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Review: Cintai Corito's Garden - Balete, Batangas

Cintai Corito's Garden is located in Balete, Batangas just a few hours drive from Manila. I celebrated my birthday last year here. It was a place worth spending your time with. The theme of the place is like in Thailand. They have Buddhas, elephants and everything that shouts Thai. I booked our room via Agoda. It was a Terrace Villa. I got it for almost half the price, around 5,000php+ or 6,000php+ per night. When I checked their website it cost 11,000php+ per night. It was too expensive, thank you for my researching skills. I saved a few bucks. I did not expect that it was so nice. It is close to nature and to animals as well.

The receiving area - they served us drinks while we were waiting for our room.

Playground for the kids and for the kids at heart.

Reception - for checking in and out

Our Villa - they have a terrace to chill outside of the room.

Our room - very spacious and lovely

The bathroom

The shower area

The masterpiece next to our villa

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Birthday Gurl!

Napas Pavillion - one of the function rooms for huge events such as birthday, weddings or any occasions/s.

Abadi Restaurant

Inside Abadi Restaurant - they serve here the free breakfast

Swimming pool

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After taking a morning swim

They also have a place for playing volleyball

My fave part - it feels like you are not in the Philippines vibes

Gazebo

Random photo 1

Random Photo 2

The Verdict:

I love the vibes of this place. It made feel very relax in this place because of the nature. They also have some free roaming animals such as geese, bantam chickens, peacocks, ponies and donkeys. The other amenities not included in my photos were spa, tv room, shower area and changing room. By the way, the rooms does not have television. I am not sure if they also have a wifi because I think they want their guest to be relaxed, avoid technology, and be one with nature and love ones. If you want to detox yourself from social medias and rural places. This is a nice place to start with it. Day tour package is also available for those people, who does not want to stay in the villas because it is quite expensive. For Cintai, Corito's Garden Rates, click here. Will I stay here again? Of course! Will I recommend the place? Yes, thumbs up!

What will be my overall rate?

★★★★✫

4.8 stars out of 5 stars

For more information:

Website: http://coritosgarden.com/

Location: Sitio Pandayan, Malabanan Balete, Batangas
Email: reservations@coritosgarden.com

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Review: Martin's Ville Private Pool - Los Banos, Laguna

Martin's Ville Private Pool

This is inside the first floor. It has the videoke and a lot of chairs and tables.

The cooking and dinning area. They have some stoves and a griller just in case you are planning to have a BBQ party!!! They also have a water dispenser provided.

The room. They have two rooms in the right side of the pool. It is fully air conditioned. Lamig naman. haha

The rooms are located in the right side of this photo. :D

They have clean restrooms and shower rooms. The other one is located besides the kitchen.

This is the second floor.

The view from the second floor.

Billiards table, it is in on the left side of the kitchen.

Two of my friends are celebrating their 30th birthday. HAHAHA charot! Wala pa silang thirty.

The birthday boys with their girlfriends. Sweet lang. haha My task was to buy the cakes, para surprise. hahaha I bought them in Cakes to Go (Bf homes branch).

Party time!!!! Tugs tugs tugs tugs tugs!!!!

Ayan. Swimming time na! Hindi sila nakatingin. LELZ

My friends were the one responsible for booking this resort in Los Banos, Laguna. They discovered it thru facebook. At first, we were hesitant on reserving it via facebook. But they are easy to talk to and very accommodating.

The Verdict:

The place is clean and modern. I think it is newly renovated or constructed. They have a huge place for cooking, eating, and even extra curricular activities. The place is complete with videoke, stove, billiards, tables and chairs, beds, swimming pool (of course!), refrigerator, and aircon rooms. The care takers were really helpful and accommodating. Sila Tito and Tita, I am not sure if they are the owners. Haha I am not in charge of transactions with them. It was my friend who planned almost everything. Haha Hindi ko masyado nachika sila, bait nila kasi nakagat ako ng weird na insect, namaga yung kamay ko. I asked for vinegar and they gave me. Ayun. It help stopped the itchiness and swelling. Whenever we have some requests, they surely attended to it. I am not sure if they gave us a discount. I heard my friends, asking for a few discount. Hahaha Moreover, the place is homey. The only problem we have encountered was the stairs of the pool. It is uneven, so be careful. One of my friends, bump his head on the stairs. He thought it is time for a deep swim. Ayun. Untog!! Hahahah Maybe because of the alcohol too. Haha

Overall, it is a resort for those who wants some privacy for a small group of people. I think it could occupy around 15 persons more or less for a cost of 12k. The pool is clean. Unfortunately, it is not large enough because of the stairs it almost occupy half of the pool. However, if you will have some kids on the pool, it is okay for it won't be that deep for the kiddos. Moreover, everyone can enjoy videoke, billiards, and foosball table too. If you will rent the 2nd floor room, I think it will have some additional fee. We enjoyed our stay here. Will be recommend this place? Of course!!! *wink *wink

Our rating will be

★★★★✫

4.5 stars out if 5 stars

For more information, visit their facebook page.

Martin's Ville Private Pool Facebook Page - CLICK HERE

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Review: Blue Coral Beach Resort - Laiya, Batangas

Last summer, around the month of March, I was invited to join an outing with my beau's family. They decided to go somewhere with white sand and fresh air. I joined them and had fun with our stay at Blue Coral Beach Resort for a night. We swam, eat, sleep and enjoyed our company of each other.

At the lobby.

At the reception place.

The view near the beach

The view from the lobby.

The bar it serves the best weng-weng I ever tasted. Mapapaweng-weng ka sa sarap! Hahahah lol or pwede ding 'Weng weng nga!' While looking to a wasted person. Hahaha Anyways, to those people who doesn't know what weng-weng is, it is a cocktail drink that consist of four season juice, orange juice, tequila, gin, vodka and others. See? That's the reason of calling it Weng-weng. If you don't have a strong tolerance for alcohol, you know the results. Drunken love! Hihi

The dinning area. The place where they serve the buffet.

Sample of their food. What can I say about the required buffet meals? Hmmm.. It is not so good. Don't expect too much or else you will be disappointed for sure. Some of the dishes look really appetizing and taste good but some are not. If you will be spending your weekends here, be the judge. Then, share me your two cents.

Beach front. This is where we stayed.

It has two queen size bed plus an extra mattress for extra guests. I think the mattress was free of charge.

The bathroom. It has a weird shape.

Look at the view! So nice, it feels like you were somewhere far from the urban city.

Our view from our nipa hut.

Blue Coral Beach Resort has a lot of amenities such as swimming pool (adult and kiddie), warm water pool, videoke, table tennis, billiards, darts, badminton, tree house, souvenir shop, poolside bar, restaurant, mini zoo, fish pond. Guest can also try banana boat, fishing, speedboat, snorkeling, kayaking and island hopping. It was really fun experience here at Blue Coral beach resort. You can easily visit it within 2-4 hours of long drive with your love ones from Manila to Laiya, Batangas. I advice everyone to arrive at the place before the dawn so it would not be hard to find the place. It is a little bit remote and if you will visit the place by commuting, they told me it is hard to reach the place if it is evening. It will be dark and the chances to ride the public transportation will be low. It will be safe to arrive when the sun is still up.

Rates of the room/house (prices depend, if it is peak or off-peak season) :

Main House - P21,200
Penthouse - P14,600
Family Deluxe - P10,600
Suite - P10,600
Beachside - P5800
Poolside - P5,800
Deluxe - P5,800

They have accommodating and approachable staff. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the food. If I would rate it, I will give them a satisfactory grade. But for overall, I will give them 4 out of 5 stars. The place was wonderful. You can enjoy the long shore line of the beach. Relax with privacy. Swim at the pool or at the beach. It was a nice experience. I will post more of the photos on my next blog post (CLICK HERE TO SEE).

For more details:
Website: http://www.bluecoralbeachresort.com.ph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Coral-Beach-Resort