It is really my dream to stay in one of the famous hotels in Tagaytay and what else could it be than Taal Vista Hotel. We always stay overnight in Tagaytay but not yet in Taal Vist. We would only stay there to dine and stay for a moment before checking in some affordable hotels in Tagaytay. That’s why it’s a dream come true for me when we finally got to stay in Taal Vista last weekend. It’s my wife’s gift for me for Father’s day. A dream I thought will only be come true if I claimed my disability insurance or lotto winnings.

Taal Vista Hotel is the most popular place to see every time you visit Tagaytay. Your visit in Tagaytay will not be a complete if you will not see this oldest and historic hote. It was named as one of the landmarks of Tagaytay City that is overlooking the Taal lake and volcano.

Every time we are in Tagaytay I always tell my wife that someday I will really stay in this hotel. It finally came true when my wife decided to check in last weekend with me and my son.

As Malacanang declared May 3 as national non-working holiday, we will be having long weekend this coming week. I am sure people are now busy searching for a getaway place and planning for an out of town trip.

Beautiful places to stay includes Tagaytay area and Rizal. These places are cool and away from too much heat in Metro Manila.

A cheap or affordable cool beautiful place especially family friendly, with modern bedroom furniture, wifi, pool or along the beach area is perfect during summer for the family.

If we get a chance to go out of town again, we will mostly make Bataan our next destination. To be specific, it may have to be Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bo. Pag-asa, Bagac, Bataan. I just want to be reminded of how heritage houses look like as we all know and read in our history books. How cities and villages look like during Spanish era in the Philippines. This is what its website said: that you will be in a time machine where you can see “authentic 19th century Principalia Mansions and original Bahay na Bato (Stone Houses), stand resplendent around a cobblestone plaza and streets paying tribute to the magnificent craftsmanship of our forefathers.”

Aside from those historical buildings, it is promised that you can also see some artifacts from its El Museo and some historic designed houses that can accommodate groups of people for seminars and guest rooms for family use. There are lots of traditional and recreational activities to entertain yourself.

I am so excited to visit this place soon. I can’t stop myself from finding ways on how to get there. So for now I am saving for it that it even got in the way of my budget on 7-dfbx.

I was really amazed seeing that some of the beautiful places in Negros were featured in a tourist magazine. Among them are some of the old houses, Silay City and Nature Village in Talisay. I last visited Natures Village more than seven years ago when the place was just operating. That’s why I am so excited to see how it is now. I am so excited to see new beautiful places, new resorts and hotels with new modern furniture especially now with a new airport.

I am sure two weeks of vacation will not really be enough to see all the tourist spots, beautiful resorts, new bars and hang outs.

During the heights of Typhon Pepeng in Pangasinan, we happened to be there in the area celebrating our yearly religious activity. It was a Thursday morning and we were supposed to go to Baguio City but due to the heavy and continuous pouring of rains, we thought it would be risky if we continued as we would be caught on slippery roads or maybe even possible landslide. So we decided to go directly to San Fernando La Union instead to see Thunderbird Resort in Pura, La Union.

The Mediterranean design inspired by Santorini Islands of Greece captured us at first glance. The place is nice, peaceful and overlooking white sand beach South China sea. The sixty-five hectare resort has sports facilities and amenities like the Cliffs Golf & Beach Club, swimming pool, basketball area, water sports, jogging path at the boardwalk. The place is also conducive for meetings and conferences. They also offer a five star accommodation from deluxe room to deluxe suite.

Sadly we were not able to stay there and missed a chance to take more photos of the place because of the strong winds and heavy rains. My brother in-law who were with us didn’t want to stay near the sea at that time. But given a chance to visit again the Northern part of Luzon, we will really try the comfort and luxury of this resort. Places like this are where luxury, comfort and peacefulness collide. Also Outer Banks vacation rentals are really dream places to stay.

It’s been a week that I never had a chance to open my emails or even had an internet access. We just arrived from our Feast of Tabernacles held in one of the beach resorts in San Fabian, Pangasinan. However, the province was one of the highly affected during the wake of typhoon Peping that hit Northern Luzon in the last couple of days.

We were there in the Province of Pangasinan and La Union during the day the typhoon was hitting these Provinces. It was Thursday last week when supposedly we were to go Baguio to spend family outing but because of the heavy rains we decided to search for possible alternatives. So during that day we were in La Union searching for restaurants, hotels or resorts where we can spend overnight because the place in San Fabian, Pangasinan where we stayed is located between a river and a sea.

Maybe in my next post we could post about our experiences in the province during the typhoon. I will be needing weight loss pills due to the food escapades we had in one week of vacation.

Last holiday my wife and I decided to have another thrill adventure. We didn’t really plan to stay overnight apart from to visit Tagaytay to discover new restaurants and places to stay. We just decided to pack things for over night in case we will discover something exciting.

We told ourselves that almost all of the hotels would be fully booked since it’s a long holiday during that time. We did not even bothered to try any place in Tagaytay and headed further to Batangas instead and see some of the resorts that we saw in the internet. But due to the traffic congestion at that time that we were in Tagaytay, we decided to have our lunch there before going straight to Batangas and it was 2:00 pm already when we left Tagaytay.

On our way to Batangas, we passed by the Evercrest Golf and Country Club in Nasugbu. It is not our first time to see the place but the last time we were there was new year’s eve of 2008. We never realized that this was the time and chance to stay in the place. Luckily the club had a current promotion which is discounted overnight stay in the place.

We had a great stay that night although they didn’t have wi fi connection in every room apart from that in the restaurant and they only have local cable channel. If you want a quiet and relaxed atmosphere in the place you’re staying in, this is a place to stay for the family. No need to have central vacuum anymore since the place is surrounded by nature and green grass of the golf course.

You can let your kids swim in the swimming pool from the club near to the place for free since it is still part of the club. The breakfast area in their restaurant is so refreshing and relaxing too since it overlooking the golf course. I look forward to come back and stay in Evercrest again.