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Saturday Staycation at F1 Hotel Manila in BGC

October 20, 2013 / Filed Under: Hotels, Manila, Rooms, swimming pools, travels

Welcome to F1 Hotel Manila

Croquembouche at F1 Hotel Manila Croquembouche – Our delicious welcome token

This is not my first time to step foot at F1 Hotel Manila. I’ve been one of the lucky ones invited to try their Festive Chinese Buffet almost two years ago at the F Restaurant when F1 Hotel Manila was still called Best Western Premier F1 Hotel.

One of my best saturdays last month was spent here. I was one of the fortunate bloggers who were invited for a staycation.

F1 Hotel Manila is the first hotel to open up at Bonifacio Global City (BGC). It is right smack in the middle of where the action is — it is near the shopping center, business district, restaurants, hospital, and upscale boutiques.

f1 hotel manila manager

Together with the other bloggers (and their families) who were invited, Mr. Tony Co and his staff personally welcomed us at the Premiere Lounge. He also told us about F1 Manila Hotel’s unique Christmas Spread that will soon grace their buffet tables.

f1 hotel manila- bloggers

Ykaie and my cousin, Rome was with me in this staycation. Here’s our “class picture” with the other bloggers….

Tidewater Resort in Matabungkay Beach (Part 1)

September 1, 2013 / Filed Under: Batangas, resorts, Rooms, swimming pools, travels

My sister was responsible for booking a 3D/2N trip to two nice resorts. We were to spend one night in Cintai Coritos in Balete, Batangas and one night here in Tidewater Resort. Guess what, she looked at google maps to estimate how near this resorts were to each other. She said that that it looked like Tidewater Resort was just nearby the vicinity of Cintai Coritos Garden. It turned out that this was more than two hours away! We were so tired from the trip specially peanutbutter♥ who was our designated driver.

Since Matabungkay Beach is the nearest white sand beach from the metro, many people opt to go here. Going to Tidewater Resort, we passed by many private resorts along the way. But all of these private resorts share this one stretch of white sand that is Matabungkay.

When We Arrived

This is what we looked like when we arrived. We were tired, hungry, and fashionably green…heehee. You’d think we are modeling something for plants. We brought sandwiches, drinks and our own food because the resort doesn’t have any restaurants. You have bring your own ingredients and cook your own food.

The ambience was quiet and relaxing because we were the only guests at the resort that day. It was like we rented the place! peanutbutter♥ settled himself down at the hammock beside the pool. He needed some rest after driving for two hours. Meanwhile, I went to look around and take photos.

Cintai Corito’s Garden in Balete, Batangas {Part 1 ~ Our Room}

July 25, 2013 / Filed Under: Batangas, resorts, Rooms, travels

Cintai (pronounced “Chin-tai”) is Indonesian for the word LOVE.

Love for beautiful places, family bondings and swimming and the Balinese-inspired surroundings are what brought us to give this sanctuary a try last April.

Let me start by telling you all about the room that we got which is the Garden Villa. Normally, this is priced at ₱16,500 and has a capacity of 6 adults. It has two regular queen beds and one poster bed in the middle. We got this at deal grocer for only ₱10,000 courtesy of my cousin Rome who was celebrating his birthday the following month.

The poster bed would’ve been ideal for couples because it looks so romantic but romance dies if there are four more adults and three cute but naughty kids staying with you in the room. So it was okay that peanutbutter♥ and I didn’t get the poster bed. This was left all to Ykaie and sis…