We were supposed to book a room or cottage at the Sigayan Bay Beach Resort but for very strange reasons, the contact persons at that resort refused to answer our calls and text messages (perhaps their inner psychics sensed we’re serials killers and they won’t allow us within their shores) so we just booked one of the biggest rooms at Triple G Beach resort.
Riding a regular passenger jeep which we contracted from one of my wife’s relatives living nearby, we left our meeting place in Tagaytay at 10:30 in the morning of March 28. Two hours and a half later, everyone (especially the most excited ones who didn’t had breakfast before leaving) was so hungry so we decided to stop at the random space along the road for lunch. The random space happened to be under a cotton tree held captive by political posters of, what else, politicians.
After lunch, we were back on the road (like we really left the road) to find the beach resort. One more hour, a rough road and fifteen annoyed and impatient souls later, we passed by a public cemetery and reach what seemed to be a dead end. Someone had to convince himself/herself that we were lost and badly needed to ask for directions. Thankfully, an almost willing volunteer told us we’re more that one kilometer past our destination so we had to go back and eat more dirt. Finally we found what we were looking for.
Thanks to the resorts miniature sign board, we already saw that cluster of signboards but still had to eat dirt because Triple G’s was just too small to be noticed. So here’s a note – if you’ll come here in the near future, look for the Sitio Magalang sign. That will lead you to a cluster of beach resorts in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas.
The entry road to Triple G beach resort is very very narrow. You’ll have to maneuver your jeep carefully and don’t let your ears outside the windows if you don’t want them amputated.
That narrow road will lead to the Triple G beach resorts entrance (the photo was taken from the exit side)
Which will lead you to the rooms here…
Which will lead you to the rooms here…
and here…
to here…
and finally, to here.
There already were too many people to think that we’ve only been here a week before holy week. Imagine how much more people would be here during the holy week.
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