On A Wonderful Day Like Today

We promised our kids that we will bring them to the beach this summer. But as the summer days passed by, we simply became so busy with other things that we didn't really get to plan our outing earlier. And so, on the last weekend before school started, I was finally able to book ourselves a hotel for an overnight stay at Subic. It was so worthwhile since family bonding is so priceless! I'm sure the kids will treasure the memory of that special time we had together. On our way to Subic- the kids were so excited! As we had prayed for, the skies were clear!!! Welcome to Subic Bay Freeport Zone! When we got to Camayan Hotel, we quickly checked-in to our room, left our bags and headed straight to Ocean Adventure to catch the Dolphin Show and Sea Lion Show.   We visited the big aquarium too. After the shows at Ocean Adventure, we changed clothes to have quick dip at the beach. On the next day (Sunday), we woke up to a beautiful day: ...

It's been quite a long follow up post but, nevertheless, I really just want to finish up this travelogue. On our 3rd day in HK, we woke up torn if we will still go to Macau or not. We still have a few more options within the city so we decided to go on our own and just head where our feet will take us. Our hotel was thankfully very accessible to the train so it was just so easy to go around. Largos Hotel - highly recommended. First stop was Northpoint Station to go to St. Jude's Church. It was quite a challenge to go up the street where this church is located but it was worth the walk. My friend M had asked me to go to this church to pray for her intention and so I did. It was great to see a nice church in a not-predominantly Catholic country. :-) And so after saying our prayers and making our wish, we went around the local community to see what we can see. Fortunately, we stumbled into Marble Market. It was so downtown-y - I loved it! We actually got a coupl...

After a restful night at Hongkong Disney Hollywood Hotel, we woke up early to pack and leave for the city. We boarded the Disneyland Resortline by 11am so we can be at the hotel at check in time. From the Disneyland Resort line, we took the Sunny Bay train and head to Lai King interchange. From there, we had a few stops and then stepped out Jordan station which was only a few steps away from our hotel. We left our bags in the hotel and proceeded to walk along Nathan. After having lunch in one of the Chinese restos along Nathan Road, we separated from our friends and headed to Central where we planned on spending the rest of the day. First, we passed by this building in Central where we learned we could exchange our money for HKD at a cheaper rate. Boy, this place looked like Greenhills! :-) There were Pinoys everywhere! Bossing is even here! Hahaha. After that, we took a walk to get to the Peak Tram. This finicular is a very old but efficient transport to get to the top of HK Island. A...

October 20, 2011 My husband and I, together with good friends C and B, hopped on a plane from Manila to HK for a 4D3N vacation. I barely had sleep before the flight because I have to finish many things in the office for I'll be gone for 2 days. So here we are at the Terminal 3, about to board the plane. Our friends C&B on true vacation mode: Our plane opened for boarding just right on time. However, due to some traffic on the runway, we waited for it to take off only a good 10-15 minutes later than expected. So while waiting --- a random picture first: After about almost 2.5 hours of flight, we landed safe and sound: The weather was perfect in HK: All smiles for Mr. and Mrs. P (I do look sleepy here, haha): Right after we passed thru immigration, we immediately changed from money into HKD, bought Octopus cards, our day pass for Ngong Ping cable car and Disneyland c/o China Travel Service (CTS). After that, we immediately headed out to the bus terminal to catch a ride that will...