Saturday, 23 May 2009
After making several stops to catch some awesome views along the hillsides in Barrio Barreto, we headed straight to Waterfront Road at the Subic Bay Freeport to check in and confirm our reservation at Herbie’s Mansion, where we would be staying for the night.Some ten minutes from the SBFZ gate at Kalaklan, we finally arrived at the place, a nice simple two storey lodge a short walk away from the bay. Herbie’s offers standard rooms with either a queen bed or two single beds that are good enough for two adults plus a small child.
They also have slightly bigger family rooms that can accommodate at most up to five persons. Herbie’s also features a small al frésco café bar and parking space for guests.
Nothing really fancy here, though the lodge and its surroundings are quite clean and looks well maintained. The bayside location is probably its main attraction, being close as well to the central business district where the duty-free shops are.
With a standard room rate of Php1,900 per night, it is one of the least expensive in the waterfront area, though there are cheaper accommodations elsewhere in the freeport.
The room rate includes breakfast for two, but don’t expect a buffet, as the breakfast is more like tapsilog servings, with a choice of either fried tapa (local beef), longganisa (native sausage) or bangus (milkfish), served with sinangag (fried garlic rice), egg and coffee.
Guests can also arrange to have meals of their choice cooked in the lodge’s kitchen, a cost-effective alternative especially for larger groups.
T’was already 10:45 a.m. when we got to Herbie’s. So after dropping our stuff and freshening up a bit, off we left for our next stop which would be at one of the freeport’s most visited destinations, the Zoobic Safari.
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