Another Fun Roadtrip Experience: The Way to Camiguin Island

This is another roadtrip experience. (^_^)

Camiguin Island is situated in the Northern part of Mindanao. From General Santos City it is a more or less 9 hours of road trip depending on which way. And, we chooses the shorter one the Via Carmen, North Cotabato.

 Route: Gensan-Marbel-Tacurong-Pres. Quirino- Buluan-Datu Paglas-Tulunan-Matalam-Kabakan-Carmen-Maramag-Valencia-Malaybalay-CDO-Misamis Oriental-Mambajao

And the journey begins.....

@ Koronadal City, First stop-over

We left Gensan at 7 pm of Friday, 5 vehicles convoyed with each other. After almost 5 hours on the road, in the middle of the mountain in Carmen, North Cotabato one of the vehicle got a problem, we've stopped for awhile but knowing that its a dangerous area we let it run up to Maramag, Bukidnon and get some help.

what to do when stranded?? EAT!!!☺

And we're stranded in Maramag, Bukidnon for almost 3 hours then. Then we're off to Cagayan De oro at 3am.

@ Cagayan de Oro

At 6am, we were in the boundary of CDO and Bukidnon highway, and we had our breakfast there.

stop-over in the boundary of CDO and Bukidnon.. breakfast time!!!

.. the road to CDO

At past 10am we arrived at Balingoan Port, the gateway to Camiguin Island and we boarded the boat at 12nn and arrived Camiguin Island at past 1pm. And its, Hello Camiguin!!

@ Balingoan Port nearby parking lot

getting-off the barge after 1 hour

 Our travel to Camiguin Island took us 17 hours because of some unexpected things but that made our trip fun and memorable. Camiguin is such a beautiful place. (^_^)

Camiquin Island!!!! ☺☺☺

☞ See my next post for our Camiguin Island Escapades...

Paraiso Verde Resort and Waterpark

It's a long weekend, so we decided to visit the newest resort in town!★ ★ ★

Paraiso Verde Resort and Waterpark is the newest resort/waterpark in SOCSARGEN area. Situated in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, an hour away from the City of General Santos.

 Paraiso Verde Resort and Waterpark is the first resort here in SOCSARGEN area to introduce wave pool just like the 8 waves in Luzon and aims to be the world class waterpark here in Southern Philippines.

Water Attractions:
Moby Wave Pool - wave pool with a huge water bucket on the side. The waves is set every hour for   15 minutes.

Adventura River Rapids - enjoy the river ride with your tube.

Wiggles Kiddie Pool - pool for little kids with exciting slides.

Freestyle Pool - lap pool for those who don't want to get burned in the scorching heat of the sun but still having fun in the water.

Foods and beverages are not allowed but you can buy foods at Aqua cafe at a reasonable price and you have a lot of choices.

Cozy cottages are available for all the kinds of visitors such as air-con cabanas, open cabanas, umbrellas and chairs, and a pavilion.

It's an exciting and fun-filled day for us! ✿

Details:
☞ Entrance fee : P 200 all rides
☞ Umbrella table and chairs : P 150 (good for 4)
Website: www.paraisoverderesortandwaterpark.com

Manila Experience 2010

This is a super late post, but better late than never... (^_^) This was our last years trip in Manila with my friends. Since this is our anniversary with our trip i remembered to post our super fun trip.

 Having to get a promo fare with Airphil Express at P 900+ roundtrip we took the DVO-MNL trip. A 4-days super fun trip with friends october 14-17, 2010.

From Gensan, we took a 7pm bus trip to Davao City since we have a 10am flight in the morning and slept at Rose Inn near SM Davao.

Day 1
 At 8am we went to Davao International Airport and checked-in to Airphil Express Counter. but without us knowing we were rescheduled instead of DVO-MNL it will be a connecting flight via CEBU so we will be arriving Manila past 1pm instead of 12nn.

Then, we arrived.....

We were then off to our home for 4 days, The Fifth Avenue Place at The Fort. We just left our things, then were off to Manila Ocean Park.

Manila Ocean Park

- ate lunch at North Park
- stroll around the ocean park building
- watch the water light show
- oceanarium

Day 2
 It's Tagaytay day!!!

 At 6am we left Manila to avoid some traffic jam to Tagaytay. Had breakfast on the road. At past 8am we arrived in Tagaytay Picnic Grove. We roam around and enjoy the good view of Taal Volcano and breathe some fresh air.

Before going to lunch we had a sidetrip at Paradizoo in Mendez, Cavite and we had a sumptuous lunch at Dencio's Tagaytay.

After a great day in Tagaytay were off to Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

Enchanted Kingdom: The Magic Continues

Fun... Fun.. fun... in EK!!!

 We lined up on almost all rides just like the little kids. The very exciting ride where we lined up for almost an hour is so worth the wait; the space shuttle ride and we screamed so loud!!

Day 3
 It's Malling day!!!

We just went malling, bought some stuffs and got some rest.

Day 4
 It's time to go home!!!

 Since our flight is still at 2pm, we first went to SM Mall of Asia and bought some pasalubong and ate lunch.

"It was a great 4-day trip with F-R-I-E-N-D-S and more trips to come!"

Tagaytay: Experience Nature's Beauty

It's been nth time that i have visited Tagaytay but this time, its not just a trip but a meaningful one.

Path to the Monastery

@ the back is a chapel

 We went to Tagaytay to hear mass at Pink Sisters Monastery. This is the first time that I've been here and I always wanted to go here. We left Manila 5am 'coz the mass will start at 6am.

After the mass, we went to Sonya's Garden for breakfast but unfortunately their restaurant is already closed for breakfast. So we just roam around the beautiful garden of Sonya's. Visit their website for more details: http://www.sonyasgarden.com/.

 Then, were off to Picnic Grove to ate some brunch.....

 After our yummy and heavy brunch, we then walk around the picnic grove and had a great view of Taal Volcano.