CaliRana Ride: Scooting by Lake Caliraya!
April 14, 2008Yesterday, I got an early morning text from my mom & dad saying that our lake shore resort — CaliRana — in Lake Caliraya is part of the “10 Awesome Family Destinations“ list as featured in Sunday Inquirer Magazine. The piece was written by the guy behind popular travel blog: One Awesome Planet (thanks, Anton!).
That reminded me to tick off one item in my looong list of To-Dos: blog about the CaliRana Ride we had last February with my Vespa buddies. We weren’t the first group of riders to get there though. My brother’s mates in Xplorer Philippines had been there twice before (see their club gallery: March 2007 | Nov 2007).
Here are some pics from that weekend trip with the Vespa boys.
At the CaliRana parking lot. My wife has always been fascinated with the way riders park the bikes/scoots in line and facing just one side. She once asked me if we talk about the way were suppose to park every single time and I told her no since we just follow how the first guy parked. The reason why the scoots face the same side is because that’s the way to lock the handlebar.
Here’s the view from the parking lot. Lake Caliraya is actually a man-made lake built by American engineers in the 40s. The water is pumped-up from Laguna de Bay to this mountain reservoir to generate hydro-electic power in the area.
a 30-minute boat ride form the parking lot to the resort site. Special mention to the guy in white — Adrian aka Rastaman — our Ride Director in Vespa Club of the Philippines. All the pictures in this post were taken by him so you wont see his face in the other images. 
Fathers & Sons: the short out-of-town ride also served as bonding time with two dads who brought along their kids (from left: Jun & Kit; Zaldy & Zian).
The Vespa Club boys posed for this souvenir shot by the resort’s entrance. And two Angono boys…
… they were by the lake ready to jetski 
Seriously, the Angono boys were busy at work soon as we arrived. Jun — designated Iron Butt+Iron Chef of Vespinoy community — was busy preparing our lunch.
While Totong was outddoors grilling fresh squids… or was he trying to kiss them? hehehe
The little boys naturally bonded and dunked in the pool practically the whole afternoon.
And that’s not where they swam. That’s the view of the fish pond from behind the main pavilion.
PARTING SHOT: Photo of the daytrippers texting as soon as they got in the boat as they headed back to Manila. Adrian dubbed this shot: “TAKUSA.” Go figure! 
hahaha!
- More photos from the ride posted here.
- For more info about CaliRana, visit www.calirana.com.
And how did my dad came up with the resort’s name?
Caliraya + Rana = CaliRana
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Bro been there once..masarap talaga!!!
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Hey ikabon! Glad you enjoyed your stay as well.
congrats to calirana! failed to watch your interview at stoplight TV regarding your north loop ride… im sure you have a taped copy
My buddies in Xphils will be going back to Calirana by May… this time around magbabayad na kami.
brother: here’s the YouTube link of last Sunday’s episode of Stoplight.TV where our North Luzon Loop was featured: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7zboCi2aE0k
May bayad na pag-balik nyo sa CaliRana? No more freebies sa mga “COO” & associates? tsk…tsk…tsk… Malamang pati kami rin next time if ever. hehehehe
way to go calirana! we are looking forward for another calirana experience this may.
all the best!
bos john congrats! pa cheeze burger ka naman!
cheeze burger! cheeze burger!
maganda talaga sa CaliRana… congrats!
thanks, arco & mario!
Jon: dapat tatay ko mapa-cheeze burger; sya may ari ng resort eh.
… deve essere stata una bella avventura, soprattutto in Vespa!!
Leggo spesso il tuo blog, lo trovo molto interessante.
Saluti da Roma.
Cosimo.
Grazie, Mizzi!
hey bro its confirmed! I will going to Italy by June… now, getting that Visa on time is another story
Ayos! Bro may mga ipapabili ako syo ha. MADAMI! hehehe
Pictures look great! I never knew about this place till now. Don’t you just love the internet
Kelan ba kami makakapag-bass fishing dyan? Hehe
miss ko na calirana! punta tayo this may! hehehe
karl, fishing na!
Karl & Bong! Good idea yan. Di pa rin ako nakapag-fishing sa CaliRana eh. hehehe
Medyo loaded lang sked namin ni Benz for May. Pagusapan natin bukas pag bike natin. Kitakits!
you’ve been to caliraya. one of my fave getaways
Hey John,
Yeah, read about CaliRana in Anton’s article. Congrats to your family! I finally get to see photos of it here… not just the ad in WP/BYP haha. Nice!
bert,
musta??? hows ate chi en kids! member ka pala ng vespa boys..regards