"A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent." While there's a lot of Starbucks out there each offering the same coffee, as far as location and view are concerned, no one offers a view so panoramic, heavenly, dreamy and divine that is Starbucks Domicillo Hotel. Imagine sipping your favorite Chocolate Cream Chip Frappucino overlooking the ethereal Taal Volcano, how dope must that be? Today me and my friend decided to have a quick one-day-only getaway to escape stress in the nearby Tagaytay City. Adulting can be very tiring so we both needed to replenish before we get consumed by exhaustion. A friend of mine recommended this new Starbucks and upon seeing pictures online, I died. The superb view is something poets would draw inspiration! The exterior looks so mundane and quite appalling at some point. Inside is just another Starbucks with tables and chairs and couches and as go further, Taal is already waving at you and i...
Kawa-Kawa Hill in Tuburan, Ligao City in my home province Albay is one of those hills that is both unique and strange at the same time. It is dubbed as the "Hill without a hilltop". But how is it possible? How can I go to the top if there's no hilltop? You might be asking by now. If that sparks your interest, then let's go ahead and summit it's peak. The hill derived its name from "kawa" or cauldron because the hilltop is in fact a crater like that of a cauldron or a concave mirror. Its hollow formation is thought-provoking and people are easy to speculate that long time ago, an asteroid crashed into the hill and is most likely the villain for the crater formation and perhaps it could be a resting place of some sort of giant, supernatural being. Kawa-Kawa is a 200 meter plus high hill developed into natural park that has awed tourists and visitors ever since. A lot of attractions and recreational ac...