Batangas:Matabungkay Beach Resort and Hotel Birthday 2018!

Had a blast on my birthday even if we slept very little because we had a celebration with office mates the night before.We had a day tour at Matabungkay Beach Hotel and my mother and sister's family booked a room there.
The commute was challenging as there are so many transfers and there are very few -perhaps none? -24 hour routes so it is not advisable!Do not commute LOL

5:30AM ETD Arias Bus 119Php/pax
8:00AM Turbina
10:00 ETD Lemery 99Php/pax
Tricycle going to Calatagan Jeep Terminal 30Php
Jeep going to Calatagan 23Php/pax
Tricycle going to Matabungkay 30Php
11:50am ETA Matabungkay,Lian
Lunch
12:25PM ETA Beach Hotel

Sand and sea!low tide

This hotel is probably 36 years years old ,I'm just a little older! LOL

Relaxing view indeed

for your IG pictures

big pool!

huge chess pieces!

family !

Going back
1. 6PM ETD MBH by car to Shell
2. 6:45PM Shell Gas Station for jeeps going to Palico/Tuy Terminal 10Php/Pax (Balayan trips not available after 6PM?)
3. 7:00 ETA Tuy Terminal for WalterMart Balayan Bus 25/pax
Cafe Tribu coffe/sansrival stop
4. 7:30 PM ETA Waltermart Balayan for Vans going to Muzon 50/pax (Lemery Bus terminal til 8PM only)
5. 8:47ETA Muzon -van going to Bauan 20/pax
6. 9:07ETA Bauan to Batangas City Diversion 9/pax
7. 9:20 ETA took tryc to Grand Terminal 15/pax
8. 9:30PM ETA Batangas Grand Terminal -Bus going to Turbina
9. 11:23PmM Turbina -going to Arias
10.1:20 AM Arias -to Leveriza
11.1:30AM Leveriza!

2014 Family Outing Grotto Vista

my selfie Going back home after a tiring ordeal

posing while waiting for the car...not a very good spot!

Baby Thea playing at the pool with mom and dad

Baby Thea loving the water

taking a break from a long trek of about 3 km

Brother and sister looks alike

I left Lucena at 3:30 AM and arrived at Santolan a few minutes before 7AM. Sister drove for an hour to our house and we left for the resort after about 30 minutes. To our surprise there were a lot check points and road blocks so we had to find a place to park inside a subdivision. We had to pay a lot of fees including parking-which is supposed to be free if only we can reach our destination. We had to walk several kilometers past the road blocks leading to the church and then finally to the resort, with a lot of bags, food and water in tow- a baby too.

So we probably won't go there again,or perhaps we'll take a different route to avoid all of that.

There were many swimming pools to choose from,(there were even hooks in the shower rooms to hang your things as well as a soap dish- these are always lacking in most swimming resorts)There were plenty of cottages,the staff even help with the transport of your stuff into the cottages and it did not take a long time for us to get our tickets despite the volume of people swarming there.

I also met my high school classmate Rhea, it was nice to remember the good old days...