Kinabuhayan Cafe, Dolores, Quezon

A bit of a confusing name, but we all made it there in the end. And what a lovely place. And the food. Very yummy. A perfect lunch stop-over on our way to the actual Kinabuhayan.

Good friends. Bela, Kai, Milan, Hana, Booker, Luka.

Cutest girl in town!

Outside the malls

We are still trying to find nice places outside the shopping malls and the excursions take us both here and there. And we keep discovering new small places. Nice signs.

Under the mosquito nets...

... sleeping beauties.

Sidcor Sunday market

A great "local" Sunday market, just a ten minute drive from home - as on Sunday mornings Edsa is generally fairly and by Manila standards "empty". Everything from organic veggies to meat (which we haven't tried yet) to great youghurt, coffee and loads of other yummy stuff. At different prices than the posher ones in Makati and the Fort. Trying to make our visits a weekly routine - just waiting/hoping for everyday life to start follow some kind of pattern...

Hana

Her new favorite pastime. Kai loves it, too. And I'm thinking, maybe I should give it a try as well...

Concentration. Bella and Siena waiting for their turn, Noelle just hanging out.

Getting the grip on back hand, certainly the hardest.

Pulkabacke substitute

As close to a pulkabacke (toboggan hill?) my kids have gotten so far...

Kinabuhayan Retreat

During spring break we also briefly ventured outside the city, drove two hours down to Kinabuhayan, close to San Pablo, where we found a perfect camping spot at the Bankong Kahoy Valley Retreat. We brought our tent but used the restaurant for yummy food and drinks, had plenty of fresh raspberry shakes and quite a few cold beers. The kids rode around on the horses, went up and down on the tropical version of toboggan, Kai super enjoyed the zip line, all of us were amazed by the millions of fire flies in the forest and billions of stars in the sky. Relaxing and fun and with loads of fresh air - it even got chilly at night, yeah. We'll definitely be back soon.

Our spot.



Fresh and yummy local food at the restaurant.

 Not to mention the dessert.

And yes, mummy the photographer was there as well.

Be back soon!