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Simple Health Tips for Travelers

With extended family members enjoying the not-so crowded pool in Q.C.

With extended family members enjoying the not-so crowded pool in Q.C.

Travel is fun and enriches one’s life, but sometimes it also entails sickness which can spoil the fun. Some of the common ailments we know that travelers should protect themselves from are diarrhea and Gastrointestinal Virus. These diseases are acquired from ingesting contaminated food and water supply. You can protect yourself from this illnesses if you ensure that you only eat and drink from safe and known sources. You can observe this health tips at home or while you are traveling.

It will be summer in a few weeks and what better way to spend summer than a planned family getaway. Aside from food and water-borne illnesses, travelers should also watch out for skin diseases such as eczema. Just in case you go for a swim, make sure that you’ll only swim or wade in clean water to protect you skin from infection.

Enchanted Kingdom and Star City Tickets

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The big kids at home are wishing they have a longer Christmas vacation so we could use the following tickets for fun rides. My daughter has been very busy with completion of her thesis that’s why she doesn’t enjoy the school break. There’s so much to see at Enchanted Kingdom according to the kids who were able to visit the theme park during their field trip. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear flatwound string instruments at EK just like the ones we hear at Star City.

Our hotel experience

We arrived at Torre Venezia Suites around 8 p.m. because the taxi driver had difficult time locating the place. We could have reached the place in about 30 minutes but took us nearly an hour all because we were not able to provide the exact address. Poor taxi driver.

Image credit:  www.torreveneziasuites.com/

Image credit: www.torreveneziasuites.com

We were greeted by the pleasant receptionist at the hotel lobby. After a few minutes of signing a registration form, we went up to our respective rooms. The kids’ room is more spacious than ours. They had a working shower head (unlike in our room which we don’t bother to report since its just a brief stay).

beds for the kids

Genova (Junior Suite)

Shower area at Genova suites

Shower area at Genova suites

Currently watching TWD

Currently watching TWD

Roma (Panoramic Suite)

Roma (Panoramic Suite)

Magandang buhay, manager! :D

Magandang buhay, manager! 😀

The view from our room

The view from our room

The beds and cover were fine except that the room has a peculiar scent. It’s like no one has been billeted in our room for quite a while. But it’s okay. We had a cable tv (so happy that I was able to catch a rerun of my fave show) and wifi. And we had a good night’s sleep. That’s not bad at all.

Happy birthday, N!

Happy birthday, N!

We had a complimentary sumptuous breakfast at about 9 am the next day. The hotel restaurant is located on the 8th floor. Right after breakfast, the birthday cake was served. Those who were also dining at the time sang Happy Birthday to my daughter. She was surprised (though she looks serious here) and I hope that she’s happy with our birthday treat.

We returned to our room after breakfast and checked out an hour later. We missed the free use of swimming pool and gym because the people with me were not keen in any of those. So KJ.

I’m happy with the experience except for the tiny problem with the non-functioning shower head. 🙁 I would recommend the place and we hope to be able to visit it again.

You can check their location and services from the links in my post.