I love the Philippines!: Bicol road trip

My husband is doing a volunteer work at Lebanon and he said that it will be some sort of a “last hurrah” for him before me and the kids go back to Las Vegas after almost 8 months of stay here in the Philippines. So that kinda gave me an idea – need to have my “last hurrah” as well! Audrey, my road trip buddy, have been “bugging” me to make a road trip to Bicol. So after I got some encouragement from Bob, I texted Audrey that it’s a go. I decided that Bobby is old enough to go with us – a little bonding time as well with us since Audrey is his ninang. So…Bicol here we come!

Day 1. We left at about 2:30 am (Audrey arrived around 1:30 am in Cavite). We thought it would be nice to drive while Bobby is still sleeping that way he doesn’t get bored on the trip. We got to Naga at 10:15 am. Stopped by at McDonald’s for a coffee and while we are having our breakfast, we saw the parking officer trying about to tow our car!! Well, it turned out that we are parked illegally. Audrey using her charm, talked her way out and explained that we are not from there and that we are Governor Villafuerte’s guests (well, we are in a way, right??). He gave in and said we need to get the car out right away (I LOVE THE PHILIPPINES!) Mind you … no lagay – just purely lambing and pakiusap from Audrey.

By 11 am we are at already at CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) – they let us check-in early and into our room. We stayed in a nice cabana and to Bobby’s delight, there’s cable and Cartoon Network! We just rested for awhile and went to the cable park right away.

We decided to register Bobby first, medyo natakot at nahiya pa kami ni Audrey mag-try (si Bobby pa ang ginawang guinea pig!). They start you with kneeboarding – Bobby did a good job on his first try and tried the second time. Then there’s a kid there actually doing wakeboarding and he said that he wants to do it standing up too! So the third time he tried wakeboarding and fell down his board not far from where he took off. Of course, he cried and throws some tantrums (he was frustrated not being able to do it). After some explaining to him that it is only his third try and the other kid there have done it lots and lots of times. He settles down and he said – he’ll try again tomorrow.

Went back to the cabana and took some well-deserve nap and went back to the cable park to have our dinner in the restaurant.

Bobby getting instructions on kneeboarding in Tagalog!

Day 2
No more excuses, we need to try it and show Bobby that it’s okay to fall down. Off we went to the cable park, register and get geared up. Audrey tried it first, she fell down right away and told Bobby, see.. okay lang mahulog, we kinda showed him okay lang to laugh at yourself (maski sa totoo lang, nakakahiya!!). Bobby tried again and this time, he realized he can only do kneeboarding – so he settled for it. I tried it out myself – it was lots of fun!!! I can see why to some it can be a great water sports activity. I told myself that definitely, there’s going to be a next time. Hopefully with Bob and Robby next time. When we feel that we have enough pictures already then we went for a little swim and get ready for the next leg of our trip.