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One of the most heard summer spots in Pampanga is the Leo’s Leisure Park and I was able to have my first landing on the place last weekend with my teammates for our summer team building activity. It was also my first time to set my feet on Pampanga’s ground. Or maybe technically not because I’ve been to Shell Complex in NLEX a couple of times, but you know what I mean right? The place is approximately 15 mins travel from SM San Fernando.

What we found at Leo’s Park

Upon entering the place, the mini golf course welcomed us. There are also lambs and horses by the entrance. Apart from the golf course there also were obstacle courses perfect for little adventures or sports fest. At the far end of the farm is a zoo, but I cannot tell you what animals they have there. But I heard some birds tweeting, and ostriches shouting. There were also ducks by the lagoon. In the lagoon, you can do fishing, boating and rafting. I would not advise swimming though. Surrounding the lagoon are different kinds of trees and bamboos. There’s also a tree house at the lagoon side.

They also have 2 swimming pools. One of the pools is a regular pool, with a depth of 4 ft, and area of approximately 80 – 100 sq m. It has a mini falls on the other end, elephant statues at one corner, and a hut at the center where you can rest if you are tired of the suns heat.

The other pool is supposed to be the ‘Batis Pool’, which I assume should have continuous flowing spring water. However, it’s not setup when we get there.

Leo’s Leisure Park also has rooms you can rent. They also have villas at the far end but I missed to check. Apart from rooms, they also have open function rooms where you can spend time for some videoke moments. If you plan to make some barbecues, they have grills available.

How to get there

Warning: I’m not familiar with road names so I’m just going to provide the exact location for now until I have the directions.

Leo’s Leisure Park
Km 79 McArthur Highway, Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga

In My Opinion

The experience I had of the place is far from what I expected. I think the management missed to properly maintain the place.

• First, the ‘Batis Pool’ is not a pool anymore. It is now populated with frogs and tadpoles.
• Second, the swimming pool is not clean. There are stuck mud on the floor. In all pools I have been to, I can open my eyes under water. In this pool, I can but I feel sands when I blink.
• Third, the water in the bathroom is too weak. And if somebody turns on another faucet, the water in the bathroom becomes just like falling teardrops.
• Fourth, they should fix every single cottage in the place.
• Fifth, the place is promising but lacks proper maintenance. I’ve said that. They should work on beautifying the place because the wonder it once have is now gone. They should work on bringing it back. Put every pieces back together, please.
• Sixth, they should have their own videoke machines that every visitor can use. What happens currently is they rent machines on third party for visitors, and then visitors own the machine ‘privately’ for a period of time they are there. Other visitors who want to sing could not use the machine and can’t do anything but listen. In short, I want to sing too.
• Seventh, staff/personnel are accommodating. They are the best assets they have there. Hats off to them. At least they should have proper maintenance of those assets.

DISCLAIMER: All opinions above are solely based on the experience I had when I was there.

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Team Experience

I’m afraid I will run out of words if I try to describe it. But let me try. Wonderful, fun, amazing, I got new found friends, perfect, what else?

I mean, forget Leo’s Park. Forget the place. I have the team around and that’s enough. Wait, erase that. I have the team around, but it’s not complete. Two of my teammates were missing. One wasn’t able to come because she’s not in good condition. The fact that she’s one of the most excited for the event, she is now the most deprived and frustrated . Well, health is a non-negotiable factor and it’s still best that she chose to rest herself and feel better.

But how about this? Another teammate who specifically volunteered himself to organize the event, helped us get to the place, and then left us right after for a personal side trip that caused us missed most of the activities listed on the itinerary. How about that? Well, nevermind the activities, what we really missed was the fun he should have brought us if he was only there. In short, we missed him. Forget all this drama. He came back actually .

Despite the absence of the event organizer, the team still managed to enjoy the time and place together. We had several activities not on the itinerary and then realized that it’s our new itinerary. We had boat race, mini swimming relay and rafting adventure. However, we still cannot proceed with our group presentations because of the missing man.

While having dinner, like I said, the missing man came and proceed with the presentations right after dinner. Actually, he’s my partner and we started to delight the eyes of our spectators with our magic card show. That’s another first experience for me – To perform as a magician.

After the presentation, we had a session like open forum/recollection/retreat we all did back in college. Something like that, but all are work/profession related. Not!

Of course there’s someone who shared his personal life to the group, what runs through his family, etc. His story was long, but it all goes down to his main agenda. Finding the right ‘ninang’ for the wedding. And that man is actually the happiest man at that moment, when morning came, and when we got off the place. I’m sure he’s happy until now.

All in all, it’s one of the most fun and successful team buildings I have been. And I can’t wait to have another one with them.

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I posted an option on going to Anilao Batangas before, and I want to share some tips from a fellow Batangenyo blogger Macuha.com, on how to make that option hassle free. He pointed few tips from time of travel to gas prices that are really worth checking out.

Few tips to add:

• Take Tagaytay route
• Perform Car inspections
• Drive safe

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Our 4-day long vacation in Cebu is about to end today, well, actually ended but we’re still in Cebu airport, stranded. We missed to check-in on time, and we had to avail tickets for the next flight. It’s an experience, not too good, but I guess it should be part of it. You know, “you won’t learn to ride a bike until you fall”.

We are on the 5:20PM flight to Manila via PAL, so we have plenty of time to waste in this lounge.

I’d like to summarize our vacation all in all, but not now. Probably on my next post, I’m gonna gather all the words I need, plus the pictures I took.

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Happy Valentines Day!

The weather since we arrived in Cebu hasn’t changed. It’s rainy, heard a news that there’s gonna be signal no.1 typhoon but we’re going with our agenda. We’re currently preparing for our trip to Bohol, the ferry leaves at 8:30AM so we have to be there by 7:30 to avoid any unexpected circumstance.

By the way, our exploration of the city hasn’t started yet. We just enjoyed our stay at the Crown Regency Fuente Cebu, and comforted ourselves on their bed and indulged in Lechon Cebu and Adobong Pusit.

Today is Valentines Day, so happy valentine to all of you. I am expecting a package from Island Rose and since we’re out today, I informed the desk to receive the package for me and I will check back when we return. Honey doesn’t know anything about this. Do you think she’ll be surprised? I hope so.

By for now, we’re running late. See you again. Have a nice Valentines Day.

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Arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 passed 7AM for a 10:30 flight via Cebu Pacific. Glad we’re early, we avoided many hassles. Traffic, check-in delays, etc. We had quick breakfast at The Delifrance Cafe inside the terminal while waiting. We also had some photo shoot and some fun.

Like we anticipate, our flight was delayed. Good thing we’re booked at an early schedule, we had enough time and we’re not delayed for hotel check-in.

We arrived at the Mactan Airport at 12 NN, got a cab and went straight to Crown Regency Hotel in Cebu City.

We comfort ourselves in a Deluxe Room for a while at 3PM, that’s right now, we’re having our lunch at Mr. Grill restaurant located at the 21st floor of the hotel.

I’ll be back for more updates and probably photos of the trip.

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