Out of Town Trip to Tagaytay

An Overnight Stay at Foggy Heights Village
by lakwatserong tatay

One thing i really love in our company is when we do team buildings. It's been almost 5 years since i've been in my work, transferred to different department at my work, and because our company giving team funds, luckily i've been to different places together with my teammates and this recent activiy with my team was one of the highlights of this year. A 2 days escapade in Tagaytay City, which is one of the counterpart's of Baguio's cold cities, due to it's cold weather specially at night. I've been to Tagaytay for several times, because you could reach Tagaytay easily and several ways, whether you have your own car and you would choose to go commute. Aside from being considered as the cold city in Metro....this town also known for Pineapples...sad to say we did not have the chance to buy when we got there.

The Resthouse we've been in Tagaytay

It was last May, when we visited this resthouse located at Foggy Heights Village in Tagaytay. We booked this place one month ahead of our planned date and got the place for overnight accomodation for Php5,000. There's a saying that even you planned ahead of time, there's will always be trouble up aheadwe , prepared for so many things, from our stuffs, food, beverages and activities that day. We have some trouble finding the exact landmark for this subdivision...hehehehe...^_^.

Bar area....

Here are some of my shots around this for rent resthouse in Tagaytay.....

Receiving area....

Here are shots around its pool area, the pool area's depth is ranges from 4 ft to 6 ft, expect it to be cold because you in Tagaytay, it has two slides, as we visited this place, the slides were in currently on going maintenance, so we didn't have the chance to try it, but one of my officemate tried it we just poured water on the big slide, it still works...hehehehe. According to it's caretaker, Kuya Rommel, few month's ago before our visit, it has a jump board on the deeper side of the pool, but due to an accident made by the visitor's that time, the owner decided to remove the board before it could cause another accident.

The pool with slides

Most of my groupmates did night swimming and also while swimming we have our small drinking session.

at another angle...

here's another one...

Aside from it's swimming pool amenities, this resthouse also have their own videoke and billards set. Most of my girl groupmates spent their time singing on videoke. But sad to say videoke usage is not part of the rent, you may used this videoke machine with Php5/song and the billiards set has incomplete balls and you may want to bring your own cue stick, or much better to bring your own set of billard balls & a pair of cue sticks just to be sure. But upon asking Kuya Rommel, he already requested to the owner for the billiard set to be replenished and have to buy new sets of balls & cue sticks.

the billiards and videoke area....

Here's is one of their amenities a half-court basketball court, luckily we bring our own ball and we've already informed ahead by the owner, because she's not sure if there's still a ball that can be used. Actually most of us boys stayed here and played all the way up to night...hehehe...

basketball court area (halfcourt only)

Here are the other features inside this resthouse....a grotto near one of the room accomodation, a huge wall paint was also an additional backdraft of the basketball court, of course there also a dirty kitchen, grilling area and the cooking utensil were all provided, we just bring our disposable plates, bowl, spoon and fork.

the grotto part...

one huge wall painting....^_^

grilling area....

And for the accomodation, this resthouse could accomodation up to 18 persons max, there are two rooms that could be used, you could divide it by gender used like we did, one room is for the boys and other room with veranda is for our girls.

one of the rooms

This first room has two beds for 2 or 3 persons per bed but you could request for extra bed (i'm not sure if there's additional cost...) This first room is located near the dirty kitchen area, a two floor small house, the room is located at the 2nd floor with also a veranda as you can see above, and about the room you could see it below, this room has only electric fans.

inside the room...

The second room was located near the pool area and also can be found on 2nd floor with a big veranda and has the pool area view. This room is really quite big with four beds that could accomodate from 2 or 3 persons per bed, it also has electric fans and has the front veranda of the house.

here's another one...

Here's the photo opps of my girls teammate where they stayed for overnight. Here some of the photos around this room.

my teammates accomodate this room

veranda area....pool view...

A living area place was also located outside where it has tv set with cable, it has also wooden furniture for additional backdraft of the place, this also near the dirty kitchen area, this place also has one of the bathrooms.

one of the restroom and tv area too....

Here's one of the bathroom and also the shower room, but this room really need maintainance, and i do really hope that upon posting this accomodation, the shower room and this restroom is now repaired and functioning well....^_^.

shower room....

One of the major reason why we had this team building, because this would be the last time that our team would go out as one "Team Shan", aside having fun, playing pinoy henyo games, charades and different games. We secretly hides our gifts for our boss, up to the time that we would give our surprises and last talks together with him...."coaching sessions...hehehehehe..."

surprise time to our boss....

Here is the photo of our individual gifts, we do have also one major gift for her that we gave after we had our coaching sessions...

our gifts....

Here's are some of our group photo opps with a a very nice wall mountain painted background.

Team Shan....^_^

Girl power.....^_^

The X-men boyz.....^_^

Of course, i wouldn't miss my photo souvenir on this accomodation, btw, i was just only kidding while taking this shot....hehehehehe...(pasaway pa ko nito..meron pa po hangover..^_^)

my photo opps....im just kidding with this picture...^_^

We departed Foggy Heights Village around before lunchtime, most of my groupmates specially with cars, go home already, but yours truly decided to have some sidetrip, together with my 5 groupmates, Aleli, Ritz, Jheng, Roger and Ichan had sidetrips from Caleruega Church of Nasugbu and People's Park of Tagaytay, i will do separate post for those places and share also our adventure while our trip on those places.......^_^.

Foggy Heights Village Map

The landmark is when you reach the Rotonda, right beside Olivarez Plaza, and along Aguinaldo Highway, look for the Metrobank which is right beside is the gate of this village.

Here's the Contact and Address information of this Resthouse Accomodation in Tagaytay:

Foggy Heights Village (Tagaytay)
Address: Road 2, Block 3, Lot 6 - 7, Foggy Heights, Tagaytay
Owner: Mr. & Mrs. Cruz Residence
Contact Person : Mrs. Norma Cruz
Landline: 807 - 2981
Alternative contact : Ms. Leny (daughter)
Landline: 836 - 3673
Caretaker: Rommel

Hope to see your reactions and updates regarding this accomodation if you will pass by this on this post and get the accomodation of this place.

*** this post is not intented to give the owners some advertisement but likewise what i'm always doing in every place that i've been with, im just sharing it, maybe some of my readers or vacationers that may be looking for some accomodation for their relaxation and vacation needs.

Capones Island: Faro de Punta Capones

by lakwatserong tatay

The light from the Faro de Punta Capones or known as Capones Island Lighthouse, has been used for more than a century to search for and guide ships to into Subic and Manila Bays. The west coast of Manila has regular runs of shipping heading to and from the Philippines Northern neighbors.

The lighthouse is perched 53 mtrs above sea level. The actual lighthouse tower is 19.8 mtrs high and has a tower shape of square brick building. It's construction made of brick masonry. It has first-order lenses when it was first lit on August 1, 1890.

entrance to Capones Lighthouse grounds...

Capones Island is known because of its bone shaped like, off the coast of San Antonio, Zambales, hides a lonely sentinel of the sea from Northern Coast that for years, decades and even century survived the wars, earthquakes and countless typhoons but still standing and serving its purpose - one of the Spanish-era lighthouses of the Philippines in Northern Coast - the Faro de Punta Capones.

The historic lighthouse of San Antonio, Zambales

One of the few remaining old Spanish lighthouses in our country, one of the 4 lighthouses built in Spanish era in Northern Coast. Here are some of the lighthouses that can be found in Northern coast of our country as follows Faro de Punta Patar of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Faro de Cabo Bojeador of Burgos, Ilocos Norte and Faro de Cabo Engaño of Palaui Island, Santa Ana, Cagayan.

it's historic remains.....

Set in the grassy hill of the island, the original lamp and lantern room were replaced with modern solar-powered lighthouse light is Capones best kept secret, with its original red brick keeper's house structure still standing. Although the keeper's house is now ragged and neglected, it draws a dramatic picture of the place, it's empty and dilapidated rooms, halls, metal stairs, discolored tiled floors, broken windows and doors reflects its glorious past...Here are some of photos that could make you back on past....

now entering......

broken & dilapidated wood window...

broken rooms and doors....

the metal staircase.....

As you will enter the deteriorating building, you will hike up to the shakey metal staircase...and you may view one of this site....like as you can see below...here are some of my photos i could share to you when you up in Capones Lighthouse.....

the scenery that awaits you!!!!!

photo opps muna....^_^

Modern Solar-Powered Lighthouse Light

Once your on top of the lighthouse, this breath taking views will get you fascinated. But before you could get to this best sceneries, you must walk on a trail by following the stone guides from the eastern side of the island for approximately an hour of trekking on a rocky shore, passing to an unfinished building and status of Mama Mary. It would be best for first timers to have a local guide as the trail has no signage. From the other side of the island, (wester side) where the lighthouse is already visible, it is easier to reach the site although this side has sharp edges rocks and some of the angriest waves you would see, making i impossible for boats to dock most of the time (this part is not really recommended by  the boatman to dock due to humogous waves always occurs)....

the majestic view up in the lighthouse....

the deteriorating building....

my self portrait shot on top of lighthouse....

After an hour of grueling trek to the hill of this island and few minutes of photo sessions of the lighthouse and the experience to be up of a lighthouse. We all tripper got back to the grounds of this lighthouse, were a wishing wells is located, but im not pretty sure if this well is can used as a potable water but im pretty sure that it can used as a wishing well because as i've seen it, it does have coins that maybe the tourist and visitors throw it into and had some wish that could maybe come true....^_^.

a wishing well on lighthouse's ground....

Here is one of my last shots for Faro de Punta Capones..........

Faro de Punta Capones

Here is one of the trippers photo souvenir while at Capones Lighthouse's ground......all of us were resting by this time.....^_^.

trippers photo opps in the lighthouses ground....

L.T. x-plored Capones Lighthouse....

Of course, i wont miss my self portrait shot with Capones Island Lighthouse.
At last, after several months, im already done with my Weekend Getaway with DCPI Trippers. It was really a nice experience to be back in Anawangin and having also the chance to visit and trek the Capones Island and Capones Lighthouse and having also the glimpse of Camara Island was really a rewarding experience.
I do hope by my next visit i would see the sandbar of Camara and visit some of the other coves of San Antonio.....^_^...
See you in my next stories......

This story is part of: Weekend Getaway to San Antonio, Zambales