Zoobic Safari Adventure

I cannot believe that Alpha had never stepped foot in a zoo before! So since it was her birthday, off we go for a Zoobic Safari adventure!

Awww...look at that wonderful smile on her face! There's nothing like the excitement of spending this very special day with species having unpronounceable names! Yey!

Now I can't remember what this is supposed to be but its a huge white tiger of some sort.  He greeted us (or maybe threatened us..who knows?!?) upon arrival at the zoo. I don't know why the receptionist should be a really huge white tiger and not a rabbit...or parrot...or one of those rare iguanas.  If it absolutely had to be huge...then why not an elephant or a hippo...or any of those friendly leaf eating beasts?  Why did it have to be a carnivorous huge white tiger?!?  Alpha didn't seem to mind.  She was gah-gah over it! 

While I was deep in thought about this bothersome scene, we were greeted by a yelping and super charged guide asking us to line up... and the tour began!

Now if you look closely...you can see that Alpha was really eager to go around and study the animals.  The bird...which I again cannot remember what its name was...but I know its not one of those we put in tinola or adobo...was just absolutely snobbish!  I was quite bored. But if the bird flew in Alpha's head and started scratching here and there...that would have made it for me!

This photo of Alpha is really interesting. She seems to have a smile on her face but deep down, she was really freaking out! Nice birds though.

I'm not sure what Alpha intended to do here. It seems like she wanted to smell the bird!

Sweet....

There's a lot of these in Manila!

Ah-ah! Don't ask me what these are! They're lazy things that don't move unless you put a piece of banana on a stick and feed them.  No....Alpha didn't poke the man's behind with her stick!  But  I'm sure she thought about it.

Alpha started to warm up with the animals and found this camel to be really friendly.  It was trying to tell her something but she had a short attention span and wasn't really listening.

In the end, we learned that Mr. Camel merely wanted us to take a portrait shot of his better side!

Alpha finally noticed that I was bored so she threatened me to interact with the animals...or else!
So I did and chose these babies.  You don't have to zoom in to the photo to notice my twisted smile.  The goats were sucking on my finger!!! 

Aha! The solution was to give them something else to suck on! Cute little things.  I want one in the house.  No kidding.

If Alpha went any nearer...I'm sure this donkey was ready to kick her face!  That would have highlighted the day!

After walking around, the hyperactive guide let us ride in this tram where we went to see....

...this....

...this... and...

...THIS!  It could have been my leg he was chewing on!

Oh, and this as well.

Of all the animals in the zoo, this was Alpha's favorite...

Thanks for dropping by!  Until my next post...See you soon!!!

Zambales, Zambales!

You'll be surprised how much beauty there is just beyond the traffic! As promised...next stop is at Pundaquit, San Antonio Zambales!

This place is about 3 hours from Manila going North and passing through the North Expressway and exiting at the SCTEX going to Subic.  From Subic, you'll reach Pundaquit in San Antonio Zambales in about an hour.

The community is very welcoming of tourists but is yet to be developed and organized for it to work smoothly.

Nevertheless, it is still a beauty.

We stayed at a quaint place with Camara Island in sight.  When the people are not busy with the tourists, they are mainly fisherfolks so you'll see a lot of boats around.

Upon reaching the resort at 10:00 A.M., we immediately rented a banca to take us to 2 wonderful islands, namely: Capones and Anawangin Islands.

Capones Island boasts of an old Lighthouse which we failed to reach due to the strong waves at the time we were there.  Although hiking was an option, we were not too eager to do so due to my leg implants. 

It was fun, nonetheless.  The sand was fine and the water a bit warm.  We had our bag of lunch with us so we sat down on the sand and ate a hearty lunch.

As usual, posting photos of Alpha is without her permission so I can already feel her wrath! Hihihihi!

It was about 1P.M. so we decided to move to our next stop...Anawangin Island!

We were surprised that this island actually had a campsite and plenty happy and excited campers arrived on a Friday afternoon, bringing with them their own tents, cooking utensils while some had brought their own cooked food.  We envied this adventure!

How could you not want to stay overnight in a place like this?!?  In the middle of the Island was a sanctuary! Pine Trees abound and the shallow still water is plain amazing.  The few residents here said that this beautiful sight was created during the Mt. Pinatubo erruption.  Wow...

We just relaxed and enjoyed the view!

We regretted leaving but it was getting late so we packed our things and went back to the boat.

Awwwwwwwww.....(sniff,sniff...)...sunsets are always touching....

Even this dog was awed by the sunset....

(She just kept following us around!) 

We had our dinner and rested.  In the morning when we woke...this is what we saw....

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!  Simply aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing!

This was taken while waiting for our breakfast.  We strolled along the shore for a while. 

Locals were getting ready with their nets for a day of fishing.

After breakfast, we got into the car and left for our next adventure!

Next stop...Zoobic at the Subic Bay Freeport! Thanks for visiting and watch out for the next post!