You might be wondering where the Tagaytay Part 1 is. Well, its our second time together here in Tagaytay as a couple. Technically it's our third time but we were mere classmates then. :) Part 1 really was when we celebrated our second anniversary with our Taal Lake trip. That trek basically occupied most of our day and left other parts of the small city of Tagaytay unexplored by us.
August 21 is Ninoy Aquino Day and this is part of the long weekend following the end of Muslim Ramadan. Normally a farther weekend getaway could have transpired but the weather lately proved itself untrustworthy. That with the fact that August 19 happened to be my beau's birthday, a weekend as far as Bicol or Ilocos would be imposible -not with all the friends he had to meet and all the games he had to play. So there we were, trying to prolong the birthday celebration in one of the most go-to weekend spot.
We met in Tabang and rode a van to Cubao. We dropped on the Alps Bus Terminal and had breakfast in the nearby 7-11 store. As usual, we dropped on the wrong bus terminal. I was thinking of Batangas-bound buses when it should have been the San Agustin bus in the Philtranco Terminal. We left Cubao around 8am and set foot on Olivares Plaza two hours later.The fare is Php109 (one-way). From Olivares Plaza, you could pretty much explore Tagaytay through jeepneys with minimal fee.
The ultimate goal for this day is to try the zipline in Tagaytay. I was a little nervous at first. Emphasis on a “little” nervous cause I may be afraid of a lot of things but I am never afraid of heights. Blame that “little” nervousness on this ride being a first-time. That feeling was foolish as I later found out since it’s SO NOT SCARY riding that zipline. The path seemed short, the duration lasting for only a minute, and the height not so high after all. It may be around 200 meters ASL but around 100 meters is all that you may feel because of the trees on the slope of the mountains. Taal Lake is really visible from the zipline if it were any consolation. The cost of that one-minute of bliss and first time high was Php800 one way for the two of us complete with the souvenir pictures and mug. Not bad. I consider this a practice for the longest and highest zipline in the country somewhere in the south.
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| The map just after the entrance gate for your reference if you refuse to ask for directions from guides that will bug you take a horse-back ride. Entrance fee is Php50 per head. You'll be given tickets for inspection upon entering and leaving the park |
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| The souvenir mug that I got for free! It normally costs Php200. |
The hike going back to the zip line station where we came from is actually more tiring. What made it bearable is the surroundings - Tagaytay really has very scenic views. Nipa huts can be rented inside Picnic Grove from I think Php150-Php450. Food stalls offering snacks and even a full lunch abound this place but it’s very common to see families in the nipa huts munching on their own brought-food. Souvenir shirts and key chains are everywhere. Little Baguio talaga.
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| Some interesting creature we saw on our hike going back to the station 1 of the zipline. |
You’ll never be lost here since the place is so commercialized which is a boon and a bane in my opinion. Every now and then there will be people bugging you if you want a boat ride, a horse ride or a hotel to stay for the night. Tricycle drivers might offer you rides to where you want to go but they’ll do it in very unreasonable prices. They will try to mislead you even. We went to the People’s Park at one point and to go back to Olivares Plaza the tricycle drivers told us that we should ride the tricycles for Php120 per trip since we would have to wait for jeepney for hours if we choose that instead. We chose to wait and after ten minutes a jeepney took us to the terminal bound to the plaza for only Php5!
For lunch we rode a jeep with the “Robinsons” signage. We don’t have any restaurant in mind just some place where they serve good bulalo because that’s what Tagaytay is for, right? We’ve tried Mahogany market before so we want something new this time. We scout the sides of the street looking for a decent place to eat and my eyes caught these tarpaulins. When your famished and all, there’s nothing that can beat an eat-all-you-can buffet!
Celina’s as I’ve heard was a relatively new restaurant offering unlimited Filipino and international cuisines for Php299 per head; Php399 with unlimited drinks; Php499 with unlimited crabs; and Php599 for unlimited lobsters. That’s a steal!
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| Yummy! |
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| The view from the restaurant. |
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| Me and his usually sleepy self. |
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