Pansol, Laguna is the place to be...

Last friday, I was with my lovely fiancee and her side of the family for a weekend getaway. Her auntie from the States just got home and wanted to spend her weekend with her "anaks, manugangs and pamangkins" on a swimming field trip. We started travelling at around 4 PM after work, but unfortunately, my fiancee had to return a company equipment in the makati office which took us forever to go becuase of the short rain wherein traffic jams in every intersection in Manila happened.

At last, we started traversing the road of the SLEX (South Luzon Expressway), which by the way is definitely no match to the travel convenience of NLEX (North Luzon Expressway), and soon found ourselves in a turtle race with the others. Meanwhile, the second batch texted us that they're already at the rendevous point in Petron gasoline station. After 2 hours of pain staking driving in a "moon-like road, we finally arrived at Petron. I quickly grabbed a snack and drove off to the final place.

After a short drive, we arrived at Pansol, Laguna, the "private pool capital of the Philippines". Upon entering a subdivision-like area, two guys approached us and were asking if we wanted a private pool reservation. I quickly said yes and up they go on their motorcyle while we follow them. With 5 different resorts where they took us, we finally decided to settle for the 3,500 pesos (80$) which included 4 airconditioned bedrooms, 1 kiddie pool and 1 adult pool, cooking equipments, a refrigirator and a pool table. Not bad for 30 people. We shot pool till 3 in the morning and went swimming they day after. It was relaxing to unwind outside the busy streets and noise of Manila. I can't wait to come back...