Liliw Laguna and Arabella Cafe ~ Laguna Escapade Part 4

Since we are already in Laguna area, we took the opportunity to visit the land of the slippers, Liliw! And ofcourse we made sure that we'll get a taste of the very famous Arabella Restaurant!

Land of Slippers it is! Stores of slippers in every street, next to each others...the competition here must be very tight!

Here you'll find various slippers at various prices, ranging from 50php to 350php or 500php depending on designs and materials used.

This are some of the cute designs that I found ('coz I love pink!). The slippers that I'm holding are 350php each pair and I think you can haggle it down to 320php or 300php, depending on how good you are ;)

We had our lunch at Arabella's Restaurant. If you take a jeepney to Liliw, just tell the driver to drop you off at Arabella Restaurant and they know where it is. Arabella is really famous here in Liliw!

The place is small but very cozy, good thing is that we went there on weekday so there is not much guest that time.

This is Jed checking out the menu...the price are all reasonable and ranges from 150php ~ 250php

They will serve you water with lemon, very refreshing and good coz with lemon it adds antioxidant...

(but Jed doesn't prefer water with lemon coz for him it taste like the dishwashing liquid "Joy, Lemon", Im not sure if its bcoz he tried tasting the dishwashing liquid before hahahah peace out Jed ^__^)

Jed's order, Chicken Parmigiana at 200php, with pasta in tomato sauce and pretzel on the side

My order! Sirloin Steak with buttered veggies and mashed potatoes, 170php

I soo love this...veggies cooked just right and the steak is soo tender and tasty!

They use Frank's red hot sauce and it is so good...

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with mint, 95php.. sooo yummy!!!

cute decorations on their counter tops

they also sell other pastries for take out...

sweet tooth section! cakes! cakes! cakes!

Jed is a sweet tooth... he bought one each of almost all the flavors of brownies >__<

arabella from the outside..very simple and homey type..

These are "pako"as the locals call it.. they use these for salads...

talangka!

local berries...

snails!

our huge slippers!

our huge slippers!

For details on how to get to Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery and details of our complete itinerary of Laguna Escapade, kindly read our post: The Plan Laguna escapade.

Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery ~ Laguna Escapade Part 3

The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery Historical Landmark is a fine example of Spanish colonial architecture. Built by the Franciscan Friar Vicente Velloc in 1845, its octagonal grounds are enclosed by a wall decorated with wrought-iron grills and stonework meant to look like drapery.

View from Gate/Entrance ~ no entrance fee for this place, but you need to register as a guest.

Some of the apartment type tombs outside.

Some of the apartment type tombs outside.

This crypt was used as a secret meeting place of the revolutionary leaders of Laguna in 1890s

Stairs going to the crypt...

On our way down to the crypt.... this is soooo creepy

The crypt..

Emotera sa Crypt...

Entrance fee : none!

For details on how to get to Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery and details of our complete itinerary of Laguna Escapade, kindly read our post: The Plan Laguna escapade.

Related post:

Lake Pandin & Lake Yambo ~ Laguna Escapade Part 2

The Plan ~ Laguna Escapade Part 1

Lake Pandin & Lake Yambo ~ Laguna Escapade Part 2

Pandin and Yambo are twin crater lakes separated by a narrow strip of land. They are part of the Seven Lakes system in San Pablo. The lakes can be found in Brgy. San Lorenzo, San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines.
Lake Pandin is said to be "the most pristine" of the seven lakes of San Pablo.

Start of the short trek to lake pandin!

As you can see from the photo above, the trail is not cemented, good thing it is not raining when we went there or else it can get really muddy!

This place is truly Laguna's hidden gem and I hope the place remain as clean as when we were there...I believe they are really taking care of the place,as you can see they even have those reminders posted (as seen on the photo above, right) about keeping the place clean.

This is the view that will welcome you after the trek! Really breath taking!

Lake watcher/guard paddling around lake pandin...

The beautiful Lake Pandin...

Another view of Lake pandin...going to Lake yambo... I asked the lady paddler why the water is green, and she said that this is because the lake is surrounded by trees, it is the chlorophyll from the surrounding trees that makes the water green..But when you look at it closely, the water is really clean and clear! 

Trail, assault, going to Lake Yambo...

View of Lake yambo after a very short assault trek from Lake Pandin

 

Free, fresh buko juice!

Some of the cool things that you can do while in Lake Pandin ~ swing on a tree branch!

Some of the cool things that you can do while in Lake Pandin ~ paddle your raft!

Some of the cool things that you can do while in Lake Pandin ~ swim on the lake! The water is really clear and clean! but don't forget to wear your life jacket, anyway, the lady paddlers will not allow you to swim without the life jacket. They said that the lake is 40ft deep!

This is "Budoy"! He is very entertaining and he will eat any food you give him, even chips!

Fresh mountain water...they use this for drinking, so we also try drinking from there and the water is so cool as if it came from the refrigerator.

beautiful scenery in Lake Pandin... 

beautiful view of Lake Yambo...

Lake pandin fee: 200/head for approx 2hours rafting around lake pandin and short trip to lake yambo or you can choose to pay for the 400/head fee & they will serve you lunch while rafting at the lake!

For reservation you can contact Aling Siony at 0929.9789565.

How to get there? 

From Alabang, take a bus bound to Batangas/Lucena,ask the conductor to drop you off at San Pablo 7-11 highway (80php fare, ordinary).

Walk to manggahan jeepney terminal, look for jeepneys with "Ilog" in their sign board (ask the locals for directions on how to go to manggahan 7/11 jeepney terminal, this is walking distance, no need to ride tricycle). Ride the jeepney bound to "Ilog" and ask the driver to drop you off at jump off point to Lake Yambo (15php fare)

For our complete itinerary of Laguna Escapade, kindly read our post: The Plan ~ Laguna Escapade Part1

The Plan ~ Laguna Escapade Part 1

...was browsing at a deal site and I came across a travel deal to Lake Pandin, it was my first time to hear about the place so I Googled it and discovered the hidden gem... as a backpacker, I won't settle for that travel deal 'coz I know I can build my own travel itinerary at a lesser cost :D and so it begins...our Laguna Escapade!

I will be posting separate blog/PhotoBlogs about the places we visited: Lake Pandin, Nagcarlan Underground Church, and Liliw Laguna.

Below is the itinerary (this is my first time blogging about my trip so pls pls pls forgive me if its not clear or something)...

Notes:
*I apologize that some of the amounts are estimates b'coz this is a late upload/blog and I can't remember the exact amounts...
*We brought some snacks with us for our lake pandin tour, cost not listed below...
*The amounts are per person basis