Shangri-La Beach in Cebu

Shangri-La Beach

Swimming in Shangri-La Cebu is fun. Aside from their number of pools, you get a beach wide enough for you to explore around.

Speedboat

Their hotel accomodation has a package where you can just sign-up and borrow some of their non-motorized swimming gears like towels, snorkel, beach shoes and kayak.

Shangri-La Beach Shore

Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa is located in the island of Mactan. It is quite far from Cebu Island but they have a free ride going there at specific time every day.

Seashell

One fun to know is that the beach is actually man-made, and yet you still experience swimming with different kind of fishes above living corals.

Poster of Fishes

Summer Outing at Punta Riviera Resort in Pangasinan

Kayaks Beside the River

Just had a great time having the company outing at Punta Riviera Resort this summer. There are so many places to have fun in the place.

Billiards

They have spa, billiards, table tennis, bar counter, volleyball, kayak, videoke and two swimming pools apart from the beach and the river right in front of the resort. Most of which are not found in the previous outing we went to the previous year.

Some of the Many Concrete Benches

I called it a river but I'm not really sure if it is. I've observed that during low tide the water in it flows to the sea and during high tide, seawater flows back to it. Time to review the bodies of water. :)

Bridge Over a River Going to the Beach

If I have to rate the beach resort, I would give an 8 out of 10. Everything is ok except for the food. It's expected to have expensive food and drinks sold in the place but nothing's disappointing as having some meals not enough for us. Here's what happened: our company reserved for a lot of people and many are not able to come and yet, the catering still ran out of dishes. Hopefully it never happens to other people in the future.

Infinity Pool

Boulder Beach of Batanes

The Chadpidan Boulder Beach is another popular tourist spot in Batanes. It is known for its numerous, massive, round boulders stretching along the shore of the whole beach.

Historically, the boulders are spewed from Mt. Iraya, a now inactive volcano.

Strong waves from the China Sea helped to smoothen the boulders over time.

 Not only to tourists, the place also serves as a leisure place for the Ivatan, the people of Batanes.

Sunrise in San Juan, Batangas

It's always rewarding waking up early in the morning when you're near the beach. This photo was taken when my whole team at work went on vacation to the beach resort of a team member in San Juan, Batangas.

Starfish Track in Batangas

Took this picture of a starfish track at a beach in San Juan, Batangas (near the more popular place Laiya). This is also the place where I first saw starfishes camouflaged on the beach sand.

Dusk or Dawn

This is a photo taken during sunrise at Sun Juan, Batangas using my 1.3 MP camera phone.

I was having a vacation with my team mates back then. It's fun setting my alarm for the first time just to try taking pictures at dawn. My boss is the one seen on the picture.