Tagaytay Weekend Getaway

Since our calendars are jampacked last December, Aion, Yna, Jon and I decided to have our Christmas slash New Year slash Costume Party last january 7-8 at Tagaytay City.

Yna and I have been researching for a good yet cheap place to stay a few weeks before but never really booked one yet since we wanted to have an ocular first. So, we decided to leave early Saturday morning hoping to find a nice venue for our "party".

And we did... after 3 tries (first was Club Estancia - the place was OK, but didn't have separate rooms, 2nd was Viewpoint Inn - which had a verrry nice view and veranda, had separate rooms, but, very small), we found our home for 2 days... at the MC Mountain Home Apartelle. We had 2 big adjoining rooms with kitchen and verandas. Really, it was the perfect place to be. :p

After we've settled in our rooms, we went out for lunch at Josephine's. The view was very nice there so we had a short picture taking session after eating. While at it, I was surprised to see Maine (high-school friend) who was checking out the reception set-up and was scheduled for their food-tasting that day (she'll be having her wedding reception at the same place next week - which i'll be attending, of course).

Before going back to our place, we dropped by the Mahogany market and bought live tilapia, vegetables and some supplies we needed for dinner and breakfast the following morning. Of course, we also bought BULALO (cooked) which will be our main viand for the night! uhmmmm, yummmeeeh!

We rested for a few hours and then, we prepared dinner. We had bulalo (added more veggies), pinaputok na tilapia and papaitan. Ansarap! Perfect for the cold weather outside.

After freshening up, it was time for the parteiiii to start. We had beer, vodka and wine... Videoke, and yes, we even had a game --> Pinoy Henyo! It was a gurls versus boys game and each team had 6 words to guess... This was freakin hilarious! Needless to say, us gurls won over the boys. Hihihi! :D

Of course, the night's main event... where we dressed up as Japanese school gurls... this called for a looong photoshoot! ;)

The following morning, we woke up a little late and prepared breakfast. The weather was very nice and we opted to have breakfast at one of the verandas. We had yakisoba, tortang talong, fried egg and corned beef plus the tocino and pineapple chunks (from the free set breakfast from the place). Pretty heavy breakfast, eh! That was the best "home-cooked" breakfast i had in months! =)

We rested for a couple of hours more (we requested for a late check-out) and then, it was time to go. We're definitely coming back here for future parteeeis... ;)

Next stop was at Taal Vista Hotel where we enjoyed the magnificent view of Taal and had a photoshoot once more. After about an hour, we were asked to leave the area because there's a wedding that will take place and so, we had merienda at the cafe' inside the hotel while I waited for the wedding to start.

I took shot after shot at Jon's camera while witnessing a very romantic wedding. Yna and I both cried during the bride's march. It was truly something else.

When the wedding was through, the four of us came back to the view deck for more tambay and picture-taking.

We headed home at 5pm, bought fruits and other pasalubong along the way, ate dinner at Rai Rai Ken somewhere at SSH, and got home at arnd 9pm. It was a vacation well spent. =)

Hundreds of pics here and here. :D