Just arrived the other day after spending a vacation in a paradise with my wife and 2 kids. We had so much fun traveling in the country side,  seeing various landmarks and spending our time mostly in the sun.

We trekked a hidden falls, time traveled to an old community, rode a horse drawn carriage ( or calesa), crossed various streams of water, hiked a lighthouse, basked in the sun and MORE!

Let our travel photos tell the story!

Our first stop over (after driving for almost 1o hours) was actually riding on a horse drawn carriage or what we call in the Philippines, calesa.

As you can see from the picture our tour guide or coachman is actually a lady! I asked her why is she the one doing the job and she told me that her husband is sick.

First, we visited this old bell tower wherein a popular Philippine movie (“Ang Panday“  or The Blacksmith in English) was shot . We entered this tower and went up to see the giant bells. From the top, you can see  360° picturesque view of the town .

And then we went to view this art of making pot (burnay is the local term they are using).

Next in our “time travel”, we walked along this historic town passing through centuries old buildings. The whole city is declared a Unesco World Heritage City. It is well preserved and exceptionally intact.

Since it’s already past 3PM, we decided to embark on our next journey which  will be our real destination before it gets dark.

After driving for 2.5 hours, finally, we’ve found the paradise (at least for me and my family).  The sun is about to set when we reached the place,  just the perfect time to catch a glimpse of the sunset.

BlogDeManila.com is not  a travel blog BUT I just want to share the beauty that my eyes have seen, and so, I hope you don’t mind if I’ll share more pictures of the paradise that my kids called “our temporary home” for almost a week.