3rd Week in PI…

I love this week. We toured Hundred Islands and Baguio and it was indeed awesome. Hubby and I had a great time with his brother’s family.

Day 1 - October 26 on our way to Hundred Islands

We arrived just in time for lunch at Sweet Honey Inn. After having our quick lunch we headed to Manaog to attend the Sunday mass. It requires 5 hours back and forth traveling time and so after hearing the mass we made a quick stop at the souvenir shop. Wheeewww, it was a busy day, we all feel exhausted and dead tired due to soaring heat, so by the time we reached our room and laid our back to the soft bed it immediately brought us to lalaaaaa land…

Day 2 – October 27 Island Hoping
Woke up at 6 in the morning, had our heavy breakfast while waiting for the boat that will tour us in different islands. Finally the clock ticks at 7am, it’s time to hop in the boat, it’s a 45 minutes boat ride from the Motel going to the islands.

On our first hop, we visited Governor’s Island, it was indeed wonderful and has a breath taking view. Pinoy Big Brother House is also located at Governor’s Island. Of course it’s a must to have our photos taken inside and outside the PBB House, hmmm feeling housemate. Picture taking consumes most of our time but it’s all worth it.

Next hop to Marcos Island followed by Quezon and Cuenco Island. Had a goofy good time kayaking then off we visited 2 more islands before going back to PBB house for our late lunch. After the long day trip we headed back to the Motel for our body massage appointment and had a goodnight sleep. The following day will be our trip going to Baguio.

Day 3 – October 28 Welcome to Baguio
1pm we check-in at La Brea Inn along Session Road. It is one of the busiest and crowded areas in the city. Our first stop after having our sumptuous lunch at Andoks (where I find their foods yummy) is Baguio Cathedral, after saying our little prayers we went to SM Baguio to see the view and I must say that it was cool. Before the sun bids goodbye we had our short break to relax and enjoy the coldness of the air at Burnham Park. We enjoyed eating ballot at the park while having some chit-chats with our company.

Day 4 – October 29 Touring Baguio

At 7am we had our breakfast at McDonald's while we take advantage of their free wifi. We head our butts off to La Trinidad Strawberry Fields and had strawberry taho, it was indeed delicious! Got a chance to check on the souvenir shops, was able to grab strawberry wine for hubby and a cute shawl for me. Then we went to the Flower Farm at buhong, oh gracious the flowers are so fresh and pretty. Next visit is the Mansion and at the Park located across the Mansion (sorry, i forgot the name of the park). Visit in Baguio will never be complete if you don't visit Mines View Park and so we did, we strolled and bought some pasalubongs. Gheeezzz, how embarrassing it was when I suddenly missed 1 step from the stairs and fell on my butts, got some bruises on my elbow, gotta be extra careful next time.

Pink Sisters church is our next destination, prayed and then off we went to Good Shepherd. We went back to the Motel to take 2 hours rest before going out for dinner. That evening we received a call from hubby’s elder sister that nanay is sick so hubby’s older brother called nanay and asked her to be brought to the nearest hospital. Instead of enjoying our night with a live band, we decided to simply have dinner because hubby and kuya are very much worried about the condition of nanay. We had our sumptuous meal at KUBO.

Whewww, it was a tiring but a fun day though.

Day 5 – October 30 Market Day

Early in the morning we went to the wet market to buy fresh vegetables and pasalubongs. After our rounds in the market, we headed back to the Motel to fix our things then we went straight to the bus station for our 11:40am trip back to Manila. On our way back to Manila, hubby received an SMS, we were informed that nanay had a mild stroke. Hubby was very much worried and bothered the entire trip and all he wants is to immediately visit his mom. And that we did immediately the following day.