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Surfing is my absolute favorite thing in the world. I can remember the days when I lived in San Diego and the beach was just 5 short minutes away. In Manila though, you’d have to drive hours out of the city just to get some good surf. Fortunately, you can just come to Club Manila East water park, Philippines instead to fill your surfing needs.

The Club Manila East water park is no more than a 45 minute drive away from Manila!

It’s a cool water park with enough fun pools to keep you entertained. They have multiple wave pools for surfing and swimming, along with a kayaking pool, a giant slide, a lap pool, a shaded pool, a cliff diving pool and my all time favorite: the kiddie pool!

Only one wave pool was operational when I went there since it was a weekday on their non-peak season. It was a great pool for beginners who are just learning the basics of surfing. I wouldn’t really recommend it to professionals who already have their sea-legs cut out and who love the feel of nature. Either way, it was great to get on a board again! Again, this I believe would be perfect for newbies who have never tried surfing before.

The surf instructors were really cool too! They were very patient and fun to hang with. Plus, the surfing coaches did some cool tricks for us to check out!

They also have a “Giant Slide” at Club Manila East. I couldn’t quite get my speed going and didn’t really get to go on a full ride down the slide, but my siblings somehow found a way to do so. There’s only one slide here so hopefully you can figure out how to ride it the right way. Supposedly, you should only let your shoulder blades and your feet touch the slide as you slide down… I guess my ass was too big and fat so it was giving me too much friction to be able to get any speed going…

Another one of the cool attractions at Club Manila East water park includes the Cliff Diving Pool! There was a ledge you could jump off of that was 20 feet high and there’s an even higher wall you could climb up on that takes you up to a 27 foot dive. Having cliff dived in Ariel’s Point Boracay on the 45 foot jump, I thought this would be a piece of cake… but standing there at the edge of the plank is still different and scary every single time!

This is a cool place to get your first jump in though as it’s a very controlled environment in case you’re afraid of the actual cliffs and the deep blue sea. I really recommend you try this, even if you’re scared. The feeling of actually overcoming this fear of mine really registered on my “accomplishment” meter!

Oh and the video we took showed someone doing the “Eagle Swan Dive” that was made popular by Marc Nelson and coined here first! Do check out that other video and also the FAIL belly flops of my friends from the first time I tried cliff diving.

http://www.wheninmanila.com/cliff-diving-at-ariels-point-in-boracay/

http://www.wheninmanila.com/how-not-to-cliff-dive-and-falling-in-gay-love-with-marc-nelson/

Anywayz, When In Manila, do drive out a short while to get to the Club Manila East water park in Taytay Rizal. It’s a cool place to cool off from the crazy weather in the Philippines. Do make sure to get some surfing classes and to try the Cliff Dive to maximize your time at Club Manila East water park.

Club Manila East water park

Km. 24 Manila East Road Taytay, Rizal 1920

Phone: 284-4740 to 41 / 284-4754 or 58 / 284-4768 to 69 / 660-2801 to 02

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