We decided today to take a drive to Tagaytay City, Cavite, the second summer capital of the Philippines. It was a sunny day and a nice drive from our place in Las Pinas via the Daang Hari road and via Silang along Aguinaldo Highway. Went through the rice fields, over little bridges, crossing several intersections, and no toll. If we would have taken the South Expressway, we would have paid toll, although very little.
Once in Tagaytay, you encounter lots of restaurants and hotels left and right along the road. You also find a new Robinsons Supermarket there and they are planning to build an SM Mall, too. When this will happen, nobody knows.
On the way back, we drove through fog in Tagaytay. That is one thing you don't see in Metro Manila, but this reminded me of driving in Belgium, two worlds apart, but still in the Philippines.
During this time of year, you have many days that it rains in Tagaytay, I think a little bit more than in Metro Manila during the rainy season. It's normal, as Tagaytay is on a higher altitude than Manila, and it's cooler, too, pretty much the whole year in that aspect. Some folks like that.
We took a different route when returning to Las Pinas, and we took the road north via the municipality of Amadeo, the "coffee capital of the Philippines". It's a very pictorial place with a nicely decorated Municipal Hall. Of course the coffee beans are part of it.
Picture 1: Fog in Tagaytay
Picture 2: Amadeo Municipal Hall
Picture 3: Coffee cup and can on Amadeo's Municipal Plaza
Picture 4: Barako coffee, Philippine's most favoured coffee.
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