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2 Birthday Celebrations at Volet’s Resort Dasmarinas

We’re back here at Volet’s after 8 years. They have renovated/upgraded the place and it’s gotten better!

Volet's Resort and Hotel Dasmarinas

Celebrating my 2 sons birthdays, we decided to do it here since it is near our place. To avoid crows, we went here on a weekday (Friday). This place is still awesome. Very clean pools, wave pool, kiddie pools, adult pool, lazy rivers for adults and for kids. They have private pools and rooms for those who want to stay overnight.

Volet's Resort and Hotel Dasmarinas

Entrance:
230 for adult
175 for kids below 4 ft (kids above 4 ft are considered adult)
They give discounts to senior citizens and PWDs on entrance only

Tables 350.00 – 800.00

Huge adult pool for those who want to do laps, langoy kung langoy.
Lazy river, the adult one is 4 feet, bring your own salbabida… you can do langoy here too since its 4 feet.
There are plenty of slides, giant slides, regular slides, mini slides, micro slides, tunnel slide. So slide to sawa sa mga mahihilig sa slides.

Volet's Resort and Hotel Dasmarinas

Volet's Resort and Hotel Dasmarinascredit for this photo http://www.cavite.info/blog/

You can bring foods, its allowed.

How to get here:
Pag commute, sakay lang ng Dasmarinas Hi-Way na bus or jeep (take note, dasma hi-way). Wag sumakay ng Dasma Bayan. Very easy to spot, along aguinaldo hi-way and just infront of Waltermart Dasmarinas. So pagnakita nyo na Waltermart Dasma, baba na, nasa tapat lang ang Volet’s.

Same if going there by car. They have parking spaces.

Pag uuwi na, drop by at Volet’s gotohan, masarap ang lugaw nila dito, any variety masarap, try nyo.

Cebu Trip

We had another chance to take a trip,last April we went to Cebu.  Visited a colleague so we can introduce to the what solar energy is and of course, sightseeing and swimming at their place.

First we went to Alcoy for a free seminar on Solar Energy.

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar EnergyHubby conducting the free seminar and demo of solar energy

After the seminar, we went to Tingko for swimming, the beach is covered in white sand, not that big though but the place is clean and the water too.  There is no entrance fee at the beach.

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beachMe with Ed, Grace and Kro

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beachKro buried lol

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beachSwimming till almost dark

The next day was bound to Cebu City, but before we left we went to BBB Alcoy (BBB stands for Bodos Bamboo Bar), they had the best pizza there, if you are going to visit Alcoy, try this place, its owned by a foreigner a Dutch I think, the view is nice, the settings too and they have also rooms for accommodation.  The price is not bad either, we had our fill and it didn’t broke my wallet lol.

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beachBBB restaurant

Then to Cebu City.  We stayed at Cebu Business Hotel located in downtown Cebu.  Place is clean, got a family room and the best part there is free wifi inside the room, I have to work, phew.  Their rates are affordable plus we got a discount because it was weekend, yey!  Just took the deluxe room, we will be spending most of our time outside anyway so not wise to spend so much on hotel accommodations, what’s important for us is we have a clean bed, clean shower and of course wifi so I can work even on tours hah! :D.  Free breakfast for two is included here.

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beach, Cebu Business HotelKro and hubby at the front desk

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beach, Cebu Business HotelThe deluxe room

Took some rest so we can go on tour… Our itinerary is just around this place, old churches, fort, park.  We covered all these places in just one day.

Cebu, Acoy, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Tingko, white sand beachBasilica Minore Del Sto. Nino, under renovation

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar EnergyKro’s first time to see lots of vendors in a church place, we dont have that here, his father bought him a balloon.

Cebu085Magellan’s Cross under renovation also

Cebu082City Hall

Cebu092Fort San Pedro

Cebu104The biggest Church of the Latter Day Saints

Cebu111Cebu City’s Top View

Entrance here is 60 pesos per head.  To get here you will take a motorcycle ride, a block away from the Church of the Latter Day Saints there are many motorcycles and they will offer to take you to this place, round trip fare is 200.  Negotiate that they will take you to Taoist Temple after here so you save on fare.

Cebu114Taoist Temple

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Taoist TempleInside the Taoist Temple

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Taoist TempleMini great wall of China 😀

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, LarsiansDinner at Larsians

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When in Cebu City, if you love grilled foods, this is a must visit.  There are so many to choose from and you eat by hand, the rice is in what is called puso wrapped in coconut leaves.

On our 3rd day it rained half day.. too bad, so we just stayed in the hotel, then went out to buy pasalubong..

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Taboan MarketDried fishes at Taboan Market

Cebu, Solar Energy Seminar, Solar Energy, Mactan International AirportMactan International Airport
(much much better than MIA)

And the trip was finally over, for our flight we took Air Asia as they have the lowest fare at that time.  Travelling need not be expensive, plan ahead, search for affordable flight fares.

Looking forward to our next trip! 😀

Singapore Tour – 2014

Had the chance to travel to Singapore! yey!

Singapore, Changi AirportMe at Changi Airport

Well this post will be in parts, one story at a time :).  This was a free trip by the way, thank God for the person who made it possible.  My entire family came with me and we had an awesome 4 days stay at Singapore.

Singapore, Changi airportTiger Air

Fare was 8K+ (per person) roundtrip at Tiger Airways.  Make sure to check discounts first before booking, the fare alone was more than 40K for the five of us.  Then there are fees to pay at NAIA, terminal fee which was 550.00 and a travel tax fee which was 1620 pesos that is per person (discounts given to children below 12 years old), imagine my shock I had to shell out 10K+ for all these fees there lol.. so prepare extra cash (just for the fees).  As of this writing, it’s been in the news that these fees should be included in airline tickets.

Anyway, went to airport early, we left the car at Park and Fly, visit their website for more info, this is convenient if you do not have someone to bring you to the airport and you want to bring your car, it’s more convenient for us to do this, since all of us are traveling, then coming home was hassle free, park and fly will send you to the airport and will pick you up there too on your arrival, less stress less worry.

 NAIA airport, PhilippinesKro @ NAIA

At Singapore, I was impressed with Changi Airport, wow!  So.. this is why it’s the best airport in the world, #1.. whew.

Changi Airport, SingaporeYla @Changi Airport

Changi Airport, SingaporeChangi Airport

Changi airport, is like a mall lol.. Everything is in there, so big and so clean…  We spent plenty of time just strolling the place :D.  There are MRT trains that connects Terminal 1, 2 and 3, lost of restaurants, you can also do shopping inside.

Aranda Country Club, SingaporeMe and hubby at Aranda Country Club front desk

Aranda Country Club, Singapore

We stayed at Aranda Town and Country Club at Pasir Ris, so close to everything lol.  The place is clean, our room was very spacious, I loved it!  Shared with one of my co-worker and his family.  We had a barbecue party in the evening, just at the back of our room.

Transportation was not a problem, the place was close to the bus stop, I went to 2 malls, first day I went for a walk, the next day I took the bus.

Next post will be the trip to Sentosa!

Changi Airport, SingaporeKro with Mr. Red M 😀 @ Changi

Related posts:
Sentosa
Universal Studios Singapore
Aranda Country Club

Skyranch – Tagaytay

If you are going to Tagaytay, never miss to visit this place!  SkyRanch, it’s a leisure park perfect  for the whole family/friends!  With the awesome view of Taal Volcano, this place is a must visit.

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

Just along the highway, you will never miss this place and food is not a problem, there are plenty of restaurants from the simple karinderya to fine dining restos to fast foods.  Plenty of things to do, horse back riding, rides, there is also a zip line inside SkyRanch.

Entrance is only 50 pesos weekdays and 80 pesos on weekends and holidays (senior citizens and PWDs get discounts).  Rides ranges from 50-150 pesos, affordable right?

One of the must try ride there, Sky Cruiser, you have to pedal your way out of this ride lol.. from start to finish. It wont move if you don’t pedal :D, so you’re getting a 2 birds in stone kind of thing here, you get the ride and you get to have an exercise too.. :D.  That’s hubby and kichiro on it.

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

The zip line

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

The HUUGE Ferris wheel.

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

The Ferris wheel is the country’s tallest so this one is a must try if you’re not afraid of heights lol.  With a great view of of the Taal Volcano of course.

Super Viking.. only my 12 year tried this one lol.

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

There’s a mini version of the Super Viking for your little ones to try.  the Mini Pirate Ship :).

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

More rides…

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay

List of prices… Click the image to view it larger.

Skyranch Tagaytay, Tagaytay, Leisure Park, pasyalan sa Tagaytay


Feb 14 Family Day at Qabana

This is the first time that we have celebrated Valentines day, we know of its pagan origin so we kinda skipped celebrating it yearly.  But this year was different, we had a family day at Qabana, becoming one of our favorite place to visit if we want to go swimming.

boquet, Qabana resort, Valentines day, Family day

Hubby surprised me with flowers, when I woke up he right away gave me that one above… aw :'(.. so very pretty and I loved it!

bouquet, Qabana resort, Valentines day, Family day

When the kids woke up hubby decided that we go out for a family day!  We went to Qabana resort since all of us except him loves swimming lol.

Entrance 125.00 pesos / person
Cottage rent: 600.00 pesos
Table rent: 200.00 pesos
Food is available inside the resort or you can bring yours.

And the day ended at Tokyo Joe where we had dinner.

Tokyo Joe, Qabana resort, Valentines day, Family day

Yum…

We enjoyed this very special day, bonding moments like these are priceless…