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Isla Naburot: A Foodie’s Haven
As shared in my previous post, our dining experience in Isla Naburot was so satisfying it requires a separate post. Isla Naburot’s room rate is at Php 12,000 per night and inclusive of 3 meals. It’s expensive, yes, but the experience is definitely worth splurging on and the food is so good it in itself…
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Guimaras: Sights and Sites from our 2-day Tour
Aside from visiting Guimaras’ Trappist monastery/abbey, Guisi Lighthouse and Guisi Beach, Holy Family Hills, and Neptune Pittman’s Garden and taking part in its Manggahan Festival, we also saw these sites and sights on our Visit to Guimaras, the mango capital of the Philippines. Navalas Church This was built in 1880 and the oldest existing Roman…
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Guimaras: Manggahan Festival
Guimaras is best known for its mangoes so it’s only right that they have Manggahan Festival (Mangga is their dialect for mango), which they celebrate in thanksgiving for the year’s harvest and blessings. We were lucky that when we visited Guimaras in the summer of 2014, it’s celebrating this week-long festival (the highlight is a…
Thoughts, Tales, and Whatnot 