That's right, we had a mini roadtrip a few days ago. A few of us hopped into a van and drove up to Tagaytay. The City of Tagaytay is in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Only 55 kilometers (34.18 miles) away from Manila via Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, it is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Tagaytay City provides a good view of the Taal Volcano. The city is a popular summer tourist destination because of its cool climate due to its high altitude.
Taal Volcano is part of a chain of volcanoes along the western side of the island of Luzon, which were formed by the subduction of the Eurasian Plate underneath the Philippine Mobile Belt. Taal Lake lies within a 25–30 km caldera formed by four explosive eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. Each of these eruptions created extensive ignimbrite deposits, reaching as far away as where Manila stands today. There have been 33 recorded eruptions at Taal since 1572. A devastating eruption occurred in 1911, which claimed more than a thousand lives. The most recent period of activity lasted from 1965 to 1977.
One of the best lookout places for Taal Volcano is ... a Starbucks. So we drove there, sucked back an american-pinoy latte and then took these photos:
All of us sporting our american-pinoy Starbucks coffee cups!
Aimee and I posing with Taal Volcano in the background.
The countryside overlooking Taal Volcano. Notice the hundreds of fish farms along the water.
A closer look at Taal Volcano.
An even closer look at Taal Volcano.
For lunch we went to a famous local restaurant called Mushroom Burger. They grow their own varieties of mushrooms and make either meat/mushroom burgers to veggie /mushroom burgers. The restaurant doesn't look like much but the burgers are really good.I personally like how the "Mushroom Burger" logo is very reminiscent of a certain other fast food joint starting with "M"!
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