Attraversiamo 2012: 7th Leg - Destination Cuenca

Post-edited photo from Jem.

When we first came to Cuenca, we did nothing but take a U-turn. (See this link for the story.) 

Who would have thought we'd come back? 

Cuenca isn't part of the plan. The plan was to just to give me a send-off breakfast before I leave for a short business trip.  The plan was to go to Tagaytay, catch the sun and enjoy a warm breakfast in a cold weather.
 But with friends equally adventurous as I am, "plans" are actually just Plan B. We are more expectant of what and where our ride will bring us.

In our search of where to eat breakfast, we stopped by this famous overlooking strip in  Tagaytay  and welcomed the sun.

 

After a few minutes, a friend invited us to drop by their place in Cuenca for some home cooked brunch. Who could refuse that tempting offer, so we went. And along the way, we stopped at Fantasy Land in Lemery Batangas for some photos.

When we got to Jelaine's house, we were stunned by this mouth watering Pinoy homemade lunch she and her family prepared for us! We were hungry unstoppable!

To thank Jelaine's mom and her family for filling in our empty tummies, we took this photo.

With Nellie who took this photo for us.

We were in a hurry to go back to Manila trying to get ahead of the traffic coding. We gassed up. Just when we thought we are way ahead of time, our car stopped in the middle of a busy road. Ten couldn't figure out what went wrong at the beginning, until a stranger helped us find out why. The gas boy pumped unleaded gas instead of diesel. It didn't take long before we discovered the mess it created.

It took us four long hours to fix it - under the heat of the sun, stress and heated arguments with the gas station owners and staff.

We finally gave up the hope of being able to get ahead of the coding rule and embraced our very interesting fate. We took a walk in the clouds as we went home, stopped by a shopping area for some great finds and had dinner on our way.

Post-edited photo from Jem.

We went to Cuenca the first time and came back thinking there is nothing happening in it. This second trip proved that a trip and/or a destination can come in different stories. I was swept away by the adventures this trip unfolded for all of us.

Looks like some encounters need a second chance to reveal what they concealed the first time.