A Family Tradition
When I was a kid, I would count down the number of days until summer vacation. Like Christmas, I would eagerly await for summer vacation. To us kids, it means "no more teachers, no more books..." as the rhyme went on. The Holy Week is also on summer so there are some festivities on Easter Sunday. We would also visit the beach with our relatives during this time. We would have a convoy of three to four cars on a three our drive to Matabungkay Beach in Batangas south of Manila. We would bring our own food for a barbeque while swimming. It was an annual family tradition and was lots of fun except for that time when an uncle (dad's cousin from grandma's side) almost drowned when he had cramps while swimming.
Whiterock in Subic Bay, Zambales this year
This time I have a family of my own. We went to Whiterock Resort in Subic Bay, Zambales. It's a beach resort North of Metro Manila. We went there on 24th March before the Holy Week to avoid the crowd. True enough, there were not so many people yet in our three day stay. The beach was almost empty.
There were plenty of activities you can do here since there is also a pool with slides.
There is also a wave pool.
The floaters are for water activities. We tried it and it's not as easy as it looks.
You can try a boat ride. This is more relaxing than the other activities. It's so much fun I can't wipe the smile off my face 😅
There's also some "extreme" adventures like a banana boat ride where you will be towed by a motorized boat. The boat was so fast I almost fell several times. I swear I saw the driver sniggering 😤
It's cool at night and you can hang out in the restaurant where there is an acoustic band playing.
For some reason I wake up early. I went out to smell the fresh air and took some photos.
A Fun Vacation to Escape the Heat
It was a fun vacation and something that we will be doing every year. We checked out just as the crowd were starting to trickle in. Our Holy Week roadtrip was not yet over though. After going home, we took another trip in Metro Manila to visit the historic Intramuros. I wrote about it here: