Do you know why I love this trip? Because I missed my friends! To me, this represents old college days with spontaneous urges and things.
Since it was still Tin's break, despite that we were studying for the boards, we were supposed to go to CDO by this time. Unfortunately, most are not allowed because we have to study for the boards, so we opted for an overnight trip in Laguna instead. We have no specific destination in mind, just that we'll go there for a day trip then sleep at Louie's afterwards! (I really like the part with "no destination in mind".)
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| my first road-trip with my NXO |
We went first to this first-class Villa Escudero, thought about checking it out, and if we're going to spend our day trip there. It was nice and very classy, but we saw from the brochure that we don't think the facilities aren't worth PhP 1000, even if it includes lunch. So we went there, had our bathroom break, then went. We were too shy to have our pictures taken in front of the resort! Haha
So we just looked around. We drove around. And we saw some sort of resort. (Sorry, it was kind of a long time ago, so I forgot the name! Haha sometime in June 17-18, 2010) We rented an aircon room with our own bathroom (costs about 400-500/head), where we could leave our things while we explored the resort.
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| the swimming pool |
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| exploring the cool rivers |
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| gutom na si loi |
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| one of the accommodations in the resort (kasya ba 15 diyan?! grabe!) |
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| inside the aircon cottage, that's good for 4 |
There was a swimming pool with artificial waterfalls, and several um, natural waterfalls and riverbeds.
Picture-whores that we are, we explored first, took pictures, scheduled what we're doing first! We just had lunch first, some of us wanted to take a nap or have a massage (but the masseuse was out) and we had to get back at around 5pm so we can have dinner in Nuvali.
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| natural waterfalls |
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| emmersing in the cool river |
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| posing by another river |
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| in the pool with the artificial waterfalls |
In Nuvali, we arrived a little before sunset, so more pictures... Then we shopped and walked around... I didn't know the place was a boutique outlet. I wasn't planning on buying anything, but my friends were big fan of Havaianas, and other things. Instead, I bought Mark & Spencer jeans which was a steal, with the only size available in my size! Ha! It must have been meant for me! Hehe
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| Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna |
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| fooling around with the lights |
Then we had dinner in Kanin Club. We ordered Sinigang Rice, Krispy Dinuguan, and some seafood that I forgot hehe It was yummy, and we were all stuffed afterwards! Hehe
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| Dinner at Kanin Club |
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| menu: pinakbet, lemon chicken, krispy dinuguan, sinigang rice |
Then we went to Louie's place in Binan, where we drank some light drinks, and swam in their swimming pool... just like the old times. We slept at around 4 am. I miss the old times! (Parang nasa condo ko lang sa Katipunan during first year.) Just old plain fun without complications!
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| light drinking |
Anyway, when we woke up, we were looking at our yearbooks, and albums of Louie, reminiscing the good old days!
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| in Louie's pink bedroom with the yearbooks and photo albums |
Well, it was fun to go back there for a while. I miss you guys! I don't realize how much I missed my Katipuneros!
More photos
Katipuneros Roadtrip Multiply Album
