got off the resort van service and the beach took our breath away. Aaaahhhhhhhh….what a place. The white sand, the aquamarine shade of the water, the coconut trees…it was beautiful!
We checked in and imagine my kid was able to change into his swimming gear in 2 minutes!
The whole 3 days and 2 nights was great! It felt like we own the island, it was November so it was off peak and the water was perfect at that time. The clear water allowed us to enjoy the snorkeling, lots of fishes and starfish, we would get excited when we see fishes swimming around our knees!
Pasalubong were bought on our way home, the usual, t-shirts, fridge magnet and local Bohol candies and the sweet calamay made from coconut and molasses, its really good and they put it inside the coconut shell.
Our Cebu Pacific plane landed in Manila at 1:55pm and my parents were there at the airport and I know they couldn’t wait to see their grandson.

you can check the resort here: http://www.dumaluanbeach.com/

Guangzhou, China: Road trip sisters to land of chopsticks and pagoda

March 14- 19 2008

Cebu Pacific's ad says “it’s time everyone flies”, I got hooked with the slogan. And so we booked a flight to Guangzhou, China. Ina and I got some really great cheap airfare, so we took the chance. March 14, on our departure date, Ina and I still went to work that morning. Our flight was not until 7:20 that night, we just took the afternoon off and decided to just meet at the airport. I met my parents and Enzo at the airport (they got my luggage) after squeezing my 7 year old son, said goodbye to my parents, Ina arrived. We were on time, tired from work but excited about our first trip to Guangzhou (though I’ve been to Hong Kong before that was work). This trip was pure vacation us! Ina and I jive when it comes to traveling, dining, and music, and I’ve traveled with her a couple of times, I know she’s got a thing for discovering new things, different cultures, eating great foods, trying out new restaurants. I remember we were both whining about work that day, our big,bad,bald,boss has got a habit of giving anyone a hard time when he knows that the person is going to take a vacation. After we checked in, it finally got into us…we were on our way to China! We immediately forgot the drama that went on that morning at work.

The flight was on schedule, as soon as we fasten our seatbelts we talked about our hotel and we forgot to print the hotel address that we booked in mandarin language, we only have the English version. There were some Chinese people on board, one was sitting beside Ina. We politely asked is she could translate it, we gave her paper and pen. She seemed like she was having a hard time translating it, even asked some of her family members traveling with her who were seated few seats away from her. After few minutes, she gave it back to us with her translation in a piece of paper.

The flight was 3 and half hours. We arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport around 11 at night, we were tired and hungry. With the help of English speaking Help Desk at the airport, we showed them the address then we were directed to take the bus no. 1 outside the airport. As our research, the airport taxi was a bit expensive so we took the cheap way, the bus. Inside the bus, we were the only tourist, no foreigners just Chinese. The ride was about 30 minutes. We got off as how we were directed and we took a taxi from there (we figured, we’d be okay with the taxi fare since we were already in the city). We showed the taxi driver the address, he gave us the confused look but he nodded. We went around for a while, the driver was obviously lost, we were lost. He then called on his cellphone (maybe asking another driver about the address). He then explained to us (in sign language) that the address written in Chinese was wrong, the translation was wrong! We thought maybe the girl from the flight had a different Chinese language, I mean they have Cantonese, Mandarin, Wu and Min. But fortunately, the driver was able to find the hotel.

We booked our hostel through hostels.com. All hostels had cheap rates, we tried to book in a decent one but it wouldn’t fit with our schedule. We found V8 Hotel (train station branch). The price was so cheap we couldn’t believe it (about 3,000 something in pesos for 4 nights already). The pictures looked okay so we booked it.
When we arrived, it looked like a normal building outside, when we got inside, the lobby was so empty and dark but we thought, it was almost midnight. Upon checking they mixed up our booking dates, we originally booked for a queen size bed but then it wasn’t available that night, so they gave us two single bed (which was more expensive), but there was a little difference so we were okay with it. When we opened the door to our room, we were surprised. The room was tiny, the place was old, the bathroom was not clean, and more…the kettle for hot water seemed to be like it hasn’t been washed in years! We still have not eaten anything, so we went downstairs and walked around the hotel to look for any convenient store, or fastfood that would still be open at that time. We thought of transferring to another hotel, we saw CNN hotel just beside V8, it looked way nicer than V8.

The next morning, as early as 5:30, Ina and I were already up. We couldn’t wait for coffee and a really good breakfast. We went to CNN hotel and inquire about their rates, the rates were similar to V8, luckily there was an available room for two single beds, we paid for it and decided to transfer our things as soon as we get back from breakfast.

Ina and I were looking forward to our very first Chinese breakfast, dreaming of dimsum and yang chow rice all night. Our location was at the back of bus and train terminal, there were hundreds of people with their luggage and big bags waiting everywhere. We couldn’t find any Chinese restaurant around, except for, get this…KFC. Ina and I looked at each other, we were hungry for caffeine fix, no other choice we went inside. I had coffee, ham and eggs sandwich, Ina had her congee and coffee. It was…lets see…just okay, its food, there’s caffeine.

We checked out from horrible V8 (sorry no photos, I tend to take pictures of beautiful and beautiful things only) and dragged our luggage to the hotel next to it. Our room, located only at the 2nd floor was way better. The bed, the tv, the bathroom…we even have our own water dispenser! How cool is that…tea and coffee maker too.

We head out to explore Guangzhou. A cab took us to one of the cheapest shopping place called Beijing Lu, its at the center of the city. Our morning was spent walking from one store to another, some were cheap, some were not and some were not even wearable in the Philippines…like leather boots (they were pretty cheap!!! But if you buy it and use it in Manila, be ready to suffer from heat stroke).

By lunch time we found this Chinese restaurant at the corner of the street of course I didn’t understand the name but the food was great! Garlic chicken sauté in red chili and Chinese fried rice…YUMMY!!!


We head out to our first tourist attraction, the Ancestral Home of the Chen Family. The huge compound was constructed in the traditional Chinese symmetrical style. In the hall we saw the folding screen with beautiful wood carvings.
We went around, took pictures of the beautiful ancestral home. The place was old and kinda creepy actually, there was a time when I was walking at the backyard checking out those trees with flowers that looked like cherry blossoms, I imagined what it was like there before, what was the Chen family like? Was there any forbidden lovestory that happened on that backyard, for a moment, I imagine myself wearing a nice cheongsam dress and walking around with a cute chinese guy…interesting image I know. I have an interesting imagination.
After the tour, Ina and I went out and saw CANDY GIRLS!!! They looked so cute with their pink dress and standing in the corner of the street giving away candies!

We got our candies took pictures of the girls and went off to our next destination, the Western Han Dynasty Nanyue King Mausoleum Museum.

The oldest and largest Han tomb with the most funerary objects in Lingnan (South of the Nanling Mountain) Area. The museum was big with 10 exhibition halls inside. The highlight of the place was the tomb of the second king, Zhao Mei of Nanyue State of the Western Han Dynasty. The tomb was made up of huge stones with colorful murals, the king was put inside a silk-jade garment made up of 2,291 pieces of jade. According to them the silk connected to it is the only one of its kind in the world…well jade stones or not…its still creepy! I wasn’t really into tomb and dead kings but I let Ina explore the place while I dream of a long hot bath. I was exhausted and tired...and not to mention my face felt oily already...i need facial wash ASAP.
2nd day


We woke up early the next day, a very cold morning and had breakfast inside our hotel room with instant spicy noodles, coffee and bread. We took a cab to take us to the nearest bank to change our US dollars, it was still closed when we saw a park right beside it. Ina and I went inside and take pictures. We sat in one of the benches and enjoyed some time in the quiet park that looks like a college vicinity.
After the bank we went to Shamian Park, we heard that the place was surrounded by buildings built in European style. The park was nice, trees everywhere, a starbucks on one side, a lot of souvenir shops and two wedding photo shoots....with a very bad fashion wedding look.


Ina and I smelled the addictive aroma of cappuccino, we couldn’t resist it. As we went inside Strabucks, we felt at home with people having coffee, Americans and other tourist enjoying their caffeine. Ina and I reached the counter and was surprised that the coffee was F*ck!n expensive!!! In Manila, a cup of cappuccino would be around P130, the price in Guangzhou was double!!! About P350 when we convert it, Ina and I gave each other the look of WTF???!!!!! The Chinese barista was waiting for us to pay for our coffee, as I reached for some money I was swearing in tagalog.
More shopping happened after, I got my mom a hand paint painting of cherry blossoms, shirts for my friends, a Chinese terno for my son and hand bags for me. Ina and I had this urge of buying a pair of boots for us…something wearable I mean. We went back to Beijing Lu that night and we got ourselves some nice purple boots (yeah we got the same boots…purple shade, but don’t worry we promise to text each other first so we wont be wearing it at the same time).
3rd day
We decided to take a walk from our hotel to our next destination. The Yuexiu Park located in downtown Guangzhou. The park is huge, we went inside early morning, we came out around mid afternoon. It is made up of three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. You can also find the stone sculpture of the Five Rams, Zhenhai Tower, the site of the Ming Dynasty City Wall and Square Cannon Site.

We found this photo opt spot inside, where you can rent Chinese clothes and take your pictures. Ina and I got crazy and got ourselves into some neat costumes!!!
Ina wanted so much to see the the Five-Ram sculpture, I saw it on the website, it was a stone sculpture….nothing more nothing else. Going around the park was hard, because its big, you’ll get lost…honestly we did! Finally after hours of walking around we finally saw the freakin 5 ram!

sex toys for sale...the seller was pretty cool to pose for a picture!

4th day
We went to one of the temples in Guangzhou (I cant remember the name). There were monks outside selling different things to tourist, monks praying, monks sitting with their eyes closed, dirty monks, clean monks, monks cleaning around, monks staring at some blank walls...monks everywhere.

We didn’t do much for our last day, our flight was at that same day (evening flight) after the temple trip we went back to our hotel, packed our stuff and we couldn’t wait to go home. We left around lunch time, took a bus that’s just right outside the hotel and after a 45 minutes drive, we’re already at the airport. dont worry, this alien is going home in a legal way! by air!

Our flight was not until 10pm that night. It was a long wait at the airport. Ina and I wasted our time, roaming around the airport, eating noodles and Mcdonald’s burger, reading books, listening to our iPod and just chatting.
We finally got back to our beloved Manila late that night. I saw Enzo waiting for me and I saw Ina’s boyfriend waiting for her. The trip was truly fun and its always good to travel with someone you can really get along with, or just sit around comfortably even without talking to each other. Its another travel to remember.

Hong Kong: A Gift for My Boy

March 7-10, 2009

This is my second trip to Hong Kong. The first was a business trip. Not suitable to blog as the farthest place I went to was at 711 down the corner of my hotel. I was not able to go around. The only places I went there was The Peak (for a dinner meeting) and a little shopping I made in one of the night markets (Temple Market).
This time, I made sure I'll be able to go farther than 711.

Together with my son, LIV and my gay best friend V, we left Manila for a very early flight on the morning of March 7. The 2 hour flight was fast, before I can even think of taking a nap, we’re about to land the Hong Kong International Airport. It was breakfast time and as soon as we changed our money to HK dollars, my LIV was already looking for a restaurant. We found a Chinese fast food near the money exchange. The food was just okay, just enough to wake us up. After breakfast, we found the exit and as we approach the exit gate, we could feel the cold weather of HK, just as we stepped out, it was freezing cold! I grabbed LIV’s jacket, scarf and his bonnet cap and wrapped my son to keep him warm. V was too stubborn to listen to me and he is a firm believer of travel light…in about 5 minutes outside, he was shaking. He only has a cotton sweatshirt with a hood. What can I do? Hes one stubborn gay.

The bus was about 30 minute ride, and cheaper by the way. I remember the bus ticket to our destination was only HKD45 unlike if you take the airport express, its about HKD100. The airport stopped right across the street from our hotel, it was that easy.

We arrived in our hotel earlier than the check in time (Ramada Hotel is located in Des Voeux Road West). We found the hotel from www. hotelbookers.com at a really low price. I highly recommend the hotel as it is very cheap but the amenities, the cleanliness of the hotel is just too good for their cheap price. Plus, the tram has a stop in front of the hotel, so it is very accessible (and again, the tram cost is just HKD5 for child and 10 for adult).

While checking in, my friend Mandy (my Marketing colleague from our Hong Kong office appeared on my side). We were lucky enough that Mandy was very nice enough to come with us to Ocean Park for our first day. We had to leave our luggage in the concierge as our room is not ready yet.

We left the hotel to meet her friend Eva who was also joining us. When I found out that Eva has a car, we just felt so lucky, imagine that’s a big savings for us. The taxis are a bit expensive, so yeah, we’re pretty grateful for them to join us.
Just like Mandy, Eva is a short Chinese girl, seems nice and both of them are well verse with English so no problem on that, and both are laid back, the perfect companion.

Ocean Park (with Eva and LIV)

Ocean park is huge! Entrance for adult is HKD179 and HKD91 for kids. We went to see the pandas, spent sometime in the lowland gardens, we rode the cable car which LIV was too overwhelmed, he’s not sure whether to enjoy it or be scared at the same time, we watched the ocean theatre (dolphins and sea lions), we saw the sea jelly spectacular, we also rode the quick ocean park tower, and went inside Atoll reef. Before we went out V and I braved to ride the Mine train which can make you pee yourself to death in 0.3 seconds.

Ocean Park from Highland view...its not my camera...it was the weather (this was around lunch)

After almost the whole day we drove back to the city. Mandy and Eva dropped us off to the nearest MTR station. We were able to find our way back to our hotel safe and sound. Got our luggage in the concierge and went straight to our room. The room was great except that there were only 2 single beds and LIV is a bit big so sleeping side by side is a hard for us. There’s cable tv, the bathroom is clean, and they have mini ref, complimentary teas and a kettle to boil water (we would usually buy tall bottled water from 711 across our hotel to use for our coffee and drinking water).

The night we came back from our day trip in Macau (see my blog on Macau), we went out for some local cuisine for our dinner that night, right beside our hotel there’s a line of Chinese restaurants. The food was tasty and of course Chinese food as always are oily…but it was good dinner.

After taking a break, we decided to go to Temple Market for a night of shopping. I’ve been there on my first trip to HK, some stuff are just the same as what you see in Greenhills and other flea markets around Manila. I was happy to buy a vintage pocket watch for HKD70. I fell in love with it, it looked soooo old and soooo Somewhere in Time. I was planning to give it to a guy I was seeing that time, but the relationship poof!! just after few weeks, so I kept the watch for myself.

On our 3rd day, it was our schedule to visit the Holy Ground for kids…Disneyland! I am pretty excited myself as it is my first Disneyland and LIV’s too. When I was young I never dreamed of going to Disney, although I’ve watched and read all the stories, there was just no way my sisters and I could’ve gone to one when we were young…we’re a middle class family and our parents are just not like that. But now that travelling is way easier than before, I would like my son to be able to travel while he’s young.
But first…we tried the hotel’s breakfast buffet. It’s about Php500 per person, we ate, pancakes, sausages, cream puffs, croissants, coffee, juice, cereal, fruit plate and even cakes. It was okay…seriously I’ve had much better breakfast buffet here in the Philippines, although I am 100% against it, I was on a trip with my son, and a gay bestfriend who suggested we should just try it.

We took the MTR to go to Lantau Island (where Disneyland is located) and then getting off at the Disney Resort station. From there, we rode the Disney train. The Disney train was just nice…check out our pictures!

Arriving at Disney Resort, as expected we took pictures on every single corner of the place. With the help of Mandy, we were able to get away with a discounted ticket price (there’s a discount for HK resident for tickets and she purchased for us). From Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland and Main Street USA, it was all magical for LIV. Even though LIV and I had a little misunderstand, the usual mommy-son thing, we were able to patch up so as not to spoil our vacation. The line for Mickey and Minnie mouse picture taking was too long and if we wait for it, we wont be able to catch some shows. We had pictures with Donald and Daisy, Mulan, Buzz Lightyear and the chipmunks. LIV’s favorite was the jungle ride, there were man-made animals, tribe people and amazing effects that made LIV’s mouth wide open. We also watched several shows like The Golden Mickey, which I enjoyed, the Philarmagic 3d show, the Lion King show, and the parade of the whole Disney gang. But I think my favorite of all was the closing show, the fireworks display. To be honest…it made me teary eyed happy little girl at that moment. To listen to each theme songs of all the Disney movies I’ve seen while growing up felt like taking me back when I was 10. We took more pictures before we heard the announcement that the resort will close in a few minutes. Looking at the famous Disneyland castle for the last time, I wonder what it was like for LIV to be able to see this at a young age. Well I hope it was magical for him as it was for me.

We went back to our hotel, it was our last night in Hong Kong, we’re tired but also happy about our experience. For our last night, we thought of taking a walk, I was hoping to see another night market, but I think we were beat that night.
Early morning, we had a quick breakfast and off we showered, packed our stuff, and we took off to the airport. We were just in time for our flight…we had to walk for maybe 15-30 minutes to get to our exit gate…walking around Hong Kong airport is exhausting…the place is just too big!

One hour after, we safely arrived in Manila. I saw my mom and LIV just ran to her. V said a quick hi to my parents and he went off to get a cab. The trip was tiring but it was also one of my favorite trips. The cold weather in Hong Kong at that time, the food, the hotel where we stayed in, the places we went to, my son’s first international trip…might do it again next time!

hotel website: http://www.ramadahongkong.com/

Boracay Island: Last Fling with my summer for year 08

May 2008

Our company finally decided to give us a break! wuhooo!!! We flew to Boracay Island for 3 days and 2 nights of booze, beach, and hopefully a nice tan.

We left Manila at around 9am, it was a one hour flight from Manila to Kalibo, then 2 hours land trip from Kalibo to Caticlan, from there its 15 minutes boat ride to one of the most beautiful islands in the world...aaaahhh i can smell the salt water already.

group picture at the old Cebu Pacific terminal

bus ride...with my seatmate G :)

This is my nth time to visit the island, the place is just amazing, and of course its the "IT" place to be every summer. We stayed at Le Soleil de Boracay, a nice hotel in the middle of station 2. We arrived an hour past 12, we were all starving, thirsty, and we couldnt wait to hit the beach.

Ina and I changed into our dear swimsuits right after a not-so-nice chicken lunch at D'Mall. D'Mall used to be a wet market, fresh seafood in every corner, there were only wooden tables and chairs around where you can order for your fresh seafood and have it cooked anyway you want it. After only few years, more and more people from around the world discovered the place, the more hotels and spas were built on the island...they grew like mushrooms! it was sad in a way that the natural beauty of the island was gone, but of course the advantage was that its not as exclusive before, now you have a lot of options where to stay, to eat or hang out.

We went paraw sailing that same afternoon, i wasnt able to take pictures, too bad. Paraw is the native sailboat (you'd see a lot of it in Boracay). It's a narrow hulled boat with outriggers and sails. Their difference from pump boats, they dont have outboard motors to give power, the paraw relies only on the wind. So no wind...no paraw sailing. The excitement is how you ride it. You can only sit on the netting stretched over the paraw's outrigger as it skim's the water surface, legs dangling over the "katig" or outrigger's edge...there you can enjoy your feet splashing your feet against the waves...so strong wind, the better paraw sailing experience...and yes, you'll be wet all over, that is why all the cameras and bags were hidden underneath a covered space of the small boat.

getting ready for our paraw sailing...i dont wear a lifevest...makes me feel like traffic police

Sailing lasted for an hour, it was fun..i'll do it again and i highly recommend it.

We all went back to our hotel and checked out the pool inside. The girls and i had fun playing around before we went back to our rooms and showered. First dinner for that trip was not how I expected it. The place, Aria, an Itallian restaurant. When you're on vacation, you dont want to eat green salads for appetizer and pizza or pasta is not appealing when you see other people eating huge grilled squids and lobsters on the other table. Since its a company outing, there's one person who organized everything, and the way she did it...SUCKS BIG TIME! this is according to all the staff who were there. So, what I did was I ordered champagne, since we cant order the food we want, we ordered the booze we want and champagne it is. I'm not saying the food was bad, but its not for me when your on vacation, its like eating fine dining with sands underneath your table...the feeling wasnt right. I mean champagne and cold beach night...now thats perfect!!! :D

We head out to Guilly's after, located at station one, we had few drinks, fake laughter to humor our boss and we went back to hotel after midnight (actually thats not really what happened...we stayed at Cafe Del Mar after our boss called it a night)

dinner at Aria

The next day, island hopping.

Buffet breakfast was great, although I told myself to avoid eat all you can buffet-type sets, this one I cant resist. Im a morning person and I like to have that kind of energy to start my day. Anyway, food was great at Le Soleil, had too many cups of brewed coffee and fruit platter...of course only after I ate pancakes, sausages, rice, tocinos and more that i dont want to remember anymore or ill get hungry.

For the whole day, we went from island to island. Had lunch to another island, tried the fly fish ride...which i dont recommend for someone who cant grip hard. To give you an idea this ride will be pulled by a speedboat that would go so fast it would make this thing stand because of the wind, now you have to hold on tight, if you dont it will drag you like a rag doll like what it did to me, and I thought I have pretty great arms to hold on to. The highlight of the ride is when it goes really fast, you will look like you're standing up and you can feel your body weight is trying to make you lose your grip.

The Fly Fish ride, cause you'll be flying like a fish and if you cant hold on any longer....a very ugly fish

Back in the hotel that night, we had our dinner at Le Soleil right in front of the beach. It was again, a buffet serving, but this time the food was absolutely delicious! oysters, crabs, grilled fish and pork, red and white wine, margarita, kebab....now im seriously starving.

We head to MO2 Wave after, listened to some live band, ordered more margaritas and then my friend who was also there on the island to dj at some party sent me a text message asking me to hang out.

Met up Jase at Cafe Del Mar, he was there waiting with a beer. I ordered my guava margarita which is so yummy, its a must-try. We set into some comfy chairs in front of the beach. Hang out for like hours, talked about our failed relationships, dogs, family, babies, sex, broken marriage (his, not mine) and songs... until I can feel my eyes dropping and I was yawning every 3 seconds.

with Jase

my guava margarita, beach front of Cafe Del Mar bar

For our last day, we didnt do much, we head out to the usual Jonah's Fruitshake, hang out, swim, spent hours baking (tanning myself) and just taking pictures. We left the island before lunch, head back to the airport and had a quiet flight back to Manila also called as reality.

for more info about the hotel resort: http://www.lesoleil.com.ph/