batangas weekend

We've just spent a lovely long weekend at Stilts Calatagan Beach Resort in Batangas.
It's only about 3 hours from Manila, so it's a great quick getaway.

The water was beautifully warm, which is a big plus for a cold-water scaredy-cat like me.

There was lots of time for putting my feet up {in my favourite summer shoes from Michael Kors!}.

Forgot my Kobo so I borrowed the Tatler from the front desk. 

Apparently this "high society" publication is a great place to sight parents from our school, which seems very strange to me.

Luckily, though, I was able to borrow a friend's Kindle so I started reading this book:

It's very interesting so I'm going to have to track it down for my own collection.

In the evening we saw a cultural dance show.

In hindsight, I really should have taken a video of the tinikling dance because it's cool how quick their feet get going!

The dancers are moving to the rhythm made by the tapping of two long bamboo poles...

They weave in and out of the bamboo, trying to stay on rhythm so their feet don't get bit when the poles are slammed together!

It was so nice to get out of Metro Manila and into the calm.

I know we'll be craving that every couple of months.

Happy National Heroes Day!