How About A Trip to RIZAL?
Because you are my visitor, you will stay in my grandfather’s house located at Luklukan St., Bilibiran, Binangonan, Rizal. That would be our permanent meeting place. The arc sign of our street is already gone so the only mark would be the Cequeña St. which is on the left side of the road facing our street. NOTE: read first the whole schedule before making "larga." :)
1.) 5:00 am – Wake up call: Don’t worry if you haven’t fixed yourselves yet. Go straight ahead to pantalan and enjoy the cold morning breeze. Stay for a couple of minutes and wait for the sunrise. The atmosphere is good for your body. :)
2.) Go back to house and eat breakfast. Buy pandesal, champorado, sopas or lugaw located just outside the house.
3.) Before 8:00 in the morning, prepare yourself and we’ll leave the house. Do your stuff and make sure to wear comfy clothes and footwear (Please do not wear sleeveless and skirts). Bring camera if you want but maintain it secured and of course bring MONEY!
4.) Take a jeepney ride going to Binangonan bayan.
5.) Take a short visit at Binangonan Catholic Churh then after that go to palengke/tyangge. Shop or window shop anything you want. If you’re a “photog wannabe,” you might as well enjoy the wide fish port scene.
6.) If you’re not afraid, take a boat ride going back and forth Binangonan bayan. ( I don’t know the route of the boat and the fare so better not but if you want adventure then why not.)
7.) For lunch you have two choices:
a.) Take a jeepney again going back to Bilibiran but go down at Darangan and buy Sr. Pedro
roasted chicken.
b.) Take a jeepney again going back to Bilibiran, ask any kid or any Kuya there to gather kuhol at the pantalan. Give him any payment.
*If you chose (a.) you shall take a jeepney ride again going home (Bilibiran). So that's another seven pesos (P 7.oo).
a.) Take a jeepney again going back to Bilibiran but go down at Darangan and buy Sr. Pedro
roasted chicken.
b.) Take a jeepney again going back to Bilibiran, ask any kid or any Kuya there to gather kuhol at the pantalan. Give him any payment.
*If you chose (a.) you shall take a jeepney ride again going home (Bilibiran). So that's another seven pesos (P 7.oo).
8.) Eat lunch and take a rest for a while.
9.) Take any jeepney ride that will pass by Angono. Passing a mini bridge that indicates your exit at Bilibiran, look at your right and you’ll see the Grandspan factory where the shooting of tv series Rounin before had been done.
10.) Seeing a funerary stall at a corner on left, go down and take a walk on that street. You might as well take a picture of a nice graffiti wall with yourself. :)
11.) Go straight forward if you want but it’s hot so better have an umbrella. You will see a wide view of Laguna de Bay with water lilys and a smoggy view of Manila I think.
12.) Go back to the main road at around 1:00 pm.
13.) Go to Sta. Lucia Mall by jeepney. I think that costs twenty pesos (P20.oo). Take note it’s quite far so have something that you’ll do while riding the jeep. I suggest that you ride on a cool jeepney that has a boom boom box beat sound trip. From a farther distance, at your right you’ll see a jail where some jail scenes to tv shows had been taken.
14.) Upon reaching Sta. Lucia Mall, go to the basement and shop ‘till to drop.
15.) Before five in the afternoon, go back to Bilibiran by jeep.
16.) Deposit your shopping bags, change clothes and go to pantalan.
17.) Just chill there and buy fishball, kikiam and iskrambol. Take note you must try them all. (If it happens that you don’t see Kuya Manong Fishball at pantalan, go to the house, you will see him there.) Make sure that you do not miss him because he will leave soon to do business on other places.
18.) Before dinner time, take a jeep ride or walk going to San Jose and buy jaribi. If there’s none, go to Darangan where you bought the Sr. Pedro chicken and buy fresh fish that you like.
19.) Bring those two back to Bilibiran because that would be our dinner.
20.) After eating you can just stay outside the house. Relax and take with you a guitar or any sound trip.
21.) Before going to sleep, prepare/fix your things because tomorrow you will leave.
22.) Take a jeepney ride going to Taytay and go down at Club Manila East Resort. Stay there the whole day. Enjoy and feel refreshed!
*Jeepney Fare:
Bilibiran to Binangonan Bayan - 7 Php (that's the minimun fare so any place that you'll pass before Binangonan bayan would still cost 7 Php)
Bilibiran to Angono - 7 Php
Bilibiran to Sta. Lucia - 26 Php
Bilibiran to Taytay - 15 Php
*Food:
Pandesal - 1 Php/piece
Chaporado, sopas or lugaw - 10 Php/order
Sr. Pedro roasted chicken - 150 to 180 Php (depends on the part)
Fishball - 50 cents/piece
Kikiam - 3 Php/piece
Iskrambol - 3 to 5 Php/piece
*Club Manila East Resort - 350/head 8:00-5:00 pm
All in all the two day trip will cost an estimate of 650 Php. Your shops are not included.
Like i said, you're my visitor so I'll be in charge of foods and, if kind enough, include the jeepney fares. :) I hope you'll enjoy and see the greatness of RIZAL! :)
