Destination: Pangasinan Last Part

The next stop for the DasoLand tour was the cactuses. I never seen different types of cactuses that you can only find in one place. Then we proceed to the zoo.  Before entering, we had our shoe soles submerged in water to remove the mud.

The first area of the zoo was the aviary, followed by the reptile cage, where different types of snakes are confined, then, the stable. The horses here where mostly foreign and they will be used to rent out while within the premises. The zoo animals surely taken care of unlike some public zoos and there’s a veterinarian that comes on timely basis. 

Leaving the zoo, there’s a souvenir shop that looks like a typical structure in the Ifugao region and sells handicrafts. I also came across their chapel that has a non-traditional structure and was very open. They also have a boating facility also for renting boats. DasoLand is also a resort and lodging facility. After leaving DasoLand, we passed something what Pangasinan was named from: salt. We took a quick tour of the salt farm and saw different areas for the stages of making salt. 

Salt (sodium chloride) as I saw it was undergoing a process of solar evaporation in the field drained. After drained, it will be cleaned by fresh water and drain again and the salt is ready. Leaving Pangasinan, we parted ways after having a hearty dinner at Joseph and Jaemark’s  grill when we got back in Metro Manila.

Dinner at Joseph and Jaemark's. Courtesy of Mrs. Neneng Arceo

Destination: Pangasinan Part 7-DasoLand

Leaving Lingayen, we passed by a developing theme park/resort named DasoLand.  Owned and operated by Menardo Jimenez, Jr. It is not like a theme park you can compare with EK. 

After a delicious lunch provided by the staff, we started with the Santa Nativity Village, where you can walk the path and see the life-size scenes of the Nativity as it is chronologically arranged. After Nativity walk, we entered Santa’s House which is actually a Santa Clause museum where you can find mostly Santa Claus dolls and memorabilia from all shapes and sizes.

Our next part of the tour was the Butterfly Garden. We through a hall where there are preserved butterflies before going to the actual habitat. This was my first time to take picture of a butterfly up close.

Our next stop was an old-style house with antique furniture. Being here was like you’re on a set of a filming a movie set in 1800’s. We also see old devices or simple machinery from era when there was no technology yet but depends on muscle power drawn by cattle like carts. After the devices were the military vehicles from the Second World War. In my next blog post about Pangasinan, I will continue with the rest of the DasoLand tour.