(Where is main course’s picture?)

One legend relates a father and son while hunting down a wild boar when the animal they were chasing turned and attacked them. As the boar attacked the father, the son threw in a jungle knife and repeatedly shouted “Taga” (jungle knife) “Itay!” (father). The boy’s cry echoed throughout the ridge’s valley. It was said that the cry was heard by the Spanish conquistadores who were camping out in the area, thus naming the place where the shouts came from “Taga-ytay.” [from traveleronfoot.wordpress.com]

A little surprise the tour consisted of my colleague and me only. It is found from Alejandrino (Andrew, tour guide) these days not much tourist for such tour. I never realized Jackfruit was such a big thing. We changed Jeepney at Tagaytay hillside and reached the first stop People’s Park In The Sky (unfinished palace from former president Marcos).

Then we had lunch at Dencio’s restaurant with nice Tagaytay view. After visiting a Jeepney factory we came to the end of journey - Bamboo Organ Church. What I got was a Bamboo Organ Festival CD; King Flute (it recalls my memory being a member in Chinese flute team); and an invitation to Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas performance show in Hong Kong Dec 08. Not bad.

Catch in mind are the statistic numbers: 29th Olympics; 203 countries; 91,000 audience; 1.3 billion population; 4 billion were expected watching worldwide; 40 billion yen investment…

The desert around 15:30 was Panna Cotta with caramel sauce, an Italian dessert made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set.

Bread: Berlin Doughnuts, Blueberry Danish, Breakfast Muffins, Brown Bread, Ensaïmada, Farmers Bread, Hard Rolls, Mutligrain Bread, Pancake, Pandesa, Peach Danish, Plain Croissant, Sourdough Bread, Wafer, White Bread

Cereal: Banana Flakes, Bran Flakes, Corn Crunch, Corn Flakes, Muesli, Rice Crispies

Cheese: Brie, Cheddar, Cottage Cheese, Emmentaler, Gouda, Tilsiter

Dessert: Almond-Lychee Mousse, Chocolate Chip Pudding, Chocolate Crème Brulee, Fruit Tartlets, Halo Halo, Mini Cheesecake, Papaya Pannacotta, Raspberry Mousse, Vanilla Crème Brulee

Fruit: Avocado, Cantaloupe, Cinnamon, Grape, Guava, Honeydew, Jackfruit, Longgan, Plum, Pomelo

Jam: Butter, Chocolate Sauce, Guava Jam, Mango Jam, Maple Syrup, Pineapple Jam, Raspberry Marmalade 

Others: Atchara, Beef Tapa, Chicken Longganiza, Cuttlefish, Daing Na Bangus, Dijon Mustard, Grilled Vegetables, Hash Brown, Ketchup, Lapu Lapu Fillet, Mushroom Quiche, Pancit Canton, Pork Longganiza, Soya Vinegar

P.S. Lunch was taken at Binalot (Binalot is just that classic Filipino fare wrapped in banana leaves in traditional local fashion). I’ve taken Fiesta Adobo: rice with chicken and pork.

P.S. I’ve had longsilog as lunch -> longganisa (Philippine sausage), fried rice and egg.

My family will come later in the trip. It was a shock when finding my daughter’s passport has expired a year before! With immediate actions applying the travel document, we should be able to get it just before departure! It is by chance we can discover this fault within 10 working days before departure.

We intend to believe this is my daughter’s fortune more than anything else.

Note: “… department pledges to complete the process of an application in 10 working days after receiving all necessary documents.” means delivery can only happen at the 11th day.