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| Pundaquit Beach going to Anawangin Cove |
March 18-19, 2017
Being just a college student, who school-study-home, is too boring (in my opinion) if I'm not going to go on adventure once in a while. And because our semester ended so early than what we expected, my blockmates-friends planned an out of town trip. If I remembered it correctly, my blockmates-friends I was talking about planned to go to Baguio last year but sadly, I didn't pursue it. I don't know. But I really regret not joining them, and because of that, I promised to myself that this year I will come whenever they invited me and wherever it will be. And so it is.
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| St. Pancratius Chapel in Paco Park |
Studying away from my hometown gave me life-changing advantage! I still remember my routine in high school was only home-school and nothing else more. But when I turned college, I finally had the chance to travel more than just my dorm and school. It was the best choice I ever made after graduating in high school.
Now in my second year of college, I was able to visit one of the oldest church and cemetery in the history with my college friends — the Paco Park.
Paco Park and Cemetery
Location: San Marcelino Street, Paco, ManilaOpening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday (8:00AM - 5:00PM)Entrance Fee: 10 PHP
How to get to Paco Park?
I'll do a separate blog about it in detailed. I'll link it here after.
Brief history of the place
The place was started out as a cemetery and the first resting place of national hero Jose Rizal after his execution and also became the central supply and ammunition depot for the Japanese in the World War II before it was declared as a National Park in 1966 which now became the favorite venue for weddings and other events because of its garden-like settings. Indeed, a perfect romantic place from the heart of Manila.
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| Front of St. Pancratius Chapel |
The chapel had an altar that was originally white and gold, on each side of the altar are the repositories for the remain of governors and bishops. The dome-shaped chapel was called as St. Pancratius Chapel to dedicate to St. Pancratius, a converted Christian and martyr that was beheaded for his faith at the age of 14 years old.
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| First Resting Place of Jose Rizal |
You wouldn't notice the cemetery —like what I experienced lol, because the original cemetery is the actual circular shape of the park and It's niches were located within the hollow walls of the inner circular shape.
So much for the history! After taking bunch of photos for our subject requirement, we headed to our next destination: Binondo Church.
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It's been a month since I started school, and because of that I'm really desperate to go somewhere. 'Coz I want seize the remaining time I still have, while I am not yet busy with school stuffs. I want to go on adventure around Manila. But there's a problem, I can't go alone. Hehe. I want somebody to accompany me. So I end up with one of my H.S best friend Jean and my young brother, CJ.
We are now on our final and the most-thrilling destination here in Tagaytay, the Sky Ranch. If you are an amusement park person — who love to try all it's exciting ride activities, I bet you wouldn't dare to miss this place whenever visiting Tagaytay!
After our epic adventure in Taal Volcano Island, we headed to the place where we were initially going — a perfect place for picnic, relaxation, sightseeing, the Picnic Grove. It is one of must-visit place here in Tagaytay because of its overlooking view of Taal Volcano in the middle of Taal Lake.
If you haven't read yet my previous blog "Tagaytay Adventure: Almost in the Crater of the Smallest Volcano in the Philippines", here's a short recap of our itinerary:
OUR TAGAYTAY ITINERARY
7:00 AM to 10:00 AM — Travel time from Bulacan to Tagaytay
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM — Brunch time
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM — Taal Volcano Island Tour
1:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Tagaytay Picnic Grove
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM — Skyranch Tagaytay "Ride-All-You-Can"
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM — Travel time from Tagaytay to Bulacan
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM — Brunch time
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM — Taal Volcano Island Tour
1:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Tagaytay Picnic Grove
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM — Skyranch Tagaytay "Ride-All-You-Can"
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM — Travel time from Tagaytay to Bulacan
OUR SECOND STOP: TAGAYTAY PICNIC GROVE
We drove back to the Picnic Grove after drying myself from that unexpected boat ride. Arriving to the place, we left Tito and Tita inside the car because they requested to rest first.
We took our time go around place appreciating its cold breeze and panoramic view.
We also spent most our time taking scenic, rare and candid photos of ourselves.
We found ourselves resting with these gazebos on the top of the place where we witnessed the panoramic view of Taal Lake and its volcano. After spending few hours here, we now headed to our last destination, the Tagaytay Skyranch.
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Tagaytay is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines because of its outstanding scenery of overlooking iconic view of Taal Volcano Island in the middle of the lake and its cooler climate provided by its high altitude. So, if you want to get away from the busiest city and traffic congestion of Metro Manila, Tagaytay is only an hour and thirty minutes drive from Metro Manila and a perfect destination for you to get unwind and have some fun like what we did!
So, yes! Summer has officially started for me since the next day of our last day of school, definitely, the start of my summer vacation. It's too early for me to have this summer getaway. But it's a great start of my summer, indeed! Anyways, today, I definitely had an amazing adventure. Really. Because this is my first time to go on cave adventure unexpectedly. Yup! You just read it right. Sounds awesome, right?
Well, I already expected to travel somewhere outside Manila since I am already in College. But I just never expected it to happen early in my freshman year. My college friends and I decided to travel Tagaytay for just half a day.
Our day doesn't just end by just attending the Synersion. We decided to go to the carnival. Since it was just right in front of the venue. Honestly speaking, it was my first time to try any carnival rides in my entire life.
Finally, after a year, my Dad let me join his light spinning around our city with my brother 'coz it was been a year already since my last time to bike this far. Well, initially, I thought I would never get a chance again to bike this far because my dad literally don't allow me to join them because I was actually the only girl (but not a biker) from the family and discriminated for that.
After weeks staying in my dorm, I finally had time to be at home. It felt so much good that I even invited my younger brother to stroll around our city. He used the fat bike (Chubby Miner) and I used the mountain bike. This place is quite far from our home but manageable to get here with bike. I felt relieved afterwards 'coz I felt like I lose some weight. Lol.
This summer 2014, my family and I spent our vacation in my Mom’s hometown —in San Antonio, Laguna. We went to our cousin's backyard and short trip to Twin Falls. Here are some photos I took by myself. Please bear with the quality, as I only have my phone as my camera as of this moment.
