Pinay Travels

Iliganon ka?  Bring home a friend. Even if you are not -- you are still welcome to bring a friend.  We  would love to see you witness and enjoy the colorful Diyande Festival with us.  September is the thanksgiving month in honor  of Iligan Saint Patron, St. Michael  This year's fiesta slogan is SIDLAK ILIGAN. Personally, the slogan speaks so much being an Iliganon.  Sidlak means SHINE so I feel that it is now a high time for Iliganons to shine.  I know they've been shining in the past years, but this year is going to be different.   This year will be a much brighter shine for the city.    This is also going be a different year for me.  I was born in this City of Many Waterfalls but I can say that I am a stranger to my own hometown.  My family have our permanent residence here but in my 39 years, I had 6 or 7 residences during my schooling years and working years in other places.  I came back in 2005 without a thought that I would permanently stay.  But beginning last year, I s...

I never thought that this "toy shells" to me is food to the locals.  Honestly, I really dunno how to eat shells and I don't ever had an idea what it tastes like.  That is why when I saw this plateful of shells, I asked the owner who was axing coconuts, if I can have some shells for my collection.  And he said, they are still filled and it is going to be their viand that morning.   That explains why it is placed in a plate.  I was taken by surprise but laugh it out later.  My friends teased me for being so ignorant that shells like these are food.  When it's empty, that's the time it can become a toy. This food was taken in one of the barrio in Cabilao Island, Loon, Bohol during our trip in April 2008. An entry for:

This post is a next part to my post, Triangle Post: Iligan City's Military Camp . It is not my first time to come into the campus of NPC's Nature Park.  The last time last February and we went in to see the Maria Cristina Falls only.  But for now, if you visit Iligan City and decided to visit this Nature Park then that is a Plus 1 because of the Maria Cristina Falls. The Nature is our second itinerary last August 7.  The park is situated inside the compound of the Agus 7.    To get in, one must register at the gate and pay the corresponding fee if you belong to the category you can see in the photo.  Effective July last year, everyone who comes in register and pays.  But those who comes in for business transaction like suppliers, then they are exempted of the fee.  The park is open 7 days a week from 9 am until 4 pm. The place is really not far from my place, but long time back (am an Iliganon) it is not easy to visit the compound anytime.  A group can come in if you an approv...

  A mixed vegetables serving, Chinese style but ordered in a Thai restaurant located in one of the corners in Sukhumvit, Bangkok in Thailand. An entry for:

The Armor Country. So many APCs there and I wish we could bring one home.   Eye Catching stuff at the Friendship Corner Some flowers And the dogs!

The Iligan Bloggers Society members had a once-in-a blue moon experience when they went out on a Familiarization Tour called the Tourism Triangle last Sunday, August 2011. The group left Jollibee Aguinaldo branch on time at 8:00 AM and the first stop was at the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade Light Armor Division of the Philippine Army situated in Barangay Maria Cristina of this city.   Just like most of us in the11-heads group, it was my first time to visit a military camp.  That is why I felt so lucky to be part of the group. ~~The US just before the take off ~~ Funny me, I had some expectations on the outward appearance of the campus maybe because i watched too much movies with war stories.  I was expecting a very lustrous green landscaped lawn and beautiful buildings.  I don't mean that they have shabby homes or buildings but thinking that it is a military camp, an army camp, a protectors camp, I just expect that they deserve better than what i saw.  Anyway, this thought is jus...

  The sight that is worth the scare ^^ I braved the heights through a cable car.  The cable car does not look scary but when we were out in midair with wide open space below, i panicked for a moment.  Good thing the car is not capable of swaying when someone moves, so my panic mode was controlled.  I just took a deep breath and did not move my head to the left nor to the right.  I only move my left hand to take photos (on objects that i did not see nor placed focus).  I knew where was the direction of the falls so i just let the camera face there and click.  So the posted photos are the result. The falls is 90 ft high and looks different when viewed from below and you look up.  This angle is above the falls at a distance and it can let you appreciate the beauty of the falls more. Mimbalot Falls is just a add on sight to be seen when you visit Paradise Resort in Barangay Buru-un.  (more posts of places visited during this trip will be posted in the coming days)  Am off to sleep now....

Here's a bowl of vegetables soup (plain boiled vegetables) a nice break from meat and fish foods especially if you eat meat almost everyday during the holidays.  So when we had this soup one evening at La Estrella Beach Resort in Cabilao Island, Loon, Bohol, it was heavenly yummy.  There is no mixture of meat nor fish strips whatsoever but just a plain combination of fresh vegetables - squash, okra, string beans, patola, and alogbati.  Made by one of the restaurant's cook. Most locals in this part of the Island of the Philippines always love to eat plain boiled vegetables paired with grilled fish. ^^ An entry for: