Subic Bay Getaway

January 20, 2014

Subic Bay Getaway

On the wide, traffic-free toll roads

Around noon on Christmas, we loaded up the van & headed out of Manila. About a two hour's drive north and west is Subic Bay, a popular beach resort area. It sits on the South China Sea, and was home to a large US Naval Base for much of the 1900's. Nowadays it is built up for tourism and offers many attractions for people like us to enjoy!

Have I mentioned that there are no seat belt laws or car seat regulations here?

We stayed at the Casablanca with our families each staying in a condominium for two nights. It was here that our kids finally started sleeping in past 7am and adjusting to jet lag.

Sa-Pe playing guitar at our hotel, the Casablanca

At the Camayan Beach Resort Subic Bay

When we arrived, we rested for a bit in our rooms and then headed out to see the Cayaman Beach Resort, where we'd be heading the next day. After grabbing dinner at Shakey's Pizza we came back to the hotel and the kids insisted on swimming in the pool, while we ate it at the poolside. A very non-traditional Christmas dinner!

Our Christmas night swimmers

A & I wearing our new Filipino style clothing

Groovy colored lights outside our room

The next morning, we woke up and ate breakfast at our hotel. The food in the restaurant was actually very good (I thought). One of the best things about this hotel though, was the great wi-fi connection we had outside. I was able to face time my parents on the morning of the 26th from our hotel, which was Christmas afternoon/evening here in CA. Kind of crazy to be using my phone to see my family on the other side of the world, while we are both mobile!