Looking for a resort that will be affordable yet beautiful is quite difficult especially if you doubt the photos online.

Don't fret, I have a recommended place for you and your loved ones to this coming summer time.

It's an 8 hectare secluded grounds but only 2 hours away from the crowded city of Manila.

Venture to LA VIRGINIA HOTEL & RESORT in Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas, Philippines.

These are the fees:

We got a room and went our way, following the map they gave us means you can easily get lost due to it's large ares.

We passed these attractions along the way while looking for our room.

It's going to be along walk I suppose.

Ohh a modern Nipa hut, I wonder what it looks like inside.

Frogs and garden gnomes along the way.

There's even a chapel.

This one is for the zip line in a cliff. Thrilling ride.

Then a wall climbing activity, the other side of the wall is yes, you guessed it another cliff. That makes it more exciting.

These are the prices for the activities:

Ifugao means a group of indigenous people of Luzon, Philippines.

Also there's these fruit shaped viewing deck of another canyon.

And gigantic fruits.

We settled to our room which is quite nice. We got a 2 double deck room, fully air conditioned with TV and shower/toilet. It comes with bedding and toiletries. This is good for 4 people. It only costs $60 total for 24 hours. Not bad at all.

We then decided to eat, we got hungry with all that walking and picture taking.

There are several restaurant and store there, they are not overpriced unlike other resorts. It's quite tasty as well.

Happy and full.

Due to it's almost night time we then went for a night swim.

There are numerous pools in the whole resort as well it's your choice where you want to swim.

We then slept and rested our tired bodies and is quite excited for tomorrow's activities.

We woke up early yo capture the sunrise.

Walking and finding the best viewing place is already an early morning work-out.

Since the sun is not yet up, we played around with these huge and interesting statues

Us for scale. LOL.

Aside from these unique and bizarre statues there's also numerous kinds of plants around.

While waiting for Mr Sun.

With this view and a cold wind brushing oj your face is very relaxing.

There it is, Sunrise.

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Then we need to get some breakfast.

Breakfast is served.

This Danggitsilog looks and tastes so good.

Beef Caldereta, one of my favorite.

And the famous Batangas' hot kapeng Barako (liberica coffee) with alpine milk and sugar. Such bliss.

Then more exploring for us.

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I'm somewhere at the foot of the giraffe.

Then we met this cat just lazily sleeping in one of the huts.

Then we climbed this 4-story high tree house.

The view at the top is glorious.

That's the head of the giraffe right there.

#More of the unique attractions there.

There's also a pet cemetery.

Next, archery it is.

The guides will brief you about the basics. And safety gears will be attached.

I tried it too. Not bad for a first-timer.

Also there's this big Buddha.

And who would have thought there's a castle guarded by the avengers.

Beside this is a man's mouth-shaped cave and in front is a kid's pool. Very random but amusing.

After all that exploring we rested a bit and we checked out.

But this place never cease to amaze me, until the last minute we were there I realized we have not explored ALL of it yet.

Those are large mangoes.

So what do you think? I hope you enjoyed this virtual trip. I f you want to see more I was not able to capture, go and enjoy LA VIRGINIA. thanks for droppin' by.