In March 2018, I scheduled Windows 10 training in Manila for one week. We decided to go to Angeles and Cebu for a week vacation afterwards. The hotel in Manila (Pan Pacific) was amazing! Fantastic food and excellent customer service. Aiden got sick but the onsite doctor prescribed antibiotics which resolved the issue after several days. The training was informative and I met my TDYer (Joy) who will be covering Wellington until my successor arrives in August. Sightseeing wise, we went to a couple of malls (Greenbelt and Greenfields) and saw city of dreams complex where he had dinner with Joy at the Hyatt. Pan Pacific had 6 PM cocktails every evening with food which we took advantage of and saved money by not eating out.
After Manila, we went to Angeles City. We hired a car/driver to take us there which took around 2 hours. The hotel was Prime City Resort which was respectable and they offered shuttle service to Walking Street (the sleazy red light district of Angeles). The next day, we took Aiden to Dinosaur Island where he was quite scared of the “robotic” dinosaurs. They did a good job with making them move and audio sound effects. The highlight was the dinosaur dancing show at the end where they get really close and chomp at us. Aiden was petrified during this part. Afterwards, we took it easy at the hotel and relaxed. We did see our land and decided to keep it for now. Met with Susan who is trying to convince to build a house there. We’ll see. Angeles is a nice city and the Clark base seems to be growing year by year.
Our final stop was Cebu where we spend 4 nights at the Crimson Resort which was amazing as well. Swam with Aiden several times, played pool with him, and enjoyed the awesome breakfast. There was a kidzone for him which he enjoyed and a bunch of Easter activities like finding easter eggs and obstacle course. They gave us a free bottle of wine and let us eat at Enya restaurant for breakfast which was a lot nicer then the buffet place. A great relaxing 4 days. Even hit the gym a couple of times.
Enjoyed our Phillipine adventure and hoping to come back sometime in the future and try another resort!