
Our extraordinary Christmas experience started with a breath taking two-hours flight from Plaridel / close to Manila to an airfield close to Dianao in a Piper Cherokee from Pegasus Air services. We were collected on the airfield and brought to the Beach Resort. My husband and I were given a nice Casita with a very comfortable bed and a convenient/ functional ward robe, next to a clean and spacious washroom. The casita is situated close to the beach but separated from it by a small area with tall trees.
The whole resort is beautifully designed with flowers, bushes and trees, little ponds, creeks and very well maintained. A big amount of labour and love flows into that.
The restaurant serves delicious food, the service is very friendly and professional.
As we were there in December and January the weather was rather like April in Europe. We were having moderate temperatures, wind and clouds. Then we had some days of heavy rain. Effects of La Nina, as we were told.
The sea water was warm but the waves were too powerful for me/ for us to go inside further than some steps. Instead of enjoying the water we were busy with outings, excursions to close-by waterfalls, to a hill with a beautiful sight into all directions, we were riding bikes, were doing canoeing on a broad calm river not far away. Beach volleyball was a daily routine. So there were many things to do.
We were there as a bunch of 10 people, parents and grown-up children and we had a soul-warming time together. The evenings we were spending with talks and games.
We had a great time that we will remember for the rest of our lives.