Take me to Batangas - ocular days

A sunny day to welcome our first major task as BIGKIS officers. Time for the ocular inspection for a probably venue for our Company Outing. Now, let me tell you about my experiences. It was very fun...very tiring...food trips...a lot of talking...a lot of picture taking...drive here and there...snooze moments...then, decision making.

We had our ocular twice. First location was in Nasugbu and Calatagan, Batangas where we found this beach resorts.

LAGO DE ORO: Nice location, mostly guests are those interested in wake boarding. The beach is not really nice although I think its low tide season when we visited the area. Also, the rooms are quite small for our group but I guess if for a family or friends' outing this place would do. 

STILTS: I fell in love with this place. NATURE lover would go for this place. This is actually our choice after our first day of ocular although we were turned down when some rumors said that there were lots of jellyfish in the beach area. Too bad, the cabanas were really nice. it can accommodate a large group. The people are very accommodating, security services are excellent. More of a private get away from the busy life and I will definitely return to this place. I even saw a place where I would like to have my pre-nup someday...hahahah. Wee, you know most of us young women, we would think of those ideas but eventually we don't really know what will happen in the future, it'll just surprise us of the perfect moments. Who know I might find other beautiful destinations.

APLAYA CALATAGAN: This is a residential area although they are open for company outing for day trips only. Can't do! Where will we stay for 3days/2nights if ever? 

There are other beach resorts that we've visited although I would say a big NO-NO...hahaha. Let me anme them just for reference in any case you'd like to know. RONCO BEACH RESORT, the farthest ever and then out of nowhere it seems like its about to close. WHITE CASTLE, which in the pictures looks really big and nice but it's not. MUNTING BUHANGIN, they said before it looks really nice but not anymore. The huts made the place over crowded and the stairs that you need to climb before you even reach the beach area is definitely very tiring.

After our first day of ocular we were at ease for we knew we found the right place, STILTS. Sow we had our dinner at Lelie's Tagaytay and we were home earlier than expected.

Second day of ocular was done a onth before the actual outing and to tell you honestly we were quite desperate about this part. We need to get a very good location, with a very good beach area and budget wisely. Planning an event like this for a very large number of people is really hard. So these are the places we went to visit for our second ocular.

First, we went to Laiya, San Juan, Batangas which is a very long drive and I am mostly asleep the whole travel time coming from a return shift schedule. We went to Balai - San Juan, Estrella de Mendoza, Laiya White Cove, LaLuz Beach Resort, Blue Coral, Acuatico, Aquaverde and others we just passed by the area. I didn't bother to took some pictures of the other resorts for they didn't pass our standards, not being judgemental, standards for the company outing is what I meant like they can't accommodate a large number of people, the parking area wouldn't fit three buses, the pool area is not that big, the beach area is not nice, shore line is small, standards like that. 

Finally from San Juan we drove off to Nasugbu after our lunch somewhere in Batangas. It was a long drive and I was really praying hard that our last destination would be THE ONE. We have limited time before the outing and we still need to organize a lot of things but first of course THE DESTINATION. Finally, God answered our prayers. he led us right where we should really be, our final destination and where we recetly had our comapny outing at PENINSULA DE PUNTA FUEGO and TERRAZAS DE PUNTA FUEGO.

We were at the right place and at the right time. After our ocular it rained so hard, we were driving along the Tagaytay Road and we stopped for a dinner at Mushroom burger. Finally, we arrived at Alabang on a rainy night - somehow half-fulfilled until all negotiations are done. 

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