One April
summer day, I and my officemates invaded Tagaytay. We don't have our own ride
but we manage to reach this beautiful place just by commuting. We met at
Robinson's Galleria by 8am then rode train to Taft Ave. where we took a bus to
Olivares Tagaytay. It costs less than P100 and we travelled for 2 hours, more
or less, due to heavy traffic. Reached Olivares at noon and we had our lunch.
After that, we then rode a jeepney to the market and transfer to another one
which will take us to the Palace in the Sky, as the locals called
it (really, its name is People's Park in the Sky).
I'd really thought that I will see a palace but it's an old
abandoned guest house. The park also housed PAGASA-DOST Doppler Radar Station.
Though it seems that the building will collapse anytime soon (cracked
pavements, broken windows, rusty posts, etc), there's one part of this place
that captivated me. It's the Shrine of Our Lady, Mother of Fair Love (haha, for
those seeking of fair love, you should go here) and the statue of Christ with
open arms. It feels like closer to heaven in this place, with an overlooking
view of Taal Lake, Balayan Bay, Laguna Bay and Manila Bay, this place is one
good destination when exploring Tagaytay.
Then we headed to the famous Picnic Grove. There, we leisurely
walk around and enjoy the greens we see (hehe, 'cause in Manila you'll never
see much forest greens as in this place). We rented telescopes but I didn't see
Taal volcano clearly. (Gosh, what's wrong with my eyes or the telescope?! hehe)
We went to the hanging bridge and climbed over fences too. There’s also zip
line but we weren't able to try one because of the long line of people who
wants to ride and the sun's already setting.
We bought some pasalubong along the way. Head back to Manila via
bus and that ends our one short yet enjoying day at Tagaytay. =)
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