Ayala Triangle Revisited (2023)

 

March 2023

Ayala Triangle, Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Philippines

I go here occasionally.

Especially during Christmas time and most of the time with friends.

But it’s been a while since the last time.

Maybe five years ago?

 

And last March 2023, I had the chance to revisit the Ayala Triangle. It’s now a wider and prettier park.

Who would also have thought that this park (now) was once an airport?

That’s why it was called Ayala Triangle because it has a landing area before.

In the middle of a concrete jungle, there’s a flying zone.

 

Back to the present time, I love the way how it looks now.

Nature. Tranquility. Scenic view. A piece of a green paradise at the heart of a busy city.

When I walk around the park while waiting for my friends, somehow, I felt peace inside my head. I love walking. I love trees. I love scenic views. And this is a not-so-secret haven for me.

For this day, I took photos of my friends’ family for their kid’s birthday.

It was a tiring yet fun photoshoot day with the kids I love. I enjoyed being with my friends and their family.

I love taking photos of them as much as I love them!

I would also love to have a run around here sometime soon.

Or just sit on the park while reading a book.

If this is only near at home, I would always be here.

We need more people parks – not car parks, in the city, just like this one.

And I hope it will happen soon.

Our Cavite Trip (Kaybiang Tunnel and Ternate Beach)

December 20, 2023

It’s our 3^rd wedding anniversary and to celebrate this little win in our life, we went to Dalaroy Beach Resort in Ternate Cavite with Kaybiang Tunnel as our side trip before going home.

For our Day 1 – we had a three-hour travel time from Taguig to Ternate, Cavite.

Our first destination was Dalaroy Beach Resort. We checked in at 7 pm. We were four in the group and we booked a beach front kubo.

After settling, we had dinner in front of our kubo house. We brought Adobo that hubby cooked at home. We also brought a camping tent. Then after dinner, we bought hard drinks on a nearby convenience store. We also brought portable stove and cookware. So, we even had smores through our improvised bon fire.  It was a quiet and fun night until 12 midnight under the bright moon light and a fine weather. We went there on a weekday that there’s only few guests who went. It was as if we rented the whole resort!

Thank you, Lord God for this day, for a safe travel.

 

Day 2.

The following day, we woke up at 7 am then we prepared for breakfast. We had coffee then bread and we cooked pancit canton.

We also went for a morning swim on the resort’s pool with a scenic view.

Then we transferred to the beach.

At 11 am, we washed up and had our lunch. We had corned beef for lunch.

We then finally checked out.

For our side trip, we went to Kaybiang Tunnel.

At the side of the road, we saw a lot of monkeys and I enjoyed our mini-zoo side trip!

The Kaybiang Tunnel has already been a tourist spot and we even had some photo ops there and we bought pasalubong before finally going home.

We reached home before 6 in the evening.

Happy 3^rd wedding anniversary, Love! I had so much fun on our quick getaway trip.

Our Abra Trip

 

October 29, 2023 Sunday

A blessed Sunday!

 

For this day, we were given the chance to visit a newly opened hike-able mountain. 

This is my Mountain #47 (since 2015) - Mt. Baruyen

 

I am actually excited and grateful to go to this province as this was also my first time to visit to be here.

 

I have this secret goal (not so secret anymore! lol!) to complete my Project #Ph81 the soonest. 

 

And visiting Abra has been an affordable trip!

Thank you to the highly recommended organizer Sam of #Bundokista for this opportunity! 

It was tiring (because of the long drive) but it was fun to be a joiner once again. 

The total trip was a core memory! 

Mt. Baruyen has the height of 1036 MASL

Total KM is more than 1.5 and the whole trail can be done in less than 3 hours including the photo ops, rests and eating time. 

Difficulty level is 3/9. 

It was an open trail and grass land but there are also some difficult trails because of stiff slopes. 

Gladly there are at least three shaded areas when the sun is all show. 

The location is at Licuan-Baay, Abra.

 

Aside from the morning hike, we also had some side trips Around Abra.

And these are as follows: 

 

Sevilleja’s Eco Farm Resort and Falls

Calaba Bridge overseeing Abra River

I LOVE Abra marker

Tangadan Tunnel

 

Abra is a landlocked province on  the  Western side of the massive Cordillera in Northern  Luzon. Its deep valleys and sloping hills are enclosed by rugged mountains, except in the Western portion where the Abra River flows towards the coastal plains of Ilocos Sur. Abra’s neighbors are Ilocos Norte and Apayao in the north, Mountain Province in the South, Ilocos Sur on the Southwest and Kalinga on the East. (Source: Google)

 

Here's our itinerary for that day.

 

Day 0 of our Abra Trip: 

 

At 5 pm of Saturday, we went to MOA for our trip to Abra. 

 

We’ll be having a hiking to Mt. Baruyen and then some side trips around Abra.

 

At 6 pm, we were already at MOA, the van that will pick us up was late so we were able to have dinner and bought some water. 

 

At 7 pm, the van fetched us.

Then we’re on our way to Abra.

It was an 8-hour land trip. 

 

At 6 am, we’re already in Abra. But it’s still a 2-hour travel time to Mt. Baruyen jump off point.  

 

At 8 am, we started the hike.  

Our first stop was the pine forest, then the summit, next was the Rocks Garden, then the Ledge and lastly the Lion’s head.

We’re back to Pine Forest to have our lunch. And we’re finally back to the jump off point. 

 

We went to Sevilleja’s Eco Farm Resort and we enjoyed the falls and pool with spring running water. 

 

At 4pm, after freshening up, we had a short meal on a nearby cafeteria. 

I ordered their Special Miki.

 

Then we’re off to Calaba Bridge overseeing Abra River for some photo ops. Abra river can also be seen up close in this bridge. 

 

We also went to I love Abra marker at Victoria Park.

The sunset was lovely there and we saw the view from above. It was majestic. 

It has an overlooking view of its nearby town, Abra river and cordillera mountain range from afar. 

 

And for our last stop, we bought some pasalubong near Tangadan Tunnel and we’re finally on our way back to Manila. 

We reached Manila at past midnight. 

 

I would love to go back in Abra to visit its other beautiful and historical spots that I haven’t seen yet.

 

It was truly #Abramazing!