PUGAD ADVENTURE (PUGO LA UNION)

The adventurous mind will always be partnered by an adventurous feet.

One murky afternoon we were like chatting on facebook with my friends, bullying and tormenting each other lol. Out of nowhere, we dared to plan an adventure and to everyones' surprise, it was set that day! WE WENT TO PUGO LA UNION 11pm that day!!! No budget prepared, we still went for it! GO GO GO! PUSH PUSH PUSH!

From Olongapo city we took a 5 hour bus ride to PUGO, we arrived like 4:30am and since it was still dark, we decided to look for a church and attend the "SIMBANG GABI" ( a devotional 9-day mass at dawn for the celebration of CHRISTMAS). "PARA PO!" Set off the bus on a dark spot in Pugo, it was raining so we went to a shaded place, the road was lined by wood carving business stores, imagine life size statues made of wood in a dim place...CREEPY!  We rode a tricycle to the church only to find out that the mass is already finished and the serving ladies were already cleaning the church... So we just prayed a bit and then took some pictures.

The church is located at the center of the town next to the public market, we roamed and looked for a place to have breakfast and we found this "KARINDERYA" (an eatery sort of local restaurant), the servers were so pleasing and they offered us their specialty- THE PULPOG. It is a char-grilled pork with onions chillies and soy sauce. It tastes like barbecue without the stick REALLY GOOD! We also ordered the DINAKDAKAN also a pork dish consisting of  grilled pork face parts like ears, cheeks, and tounge mixed with spices and pork brain. YUMMY!

At around 7am, we were serviced to the PUGAD ADVENTURE, we waited for an hour for they open the place at 8am.  We paid for the entrance fee and the cottage fee.  We were ushered to our "KUBO" (cottage).  The cottages were ver authentic filipino style looking some with stairs to a

second floor relaxing area! They also offer a room for two or family suits so you can stay longer. The day tour is only open up to 6pm.  The only downside that I first noticed is that THERE IS NO DATA SIGNAL (no internet signal). BOOO! Lol Anyways we went there to enjoy nature not the internet ;).

The area is wide covering a spot that has natural terrains, rafting rivers in between and mountain tops.   That indeed the Pugad is a very tiring fat burning adventure as you will have to walk hundreds of meters, cross hanging bridges and climb like 50 feet height just to reach different attractions.

The attractions were:

Here are some pictures of our adventure.

It was really fun in PUGAD but I have to leave my friends before lunch to attend the  INTERVIEW THAT DAY at PAMPANGA. I had a short but fun experience at PUGO, what I did was the moment we entered the resort's gate, my ever supportive friends let me enjoy all the activities first, they were there as my photographers and assistants lol. From ZIPLINES, WALL CLIMBING, ZORB BALL RIDING ETC, I managed to complete the attraction packages that I availed for like 2 hours! It was very tiring! Plus the stress that the upcoming interview is giving me, I chose PLEASURE first but see to it that the commitment that I have to attend is well given attention too! I was able to attend the interview in time! THANK GOD! My friends left PUGO at 4pm and we met at OLONGAPO CITY VICTORY LINER TERMINAL they congratulated me for being able to attend the interview but bullied me as we went home for the reason that I ALREADY STINK! (You can't blame me, Ive been through a lot that day! Hahaha!)

GETTING THERE? HERE'S THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE OR YOU MAY CALL 09175066931/09276672619  XD ENJOY!!!

MANGO CAMP

Its really fun in Zambales! There are lots of cool places to visit, from beautiful coastlines to farms and campsites!

And here we go again, visiting another fun and adventure filled campsite in the heart of Cabangan Zambales - THE MANGO CAMP!

We took a bus ride to Cabangan town proper 6 in the morning from our meeting place which was in San Narciso town plaza, after 35 minutes we were already there! The first thing we did - WE BOUGHT LOTS OF FOOD at the Cabangan Public Market! Haha! Its like we could not resist the native "kakanin" (rice cakes, cassava puddings etc) that they sell, we also bought pork meat for barbecue and some veggies that can be grilled. YES WE WANT OUR BELLIES TO BE REALLY STUFFED BEFORE DOING SOME ACTIVITIES LOL! Then we took a ride by a tricycle to the camp, the road was a little bumpy and the ride took 10 minutes to the camp. When we arrived, We were surprised that the four of us were only the customers that day (WERE SO HAPPY THAT WE FELT WE OWN THE PLACE) !  The caretakers were so welcoming and even helped us set up our spot in the pool area and lend us some grilling utensils.  Of course,  we cooked our food first then ATE LIKE PIGS (that we felt sleepy).  We took "selfies" haha and after lunch were the activities set for us!

THE ACTIVITIES WERE:

ATV (ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE) - drive along the man made trail... Its fun!

SUMO WRESTLING - wearing a humongous blob of foam we were like real sumo wrestlers!

PAINTBALL WAR- head to head against each other we fired paintballs till someone drops dead lol joke!

AIRSOFT - target shooting! I really enjoyed this one!

OBSTACLE COURSE - play through different obstacles, best to lose some fats!

WALL CLIMBING - unfortunately by that time this activity was on renovation.

BASKETBALL COURT - iexplain ko pa ba??? Lol

All in all i would say the camp was very entertaining and fun , I think its a very cool place to  enjoy group activities like TEAM BUILDING and TRAININGS or RECOLLECTIONS or RETREATS!

If you would want to go there click this link for more info:

JEST CAMP (SBMA)
Jungle Environment Survival Training Camp

Do you ever feel like going  to a place where you can interact with nature? If yes, then you would wanna try going to JEST CAMP at Subic Bay Freeport Zone.  Its a very serene place to relax and at the same time enjoy what nature can offer. The camp has a wide variety of things to bask in!

THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN - a dome made of net full of different species of butterflies where you can feed them with the provided nectar (i guess?) and take beautiful pictures with the gorgeous butterflies!

THE AVIARY -  display of different species of birds that at least you didnt see yet, hahaha. some in big cages where you can walk into and feed and feel the birds!

THE JUNGLE SURVIVAL LESSONS- a session where in they offer some jungle survival tips and tricks like making fire (hot lol), choosing vines and shrubs which you can extract food and water, making natural shampoo from gugo and of course cooking using the bamboo!

THE MUSEUM - a walk through the camp's history and   bunch of dead mummified animals lol. very educating tho

THE BONSAI FAIRY GARDEN - display of different bonzai-ed plants! the cutest!

THE INSECTARIUM -  different insects, some yucky looking insects hahaha! kewl and fun!

AND A LOT MORE! (here are some photos)

GETTING THERE?

From MANILA, you will simply get a bus ride to OLONGAPO CITY and from there, ride a taxi to the camp! for more detailed info im linking the camp's site! ENJOY XD