Summer is a period that a person spends away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel. -Merriam-Webster Dictionary

It's summer time again! And for this summer, we decided to visit my mom's hometown which is Pudtol, Payao.

Since we rarely visit our province, We want to make the most out of it so we decidedto drop by tourist places we'll be passing by.

The first place we went is The Baluarte. It is owned by Luis "Chavit" Singson. It's in one of the top tourist attractions in Vigan.

Here you can find a zoo, a resort, a landscaped garden, a butterfly garden, a chapel and a lot more. Imagine how big this area is?

Since we don't have that much time because our relatives are already waiting for us, we only visited the mini zoo where you can find the private collections of Mr. Singson. Take note guys this is for free. Yeeey!

 

You can ride horses, feed birds, take a picture with a snake or with a parrot just like the picture above! We didn't roam around that much because it's 12noon and we don't wanna get toasted before we went to the beach. hahahaha. But seriously speaking, it's really hot and we weren't able to bring an umbrella. The place is really big, the animals aren't that close to each other so you need to travel by foot or ride a car that they've provided (I really don't know how it's called).

So my only tip for you guys is bring an umbrella, a handkerchief, a fan and ofcourse water to keep you hydrated.