Bohol: Henann Beach Resort

I'm the kind of traveler who would prefer to stay on a hostel rather than a luxurious accommodation with lots of amenities. This is because I choose to travel on a budget and spend my money on exploring the places I go rather than spending it on accommodation, cause in the end of the day I will just stay there to spend the night for sleeping. However in some trips that I have extra time, I would love to stay in a good place to relax. 

Henann beach Resort is the biggest beach resort in Panglao Island sitting in the shores of the famous Alona Beach.  I went here with my boyfriend's family and since we arrived, I couldn't stop taking photos as everything was so beautiful, the tress, the buildings, the pools, I just can't get enough. I didn't mind the long trip we had since we came from Davao del Sur all the way here (click here if you want to know how we make it here from Davao del Sur). 

You’ll see colors of blue of green everywhere

One thing I notice is that the entire beach is public, none of the hotels here along Alona has a private beach. Though its the only location where you cant see a beach cleared of parked boats, it can get crowded at times as this has the finest sand and the widest beach front along Alona Beach. There was even a time that we think those sands were imported. One issue we had during our stay was the poor WIFI connection. We even had trouble connecting to it and called the reception 2 times for that.

The resort has the only beach front that is cleared of parked boats.

Inside the resort, there are lots of pools that we surely enjoyed. One thing that fascinated me was the pool bars. So you don’t need to get out the pool just to get a drink and some snack. Its actually pretty convenient. Each pools has towel stations where you can borrow towels while you swim in the pool or in the beach so there's no need to bring your own towel or towel from your room.

They also have other amenities like spa, fitness center with gym, airport transfers, souvenir shop, laundry service, foreign currency exchange, convention/business center. If I just have longer stay here I would love to try their spa and fitness center.

We stayed in 2 Superior rooms since we are 7 in a group with 1 kid. We had to pay for extra bed since they can only allow 3 persons in a room but they provided extra bed for us. We went here last August so its a low season time and we got the room for Php 6,468. Charged additional Php 1,500 for the extra bed and Php 1,372.5 for the  breakfast of additional person in the room. 

It was clean, cozy and well maintained.

Breakfast will be on Sea Breeze Beach Club which features Asian, Western and Filipino Cuisine. They have the biggest buffet on the island that caters guest every day. We also had dinner here which has a charge of Php 854 per person. They also have a live band at night you can enjoy while having dinner.

Hennan Resort live up to its name as a luxury hotel with top notch services. We really enjoyed our stay. This is one great choice to spend your days in Bohol.

How to get there

Henann Resort is located along Alona Beach in Panglao Island. They offer airport transfer but if you find it expensive you may hire a tricycle from Tagbilaran for about Php300 - Php400. This is a popular resort in Bohol so I'm sure the drivers know the place.

Macau: The Venitian

The gambling mecca of Macau is a short boat ride away from Hongkong. We went there at night and discovered the famous “The Venetian”. We bought our round trip tickets on the ferry terminal which were buy one get one since it was my best friend's birth month, what a surprise from Cotai Jet.

Upon arriving the port, we boarded the free shuttle bus to Venetian. Here are some the things we saw walking around the biggest casino in Asia.

the bath room, isn't it so grand?

 

Tagaytay: A Rainy Stay at Canyon Woods

It was raining all night and felt like its not a good time to go. What can we do, we were already booked and it would be a waste of money not to, so even if its raining we headed to Tagaytay. I never thought it would be that far, I wasn't able to take note of the exact travel time but it just felt like forever.

Finally when we reached the area, we were fetched by a shuttle from the gate going inside Canyon woods. Checked in and went straight to our villa. It was really a bed weather, so we decided to just go inside and take some rest. 

Thought it was raining, the place was very calm, quiet and relaxing. At first we wanted to go to the swimming pool for a swim when the rain stopped pouring, but it was cold and I just chose to enjoy myself and took some time in the bathtub. 

We became so lazy even the next day so the whole weekend was like more of a staycation as we literally stayed in the room.

No more rain but there grounds are still wet.

Cohiba Villas, Boracay

Since it was our first anniversary celebration, we looked for a perfect place to celebrate and of course a perfect place to stay. We went to Boracay not just to have fun but also relax. Cohiba Villas was just perfect and such a great value for money.

Cohiba villas is situated on Bulabog beach, Boracay Island, though its not located on the white beach, they have provided a shuttle that would only take 5 minutes to get there and its for free.

Our apartment is just so breath taking, its feels so like home. It has fully decked out kitchen, flat screen TVs, very comfortable bed and my favorite was their jacuzzi. Yes you read it right, the unit has its own jacuzzi! Can you imagine how excited i was when i first look around our unit?

They also got this very beautiful view from our apartment.. Oh my very relaxing...

The food was good, i was just not able to order and eat that much as we choose to eat more in the white beach area.

The infinity pool was just amazing. You can swim while enjoying the view of those doing parasailing, banana boat, wind surfing etc.

This place is just ahhh...perfect... It was a very good stay...