Valentines Getaway: Tagaytay, Talisay, Taal

We have been celebrating Valentine's day with friends out of town since 2007.

This year, we kept it as simple as roadtrip/bonding within Cavite and Batangas provinces.

Our group left Makati at seven in the morning. 

We are a group of 3 couples. 

We headed to Tagaytay then to Talisay. Talisay is about 15 min drive from Tagaytay.

From Talisay, we had a 20-min boat ride to the foot of Taal volcano.

From there, we had to ride horses to reach the view deck. Our guide gave us masks, gloves and hats for protection. It took us less than an hour to reach the top.

At the view deck, who would want to miss taking pictures of the volcano crater? Not me, definitely.

The view was so relaxing that you will forget about the dust encounter on your way up there.

We trekked upwards (less than 500m from the view deck) and reached the red soil part of the volcano.

We followed the same route on our way back to Taal Lake but was more difficult due to the descending trail with the horses and with the sun up.

The lake's current was also stronger on our way to back to Talisay so some of us experienced some splashes of water on our faces. 

We had our fresh buco break after, changed our clothes and had lunch at Tagaytay.

We had lunch at LZM. A friend who is a Tagaytay local recommended the place and the food was great. 

We went to Sky Ranch after.

We wrapped up the day with a coffee and pastry break at Bag of Beans.

We all have our stories to share every Valentine's day. We all have our different ways of reminding our partners how lucky we are to be with them. To wrap it all up, My Valentine's Day started with chocolate bouquets followed by house bonding, last full show movie date and roadtrip with friends. How did you celebrate yours?

Happy Heart's Day everyone! :)