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Rooms

Balituk Baler

/ Filed Under: aurora, family, resorts, Rooms, swimming pools, travels

We wanted to stay for only two nights at Aliyah Surf Resort but when we asked sis to come, syempre she wanted to extend our stay kahit na one day lang… So she booked a night’s stay at Balituk Resort and there we went after checking out of Aliyah.

READ: HALER BALER! OUR STAY AT ALIYAH SURF RESORT – BALER

Balituk Baler

Balituk is located in Sabang Beach pero sa dulo na ng world! As in rough road going there with bumps and tumps in rock and sand. But unlike Aliyah, this brings you closer to nature.. bakit kamo? There’s no wifi and signal sucks — so no data connection as well. So the kids, well, they just made do of what we had during night time. We watched the movies that were already downloaded in the laptop.

What I love about this resort, though is that it’s very affordable.

Rooms

Balituk Baler

They had these cute TeePee Huts that are great for couples! It’s not air conditioned but for around P1,500 a night, I think it’s an awesome deal. Don’t you?

Balituk Baler

But of course for a family of five who wants an airconditioned room, we booked for their room made with container vans. Yes, colorful container vans!

Balituk Baler

We had this orange room which is good for 6 persons. I think it costs P5,000/night.

Balituk Baler
Ykaie, bakit wala kang leeg dito?

What it looks on the inside: two double beds with single pull out beds and a rest room on the far end.

Swimming Pool

Since we were there on an off peak season, we were the only ones checked in. And we were the only ones swimming in the pool. Ang lamiiiiig!

Beachin’

As for the beach, we were also the only ones at the beach since this resort is located at the far end of the beach.

Burying daddy in the sand

Having coffee, bread, and Nanay Pacing Peanut Butter before going for a swim

Balituk sells this homemade Cacao Ice Cream and it’s really good!

What I loved about Balituk:

  • It lets you be closer to nature.
  • It has a swimming pool
  • I’ve never slept inside a container van before and it’s kinda a nice experience
  • This place is very affordable.
  • It has a kitchen, you can bring your own food to cook.

What I didn’t like:

  • There’s no wifi and signal.
  • There’s no restaurant to buy food.
  • Located at the end of the beach, far from restaurants/stores/city.

It was definitely a nice stay. We probably won’t go back, though,  because of the location of the resort and the availablity of signal/wifi.

Staycation at I’M Hotel in Makati

/ Filed Under: hotel, Hotels, Rooms, staycations

To celebrate my sister’s golden day (syempre ayaw nya ipasabi pero sinabi ko na rin.. :P), she treated us to a staycation at I’M Hotel in Makati. I’M Hotel is quite popular because it’s one of those instagrammable hotels in the metro. Alam nyo naman si sis, medyo addicted to picture-taking to…hihihi.

O diba kadadating pa lang namin, nakapag-picture na kami sa pool area?

At ang barkada nya, syempre ang mga teenage pamangkins…

Our Room

We booked for a 2-Bedroom Junior Suite which turned out to have broken a/c . We called for repairs twice and they weren’t able to fix it. It took almost the whole afternoon and we were later upgraded to the 2-Bedroom Executive Suite.

The 2 bedroom Executive Suite has two bedrooms: one with a king bed and one with a twin bed. We stayed in the room with a king bed and the “dalagas” in the other room. We requested for two extra mattresses para magkasya kami.

One of the bathrooms had a bath tub…

..and look at their toiletries! Crabtree & Evelyn. Bongga!

This is the living room area. Ang laki no? You can actually utilize this as a sleeping area for one person.

To make up for the inconvenience of broken a/c and transferring from one room to another, I’m Hotel sent this before bedtime. A plate of fruits and a selection of Basilur tea. I love their service recovery action ha.

Breakfast

We really had a good night’s sleep at the Executive Suite and woke up to a sumptuous buffet breakfast at their restaurant called The Common Good.

What Twinkle and peanutbutter♥ loved most is that there is a donut wall! While I loved that there are Indian cusine served — like curry, pita, and hummus.

Swimming Time

Swimsuits of the kids are superhero-themed! Ykaie had Iron Man, Gab-gab was Super Girl, Twinkle was Wonder Woman, and ate Chellie  was Bat Girl.

The infinity pool has an acrylic-bottom, so you can actually see it as you’re about to enter the hotel when you look up. There are colorful lounging Beds are positioned at an elevated platform above the pool serving as a fantastic vantage point for sunbathing and people-watching..

What I loved about I’M Hotel:

  • It’s a really beautiful, nice, and clean hotel.
  • It’s near everything — mall, restaurants, coffee shops, hummus elijah (LOL)
  • The pool is so pretty too!
  • Their breakfast buffet has a good variety of food to choose from.
  • Their service recovery after being transferred from one room to another is great

What I didn’t like:

  • Is that it took the whole afternoon before we were transferred to a different room.

But over all it was a nice stay and if given the chance, well, yes, we are definitely going back.

I’M Hotel is located at 7862 Makati Avenue Corner Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas

/ Filed Under: Batangas, family, resorts, Rooms, swimming pools, travels

O siguro akala nyo tapos na ang kwento ko sa Summer escapades 2019 namin no? Hindi pa kaya. I just got sidetracked by……….. life. Ang busy kaya ng life nating mga mommies! I’m sure you’ll agree!

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas

So, like what I’ve told you earlier, We usually have three Summer lakwatsa… (ang gastos namin no?). Let’s have a recap ha… just in case you want to back read…

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And this was the last: Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas. As you can see, we also wore matchy-matchy ootd’s. Feel namin maging halaman this time so leafy greens ang theme. (Parang salad lang, ganern!)

Ykaie and Twinkle. Nakupo! Dalaginding na si Ykaie…

Our Rooms, The Resort

The resort is like  big rest house which they rented and turned into a resort. Its main house has two air-conditioned rooms on the second floor which has a double bed with a pull out bed and and an extra queen mattress. It has an adjoining bathroom.

This is where we stayed. (FIL, MIL, peanutbutter♥, me, Ykaie, and Twinkle)

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas

This room is where Sis, Chellie, Shy, and Gab stayed.

It also has a family hall that has four double beds which has its own bathroom. The family hall is not air-conditioned, though. Syempre, no one stayed here kasi mainit!

Other accommodation outside which can also be used are the Antigo Cottage which is also air-conditioned with toilet and bath and has 4 double beds and the Bahay Kubo which has 1 twin beds.

As you can see, this is a big resort and can easily house around 30 persons. You can say this is also good for team buildings, family reunions, and other occasions which requires a large sleeping space.

In case you were wondering, we got the resort for ₱14,500 per night which means ₱29,000 sya for two nights. I think it’s okay for 30 persons, considering the space and amenities.

This is the living area where their tv is located. At the back is a dining space and the clean kitchen where the microwave oven is located.

Videoke all night is also possible here in the resort… O ayan na nga si peanutbutter♥ at si Papa Sony nag-start na ng concert nila.

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas

Oh and there’s this: a tree house where you can make tambay while having coffee during chismis time, hihihi

SWIMMING TIME!

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas
Shy, Finkywinky, Ykaie, Chellie, Gab-Gab, and Shwinkle Bashwinkle

The resort has only one swimming pool but of course one is enough for all of us. It was cloudy and drizzling from time to time when we were there but it just made it more fun.

Ykaie and Twinkle

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas
Simangot kung simangot, Twinkle?

We did nothing but swim- eat-swim-eat again-swim again.

Oh, and we celebrated Twinkle’s Moana Themed Birthday party here which I will share with you on my next post.

KAWA HOT BATH

There are lots of things you can do here like Jet ski, Kayak, play basketball (there’s a basketball court at the entrance),  play volleyball, and utilize this Kawa Hot Bath…

This is where you’ll get to be ulam for a day… LOL! Ikaw muna ang iluluto, pahinga muna ang food. Just kidding.

This is where you’ll get to take a bath on a big pot or kawa just like  you’re in a bath tub…

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort in Batangas

Pa-sweet muna kami

And this is how it looks like at night. Ang ganda no?

Over all, it was a fun stay. We really had a great time. Nakakapagod lang talaga mag pack and unpack at mag-byahe pauwi!

Let me share with you What I Like About Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort:

  • The resort is very spacious
  • The caretaker is always there so you can ask him if you need anything like where’s the nearest sari-sari store to buy tube ice, suka etc.
  • There’s wifi, cable tv, and videoke
  • The a/c is super okay. Malakas ang air con, ang sarap matulog kapag galing ng swimming!
  • Lots of activities you can do inside the resort.

What I Didn’t Like:

  • Malangaw sa resort. Hindi ko alam kung saan pwede manggaling ang langaw pero grabe!!!
  • Incomplete kitchen equipment — walang rice cooker, strainer, etc.
  • The showers are located at the 2nd floor. Meaning after swimming, you have to go up to take a shower.You’ll be leaving a trail of water along the way. At medyo mahina ang tulo ng tubig.
  • You don’t really have privacy ’cause the caretaker can go in and out of the main house.

Tierra Salva Lakeview Resort is located at Purok 5, Barangay Gonzales, Tanauan City, Batangas

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