Sunday in Subic - Part 1

“Ninang, you’re late!”

That’s what my nephew JJ told me as soon as I got out of the car to pick them up to go to Subic. We arrived five minutes later past the designated pick up time. Subic is about 3 to 3 1/2 hours drive from Manila. It’s quite far. If you’re taking a day trip, I suggest to leave early.

Hubby’s first speeding ticket

The newly constructed highway, SCTEX is already operational. It cuts driving time by about an hour as compared to the old highway. A warning though, the police have installed a speed gun and you will get a ticket if you exceed the speed limit of 100kph (that’s too slow for a highway devoid of any buildings, pedestrians and intersections). Hubby got his very first speeding ticket. He was none too happy about it. We felt that the traffic patrol do this intentionally to trap motorists. When you get a ticket, the traffic patrol will not give you any proof that you were exceeding the speed limit. So, I feel that later on, this will probably be a money-making scheme by the traffic patrol. Tsk tsk tsk.

Tree Top Adventure





Our first stop was the Tree Top Adventure Park. First, we signed up for the canopy ride. Children above three feet can take the ride as well. The canopy ride is a leisurely motorized cable ride above the rainforest. There are ten stations to complete the ride. It takes approximately a hour and a half to complete. Our little JJ wasn’t even scared being suspended 100 feet above the ground. The ride is very safe and quite slow.





We also signed up for the “Superman” ride. A motorized zip line ride. It’s a bit scary for some people who are afraid of heights. One girl got too scared and backed out. The ride wasn’t frightening at all. It’s just a short ride, too short in our opinion. Hubby was “bitin” and wanted to go again but the line was long.





Teriyaki Boy

Since we stayed at the Tree Top Adventure longer that expected, we got so famished. We had lunch at Teriyaki Boy found within SBMA. We had a lot of food! Everything you see below was wiped our except for two pices of Futomaki :-) (Not in photo, California Maki, Futo Maki and Tofu Steak)













To be continued.....