Tagaytay

Having left El Nido yesterday we were ready to leave Palawan behind today. El Nido was the real gem of the island so we happily packed up and checked out of the white, clean hostel. Before going to the airport we stopped at a place for breakfast. They didn't serve any breakfast food though so I had another burger (nearly like breakfast maybe...) which was delicious. It had bacon and melted cheese and tomatoes and gherkins and lettuce with the beef burger all in an acceptable bun. It wasn't too pricey either. 

We got a tricycle to the airport (it was only 10 minutes away) and checked our bags in before looking at the Palawan t-shirts. I obviously wanted to buy one so I chose a white one with a zebra. I don't know how the zebra represents Palawan but it was the coolest one. We didn't have to wait long for our flight back to Manila and arrived there at around 2pm. When we made our way out of the airport we wanted to get to Tagaytay, a couple of hour bus journey from Manila. However, after asking at an information desk, we discovered we had to get a taxi to the bus station as there were no direct buses to Tagaytay. This meant trying to find a taxi that wasn't going to charge a fortune for the short journey. After asking a police lady we finally found the safe yellow metered taxis (we were told to avoid the white ones) but had to queue for a good half an hour. By the time we made it to the bus station is was about 4pm but luckily we got straight on a bus (costing just over a pound) and two hours later were in Tagaytay. 

Stupidly, neither of us realised how big Tagaytay was, stretching 20 kilometres along a ridge overlooking lake Taal. This meant that finding accommodation wasn't going to be easy. A tricycle driver offered to show us a room for a small fee so we accepted and ended up travelling for at least 10 minutes to what felt like the other end of town. The room was a little dodgy and the toilet lacked a seat but we knew nicer places would be way more expensive and it was getting late so we just went for it. 

Round the corner were a few restaurants that we scouted out. We chose one that was almost like a takeaway place but we were allowed to sit and eat. I had pork adobo, a Filipino delicacy. It wasn't a bad flavour, a little sweet and vinegary but in a good way, however, the pork was half fat half meat. I could easily cut the fat away but it was off putting. Also, it had some green beans with it but I'm seriously craving more vegetables. I'd like a plate of them and no rice if they weren't so expensive. Why is it that the things that are good for you are always more pricey?  The restaurant was playing how to train your dragon 2 (great film) so we watched some of that and played cards until we thought we'd out stayed our welcome.