Balai Isabel, Batangas

Tons of places South are popping up, and being prepped-up as "Team Building" places. One new place is Balai Isabel, along Taal lake. You can reach it via Tagaytay, then the a la Baguio roads going to Talisay. Ot another way is along Batangas Star Tollway... I forgot the exit, but it says to Talisay in the exit sign.

The pool is clean,

...place good enough. Why just "enough?" It's because the Taal lake is definitely not swimmable any more.

But there's also a mini obstacle precisely built for team activities. A plus also is the unlimited kapeng barako, and the conference rooms, big for 40.

But most important, as always, the food...
We can say it's better than the fares dished out in some hotels (like Westin :-) )
Decent rooms at lean season can go as low as 2500.

By the way, we saw this congressman-type with a girl, sticking like post-it in his legs while eating. She's easily 20 years younger than he who we named Kulas. As a testament to our failure as photojournalists, we were able to take this picture:

Wait til I get me that telescopic lens...