Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Palawan's Baker's Hill

A Theme Park Placed on a Hill
by lakwatserong tatay

This place is part of our city day tour of Puerto Princesa, and the place that we did our surprise to our previous supervisor. This is small village like place where a lot of people, especially kids loves to go. It's called the Bakers Hill and it sits on top of a hill overlooking the city.
Baker's Hill Palawan
Seeing this place for the first time is such an experience because of the homey feeling and relaxing environment because of its botanical garden style design.Bakers Hill is known of its baked products specializes in hopia, and some says one of their best product is pizza, but we did not try eat any of that, but we did not forget to buy their most famous hopia delicacies.
Some of the Native Delicacies you could find in the Bake Shop
Baker's Hill is nicely designed, zen-like and decorated with small, pretty details and items that characterized the province. This place is an ideal for families and groups of friends just wanting to chill out, chat and chillax while eating their native delicacies.
Baker's Hill Souvenir Outlet Shop
Now a days, this place has its own restaurant, food stalls are available upon entering it park premises.Where you could choose on from where want to eat and chillax.
One of the Food Choices Around Baker's Hill
Aside from having food choices, one unique thing that i've found out on this place is their unusual features like this one below, my co-tripper Carlo, poses in front of a cutout body that is holding a crocodile. Where one of the city's other tours offered to visit  the Crocodile Farm. A photo opps of live croc is much better wait for my next entry about our visit to Crocolandia.....hehehehe....
Carlo's photo-opps @ Baker's Hill
Here is one of the unique things that really amazed our kid tripper Joaquim is the cartoon character statues, that kid's visiting this place would really love. Infact, when i have the chance to go back at Palawan together with my kids, i will definitely bring them to this place to have photo-opps with those bigger than life sized cartoon characters. Aside from that a mansion of the owner is located also in this park, that is probihited from public, but sharing it's park garden to public for free is one of the unique way of showing appreciation to the visitor's of this place. So i do hope anyone who visit this place would be kind enough and polite to not litter on this place, and maybe by the future this owner will charge an entrance fee just to cover for all the cleaning fees.....^_^
One of the Large Garden you can stay and relax @ Baker's Hill
This park has so many areas that you could choose to relax, they are shaded areas with small houses and cottages together with it's interesting plants.
The human-sized character statues
One of the restaurant available in Baker's Hill, that offers a good food choices, based from other trippers that been here, but personally i could not suggest whether it is good or not, because we did not try to eat on this resto. But maybe the next time ill be going on this place, ill try this restaurant....^_^
One of the Food Options while staying @ Baker's Hill
A children's playground is also placed on this hill's ground, where most of the kids will really enjoy. Aside from the human-sized cartoon character statues that is scattered around the park.
Children's Playground...^_^
A Dino Park Garden....
A mini-zoo for birds is also placed on the park. An added feature for photo-opp while staying on this place.
Bird's is also present in this Hill Park
Joaquim photo-opps with Snowwhite & 7 Dwarfs
An eye candy dish...that is something to pass by and appreciate...
Snow white & Seven Dwarfs on another angle...^_^
Bird Figures on it's Garden
But before proceeding to our next destination, we had a surprise to our ex-supervisor, Rowel, who is celebrating his birthday that day. We buy a mini cake on the Baker's Hill Baked Shop, and sneek it secretly to our van, once were all get back to the van, we begun our bit celebration. That time Rowel, was on a state of shock, although he knew that there something wrong that time...hehehehe...^_^
Rowel's Birthday Surprise
Hope you like our surprise, Pareng Rowel....^_^ A Birthday Surprise at Palawan, i do hope it could happen to me sometimes...^_^
Co-trippers photo-opps w/ the Bday Celebrant..^_^
Getting here is just easy, there were so many available trips for tourist like us that is offered, but if your a budget type person like me, if you're in the town proper look for public transport bound for Sta. Monica, found along Malvar St., or just do it the same way we do, chartered a vehicle that are doing city tour trips. It is more convienient and hassle free....hehehe ^_^.
L.T. was here @ Baker's Hill Palawan...^_^
If i will have the chance to go back here at Puerto Princesa, i will definitely go back here on this place, and i hope im with my kids that time....^_^

This story is part of : Five Days of Trip at Palawan

Friday, April 15, 2011

Mitra's Ranch at Palawan

Sta. Monica Heights, Palawan
by lakwatserong tatay

Here is one of the places that we visited on our first day of stay at Palawan. Part of our city tour, a ranch located in the hill of Sta. Monica Heights, and owned by the family of the late Senator Ramon Mitra, called Rancho Sta. Monica, but popularly known as Mitra's Ranch. Today it is the residence of Congressman Baham Mitra, son and heir of the former senator.
Mitra's Ranch Welcome Signage
This ranch is just near the famous delicacies at Baker's Hill that is both popular picnic spots both for locals and tourist.
Entrance & Exit of Mitra's Ranch
A walkway trellis going to Picnic Grounds of this Ranch
The sun is almost up when we arrived on the ranch, there were several locals and tourist around the ranch, having photo sessions and some are staying at the picnic grounds of this ranch.
The Triangular-shaped Mansion
on the other side
The front view deck of this mansion
We waited for few minutes along the sides of this mansion, in getting on the view deck of this mansion, and have also the chance of photo opportunities of the views, the mansion it self and the surroundings.
The Living Room
We were lucky that time that we almost the last tourist that time to enter the view deck, maybe because it was around 1pm and most of the tourist having their respective lunch and different schedules for their trips. Aside from that, we had the chance to take a few photos of the living room of this mansion as shown above, takes to my co-tripper who insisted to ask the caretaker that have at least a photo of it's living room for a photo souvenir...^_^
The View Deck
Who wants to ride a horse and needing accesories?
The ranch has a scenic overview of Palawan. The wooden, triangular-shaped mansion is built on a highland surrounded with greeneries and spacious picnic grounds. From the porch of the house, visitors have a panoramic view of the Honda Bay islands. A perfect place for camwhores like us....^_^
The View of Honda Bay
the other side
Mitra's Ranch Grounds
Another part of Mitra's Ranch Grounds
Mitra's Ranch Grounds and part of Picnic Area
Here are some of our photo opps, starting from the left our photo guro, wendz, chris, me and rowel.
The trippers photo-opps
Of course, in every place that i've been i wont miss the oppotunity of having my solo shots.....^_^
This ranch is been xplored....^_^
How to go to Rancho Sta. Monica:

Pearched on a hilltop in Sta. Monica Heights that is 15-20 minutes away from the city town proper. Public transport bound for Sta. Monica are found along Malvar St. There are also chartered vehicles available to the ranch.

This ranch is open to visitors/tourist from 6am to 6pm daily.

Special Thanks to our photo guro Wendz & co-tripper Carlo & Rowel for sharing some of their pictures that i used.

This story is part of : Five Days of Trip at Palawan

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