Villa Escudero...

It was our First Monthsary, Yes we planned to have it in a wonderful getaway place down south - Villa Escudero. The place is very nice, with a man made lake, a nice but a quite small swimming pool, on your first night, you will be greeted with a nice serenade, and you can even request for your favortie songs.. just make sure it is a popular one so they would be able to sing it for you. The staff are all smiles and they make sure all yourr requests are well taken cared of. They even knocked on our cottage when we almost missed the dinner time.

We had a blast with the buffet lunch the next day with the man made falls as well, this was an overflow of the place's dam, i suppose. The foods are overflowing, the food are yummy and i love the coconut milk and sago dessert. It is so native in nature. The place is packed with people when we went there because of the people who are there for a day tour, inclusive of the museum entrance. The museum houses a lot of old things like an old uniform from the world war 2, coin collections, and a weird preserved head called the shrunken head. it was of a normal size imported from a place in africa, and was given as a gift to the ancestors of the Villa estates.

It was a great place to relax, spend time riding the carabao cart inclusive of the villa enttrance, as well as the boating facility. If you have time to spare, the whole of villa is so huge you will be tired of walking, we walked around the place, an old ancestral house, a coconut field, amongst others. They also have a little know place that looks like you are bound to a forest area if you walk through it.

As a whole, the experience is very nice, memorable and something worth sharing. I have even told friends they should go and try the place, have an overnight stay and mingle around the place to enjoy the nature and the happy faces of the people at the Villa.