Villa Escudero - Picnic By The Falls

We head off to Villa Escudero (in the boundary of Batangas and Quezon provinces) for a refreshing picnic by the water falls! We were ofcourse with the babes once again-- Mom, Ninang Sheila, Nina and Bel.

The day was simply awesome! Our means of transport within the resort was quite unique- we rode'caritelas' drawn by humongous carabaos. En route we were entertained and serenaded by singers and guitarists who sang "kundiman" or folk songs. We even got lucky and sang "Bahay Kubo" along with the singers.

And the highlight of the day was lunch which was served at dining tables laid out by running water from the falls. We ate and waddled.. waddled and ate.

It was also an experience of Philippine history. We visited the Escudero Private Museum - which houses a varied and diversed collection of mainly religious arts which consists of procession floats and church memorabilia. Clearly these took us back to the Spanish era.

Also on display were dioramas of Filipino ancestors and their way of living then; antique oriental ceramics; costumes from around the world; wildlife; rare coins; old currencies; furniture; weapons of various kinds and sizes (our favorite!; and even clothes of past Philippine Presidents and spouses.

Coolness!