If youre looking for a colder place near Metro Manila which is the capital of the Philippines Tagaytay is the right place for you. Only 2-3 hrs. from the Manila you can reach the beautiful place of Tagaytay. Tagaytay is known for their delicious foods like "Bulalo" or bone marrow and if you want some dessert they have the "Halayang Ube" or purple yam jam. The best place for eating those foods is on the "picnic groove" because while you are eating you can breath some fresh air and you can also see the famous "Taal Volcano" one of the most popular and active volcano in the Philppines. If you want to go near to the lake of the Taal Volcano just ask some tricycle driver outside the picnic groove and they will tour you but of course you need to pay them. And last if you are planning to have an overnight, there are many resorts or hotels around the place that you can stay for the night
La union is known for their beautiful beaches if you are seeking for some water adventures La union might fit to your taste. If you just want to relax, swim, snorkeling or lets just say you want some child friendly waves La union can provide it to you, but if you want some adventure like surfing La union can still provide it to you. Just to add it people in La union is very friendly and they are very good in cooking so don't forget to taste some "ILOCANO'S food".
Puerto Galera is a mix of water adventure and camping experience because even the island is surrounded by the water the island itself is surrounded by lush mountains so if you are tired and worn out with the water you should try to go to their mountains and forest and maybe have some overnight camping. But if you really want some water adventures Puerto galera will never run out with their different water activity they have banana boat, jet ski, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing and many more. And when the night comes there are still life on it, you can bar hop and meet some other people.
Lets go now in one of the historical places in the Philippines Corregidor Island. This place is the last island in the Philippines that captured by the Japanese this is very historic and sentimental place not only for the Filipinos and Japaneses but also for the Americans. You can see here the cannons that the Filipinos and Americans used to fight back over the Japaneses ships and aircraft's. You can also see here the tunnels where the fellow Filipinos and Americans hid during the war.
Baguio city is one of the coldest place in the Philippines because of this high altitude location they consider the Baguio city as the Summer Capital of the Philippines, because the best time to go there is obviously summer when the temperature in Metro Manila reach "37 degree Celsius". Baguio city has many tourist spots;
Botanical Garden, Mines View, Wright park where you can ride a horse, Burnham Park where you can ride a boat and bike, "The Mansion" the place where the President of the Philippines stay when they are in Baguio. You can also try mountain climbing because Baguio is surrounded by Mountains and don't forget to buy some souvenirs because Baguio city is also known for their beautiful wooden craft and i almost forgot they cook the best "Halayang Ube" or purple yam jam in the whole entire world. And guess who made it? believe it or not the nuns in "good shepherd" a convent is the one who made the best jam ever. They are also famous with the very delicious and sweet strawberries.
The top 1 tourist destination in the Philippines is "PALAWAN". Lets just simplify Palawan - all the tourist spots that i mentioned, just put it in one place and were going to call it Palawan. Maybe I can say Palawan is the most beautiful place in the Philippines; in fact just recently "Underground River" in Palawan was named as one of the newest of 7 wonders of the world
10.06.2017
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