I am Ada. I enjoy life up to the fullest. I love nature and colors as much as I love photographs and traveling. Come here and discover Philippines.
Sep 11
6th

Plantation Bay Resort and Spa – Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu

Posted by Ada on Category: Cebu, Hotel, Visayas | 34 Comments

Plantation Bay Spa and Resort

Plantation Bay Resort and Spa is located in Mactan Island of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. I have heard of this place 2 years ago and it is one of the nicest resorts in the Philippines. It is a 30 to 45-minute ride from Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

The resort is absolutely fabulous. Funny when I went there, I had to wait Josh for 2 to 3 hours, as he didn’t have his PH number yet, until I started to get impatient and asked if I was in the right resort. “Excuse me, is this Plantation Bay?”

Moving forward, I have mixed reviews of the resort. To start off, the hotel lobby is wonderful and tranquil along with a relaxing piece of music played pianist. The staff are nice, all of them, as one of them even bothered to ask, “Are you okay Mam?” As I was seated on their couch for about 2 to 3 hours. Continue reading »

Aug 11
2nd

Nagsasa Cove, Zambales and its lustrous beauty

Posted by Ada on Category: Luzon, Zambales | 31 Comments

If you’re from the busy city of Manila and planning to have a microvacation, I highly recommend Nagsasa Cove. The whole trip would only take 2 to 3 hours including the ride to Mt. Pundaquit, where boats to Nagsasa are located. Going to Nagsasa is pretty simple. Just take bus going to Iba, Zambales from Cubao or Caloocan, ride a tricycle going to Mt. Pundaquit, then ride a boat going to Nagsasa (boat to Nagsasa from Mt. Pundaquit is Php 1,500, good for 4 people).

Nagsasa Cove

Nagsasa Cove - Sunrise

We left at 5 in the morning and arrived around 9am. In the cove, you can hear the soft and relaxing whooshing sound of the air coming from the mountains. It sounded scary at first and you might wonder, ‘What the heck was that?’ The sound is like when you cup your hands together and put it around your ears. Continue reading »

Jun 11
9th

Anawangin Cove, Zambales, still in its Pristine Beauty

Posted by Ada on Category: Luzon, Zambales | 25 Comments

It’s been a while since I posted on this blog. Lot of things happened for the past few months since I stopped traveling to conquer the corporate world. I shouldn’t be writing this emotional stuff, it’s all about Anawangin hey!! :lol:

Anawangin, Zambales

Anawangin Cove, Zambales

Anawangin Cove, Zambales
The other side of Anawangin Cove

We went here last March, the sea was nice for us to reach the other islands as well. Anawangin is little far from what I expected — less cottages, no entrance fess. Nevertheless, Anawangin did not fail to surprise me, the breathtaking view when you climb its mountain is priceless!! Anawangin is still in its pristine beauty.

One of my travel buddies mentioned that those stick flags weren’t there before. You will have to pay another Php 50.00 for you to further explore the cove, but we didn’t want to pay, so we trespassed. Continue reading »

Feb 11
11th

How I Deal with My Parents When I Travel and What They Don’t Know.

Posted by Ada on Category: Adventures, Snorkeling, Travel | 45 Comments

Mad waves silence

There are two kinds of parents, one that may say, “Grow up!” While the other one, “You’ll do as I say because you are still a kid!”

Unfortunately, I have to say, my parents were sometimes the other one. I became sick of just staying inside the house. They are paranoid. I remember when a friend and I already bought a ticket to Ifugao to visit our friend. All were set, until they were like,

“Sasabog yung bus! Wag kang tutuloy!” (The bus will explode! Don’t go!), and was like “Ifugao?? Malambot lupa don ha! Baka mabiktima kayo ng landslide at malibing ng buhay!” (Ifugao?? The soil there isn’t that stable. You might be a victim of soil erosion and will be buried alive).

After Zorb action

I know they just want us to be safe. But as time goes by, I noticed something changed in me. I used to be cheerful and energetic during my high school and college years, my friends and classmates used to know me as the goofy girl in classroom but after I graduated, I noticed that I became unsociable, introvert, timid, and felt depressed.

I just want to see what life has more to offer. They even complained one time saying, “what the heck do you get from traveling?” There are things that they just don’t understand.

Now, these are just some adventures and misadventures that they don’t know: Continue reading »

Mar 11
4th

A Reader asked me — How I spend money on a budget when I travel

Posted by Ada on Category: Adventures, Travel Tips | 31 Comments

A reader made a comment in one of my blog post asking,

Ada, you manage to go travel alone, how do you spend money and budget them all? Tell us your secrets. I love to travel also for some time.

I made the answer a blog post instead.

A Reader asked me -- How I manage to travel alone and how I spend money and budget them
Took this somewhere in Singapore.

In response to her phrase, “you manage to travel alone,” honestly, I have never traveled alone “completely” yet. I like to do so, but I prefer not doing it a lot. Traveling alone may not be for everyone, especially for girls which are common target of bad people. I admit, traveling alone scares me especially when going to a not-so-familiar place. An example of this was my trip to Iloilo for the Dinagyang 2011.

It was my first time going to a provincial airport without a travel buddy — my buddy had an earlier flight which caused me to go to the airport alone. Since I couldn’t figure out the instructions our couch host gave me, I kept asking strangers from time to time while getting to SM Iloilo where vans to airport are located. Nevertheless, I would like to dare myself to solo traveling soon maybe this year or next.

How I spend money on a budget when I travel? Continue reading »

Jan 12
7th

Review of Cash Cash Pinoy deal and their client (dental clinic)

Posted by Ada on Category: Group Buying Websites | 4 Comments

I bought a Complete Teeth Whitening voucher from Cash Cash Pinoy.  For those who aren’t aware of Cash Cash Pinoy, it is a group buying website. I availed the voucher last March 2011 with an expiration date of June 2011.

June 2011, I decided to finally redeem the voucher, so I called the clinic to schedule the procedure. Right after work, I went straight to the dental clinic. I was excited that time. When I arrived in the clinic, the assistant greeted me warmly, “Ms. Lajara?” She then gave me a consent form regarding the procedure.  The dentist was also nice and very accommodating. After filling out the form, the procedure then began.

Review of Cash Cash Pinoy

The dentist was really nice and caring. She made sure that my teeth won’t feel any sensitivity during the procedure. She made me feel that I’m a very valued customer. She gave me a bell and instructed me to ring it whenever there’s a pain or stinging sensation. She then carefully put the bleaching product on my teeth.
Continue reading »

Oct 11
9th

A Delectable Dine-in at FlapJacks, UP-Ayala Technohub

Posted by Ada on Category: Restaurant | 12 Comments

One fine Saturday morning, I invited my friends at work to eat at FlapJacks using the Bring It All Back vouchers that I had for two weeks. There are bunch of restaurants in UP-Ayala Technohub and I haven’t dared to try some of them yet. We always passed by FlapJacks everytime we go to Starbucks or Pizza Hut, but haven’t tried eating there.

Flap Jacks
Lemon-Pepper Pan Seared White Fish

Most people say FlapJacks is one of the restaurants which serves the best breakfast in the area. However, we opted to try their Bring It All Back meal and ordered their famous Fancy Pancake instead. Here are the dishes we tried: Continue reading »

Jun 11
27th

Corregidor – One of the Best Places for Team Building (Philippines)

Posted by Ada on Category: Adventures, Cavite, Luzon | 16 Comments

Team building activities are done by organizations to specialize in bringing out the best in a team to ensure self development, motivation, improve communication, leadership skills, and the ability to work as a team to solve problem. Being an employee of a corporate organization, I am guilty that this is one of my most awaited events — all-expense-paid.

Team Building Corregidor. Photo courtesy of Aleah of solitarywanderer.com
Team building in Corregidor (Corregidor Adventour Challenge).
Photo courtesy of Aleah of Solitary Wanderer

Last April, I was lucky to be one of the participants to join the Corregidor Adventour Challenge. Surprisingly, aside from historical tour, Corregidor Island also offer this fun and exciting adventure challenge.

What’s with Corregidor? Anung meron sa Corregidor? I have heard this several times whenever I ask someone to join me explore Corregidor. Corregidor played an important role during World War II. It is the Philippine’s first line of defense against Japanese forces and they got bored. So, I added words like ruined barracks, hospitals, tunnels, forest, beach, ghost stories, kamikaze, when telling about Corregidor. I was like, Come on, aren’t you a fan of historical places?

Corregidor Island

Corregidor Island

Moving forward, we met up at Sun Cruises port, where the abandoned Jumbo Kingdom Restaurant is located. I finally met these young bloggers from Pinoy Travel Bloggers (PTB) and while waiting for others, I had the chance to know each one of them. I know this is going to be fun as we’re mixture of students, slackers, and employees. One of us ditched work only to experience this fun and exciting challenge! Continue reading »

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