This is where we had the DOT-PCVC Planning Session for Greet Program last June 4-6, 2009. It used to be an open pagoda of the Mountain Woods Resort Hotel in Subic which they later enclosed as a function room.
It was very rainy that weekend. No tropical cyclone though, just monsoon rains. But I enjoyed it immensely. Very conducive.
The hotel used to serve as quarters for U.S. Navy personnel. It was refurbished and converted into a small hotel then. The rooms were okay. So was the comfort room. The view was that of Subic's natural rainforest below. One could get a glimpse of the bay somewhere in the horizon.
Mountain Woods is on the periphery of SBMA so it is about 5-10 mins drive from Subic proper where the happenings are. However, driving to the hotel gave us this feeling that we were not in the Philippines because the housing area which we passed by looked more like it was in the States. No fences, American architecture, wide front lawns, clear sidewalks, etc. Some homes had "For Rent" signs with corresponding contact nos. so it gave me some ideas -- or it left me dreaming or wishing to be here with my family ... living amidst the green surroundings of nature preserved -- the American way.
