The City of San Pablo is also known as the City of Seven Lakes because of its seven natural crater lakes. The seven lakes are Sampalok, Bunot, Palakpakin, Kalibato, Pandin, Yambo and Mohikap. Now, there is another lake in San Pablo City and it is located inside the famous Villa Escudero.

Rafting at Lawa ng Labasin. Photo from VillaEscudero.com

I’ve been to Villa Escudero only once and that was a very long time ago but it seems that very little has changed since I was there. They still have the carabao ride while being serenaded by folk singers, the meseum tour, the man-made waterfall, the pools and of course their own little lake called Lawa ng Labasin. [...continue reading Lawa ng Labasin]

We have seven crater lakes in San Pablo City and each one of them has their own story or legend on how they came to be. I’ve always wanted to feature each of the lake’s legend in its complete form but I couldn’t seem to find any of it online.

Anyway, today I came across a summary of Sampalok Lake’s Legend at Traveler on Foot and then after doing some Googling I discovered the rest of the legends at Seven Lakes (San Pablo City) International website. [...continue reading Legend Of The Seven Lakes]

Typhoon Frank passed over San Pablo City yesterday with strong winds and somewhat heavy rain. As always, power went out and it stayed out until this afternoon. Typhoon Frank was not as strong as Typhoon Milenyo but it still left its mark in San Pablo City.

Inquirer.net reported that around 390 families were evacuated and 40 houses were destroyed (read full story).