The name sounds really posh - Las Casas De Cala Buena... and it really was. This is yet another random trip that we took with the FamBam because... wala lang... just because we love random trips. I'm actually amazed at how we were able to push through with these trips since it's really not easy travelling with more than 20 individuals at a time.
Las Casas is part of the Caylabne Bay Resort, it is a group of mediterranean-inspired villas separate from the resort's hotel itself. From Las Casas, it's probably a good 5-minute scenic walk to the beachfront from where the hotel, the restaurant and the other facilities are. One will pass by a nice bridge (see pic below) where you can take postcard-wannabe photographs of the mountains, mangroves, and the estuary - where the river meets the ocean and where the boys were able to catch a lot of fish.
Ironically, as this is a trip to the beach and although I was able to enjoy the beach, I had more fun taking in the serenity of the mountains and the forest hence I realized I only took very few photos of the beach itself.
We stayed in a villa with its own private pool. Imagine the joy of the kids swimming and playing in it until the wee hours of the night! :) It was nestled between a forested mountain on the left and a healthy mangrove swamp on the right. Although the place, not just our villa but the whole resort, seem to have seen its better days, there is still this distinct luxurious feel to it. It looked like an old and deserted mediterranean subdivision.
Deserted was nice since we seem to have the place to ourselves (I will not tell ghost stories in this blog). We were able to play around, relax and bond.
I could not imagine how one can get to this place without private transportation since it seems complicated doing so. It is located in Ternate, Cavite and is near Puerto Azul (which I gather is pretty well-known to everyone, well, except myself) and we also passed by what they call the "magnetic hill". It is also near the jump off point for trekkers to Pico de Loro - the mountain not the beach club in Nasugbu. The drive was quite fun and scenic especially once you leave the main road. We spotted birds, eagles, lizards, and monkeys! Lots of monkeys!
Monkeys wearing blue rompers holding on to a camera while two other little monkeys looked on.
Not the usual beach weekend for us but definitely one for the books.
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