Family Vacation at Pico Sands, Batangas

Roy came home from United States for a vacation. He came during the time when Philippine was hosting the APEC meeting. Because of APEC traffic congestion problems, his connecting flight from Japan to Manila was held for 7 hours. It so inconvenient him and many other people including us, his family that the plane landed at Manila International Airport at two in the morning. Because of the delay, everybody else had to suffer the consequences. Roy's siblings fetched him from the airport late at night and everybody else was not able to sleep well because of it. Despite that, our trip for a family vacation had to proceed that same day because the hotel was already pre-booked many months ago. Poor Roy, he suffered a much prolong jet lag because of the continuing journey. So sorry for him and also for Emil who was driving, but the land trip must go on. Probably they could rest at the resort, or so I thought. Roy said the vacation was worth it though. Here are some pictures taken from Pico de Loro:

Pico de Loro Resort is a very picturesque place. The gardens are beautiful and well maintained. They have three dining places that carter to their eating patronages. They have shuttle buses that do not let you wait for ages to come to pick you up. The beach is clean and the sands are very very nice. There are however partitions for the use of the beaches between the resort's members and the hotel guests. (Of course we did not go beyond our limits.) We are a family of beach persons and I can say I really love the sands of Pico de Loro. It extends from the shore to the far sea just like those of Boracay. You can walk the shore barefooted without fear of rough stones and sharp corals. The beach shore is very very enticing. By the way, there is also a chapel inside the resort where you can attend the Sunday mass. It is overlooking the sea and the beach front. The scenery is quite breathtaking.

However there are down sides to the resort hotel. Number one is the poor housekeeping services - Housekeeping forgot to clean our room and they did not provide the proper amenities for the number of occupancy. There was no hot water for showers. My first time to stay in a hotel without hot shower and the staff forgetting to clean the room. I called up their attention on the second day of our stay but still no hot showers on the succeeding day. I felt I was robbed out of my money. I may not go back to Pico Sands, if not only for that beautiful beach and the fine sands.