Our vacay last week
By rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
Philippines
November 1, 2022 10:25pm CST
We planned for a long weekend stay at Tagaytay city a short trip from our place. The place is cool since they are located higher elevation. The place is a favorite place mostly by people in Manila since they are just a few kilometers away from the city.
The problem with our trip was that a typhoon was just about to hit us. So we travelled there inheavy rains and realized that the typhoon will slightly hit the place and was already declared as signal #3 already. We have no choice but to stay inside our booked place and let the storm pass us. By 9pm the power were cutoff but was immediately restored by 2am. I thought the power would not be restored soon because the winds were just howling bad but then by 2am the rains subsided and the winds settled a bit that is why they restored the power.
The next day rains subsided though it was still very gloomy. We proceeded to roam around and enjoy the place. Many are still close because most of the restaurants were either has no power or just cleaning their place. We stayed for another day and the following day we finally were able to explore the place much better with many of the stores and spots opened already. By afternoon we started to go back home slowly.
The trip was a bit disappointing but we enjoyed the place despite the incident.
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Nov 22
Cool weather vacations are wonderful ways to enjoy some rest and relaxation.
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@Dreamerby (5948)
• Calcutta, India
2 Nov 22
It's been a long time since I last went on a vacation...
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
2 Nov 22
@Dreamerby It was also for me after the countless lockdowns and restrictions in travel. We are able to come out and travel freely again.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
4 Nov 22
@averygirl72 We bought some as we headed home on the 31st.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
4 Nov 22
@rsa101 Did you buy a lot of pasalubongs when you went home?
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@jobelbojel (36042)
• Philippines
12 Nov 22
I am sorry it wasn't grand as I expected because of the weather but at least you enjoyed.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
15 Nov 22
@jobelbojel Yes, the storm track was northwards so the rains were extended in your place since it exited somewhere in your area.
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@jobelbojel (36042)
• Philippines
14 Nov 22
@rsa101 good to know. Here it lasted for two days.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
22 Dec 22
October, November and December seems to be a typhoon usually visited the Philippines. Imagine the country is hit by typhoon 20 or more times.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
22 Dec 22
@Nakitakona I am from Bicol Region slightly south of Quezon Province.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
22 Dec 22
@rsa101 Usually it is Quezon province. Isn't it?
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
26 Dec 22
That is a very nice place for vacation- I like lakes and the mountains
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@Tampa_girl7 (50546)
• United States
11 Jan 23
I’m glad that you had some enjoyment.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
7 Dec 22
I'm happy you were able to enjoy in spite of the storm.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
7 Dec 22
@FayeHazel Yeah in our place it was just very recently that the restriction on traveling was lifted that is why the first time we saw the opportunity we tried to take advantage of booking to some places outside of the place.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
2 Nov 22
Well not the perfect vacation but we were able to enjoy the place after the storm and saw the Taal Volcano too (the picture above) which is the main attraction in that place. We were expecting that it may be covered with clouds but it did show after sometime so I was a bit happy about the outcome.
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@snowy22315 (182344)
• United States
4 Nov 22
Rain has the potential to ruin everything, especially a typhoon. That must be a beautiful area. I love that shot.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
10 Nov 22
One day was a bit of a dumper since we just stayed indoors because of the storm. The next day was ok, foggy, cold, and not sunny so we were able to roam around the place and enjoy it somehow. Traffic was not that bad since I think there were fewer people still out the next day.
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@allknowing (137907)
• India
3 Nov 22
Even staying indoors must have given you time to relax in a cool environment.
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@Letranknight2015 (52090)
• Philippines
7 Dec 22
It was bad timing indeed. I remember when thishappened, you tell me that you were on your way to vacation? glad you came out safe.
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