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Masskara Festival is one of the most anticipated festivals in the country. Like snatching a seat sale from airlines, booking a place to stay in Bacolod City for the event is also a real challenge. That was years ago when the only options you have are the fancy or standard hotels along Lacson Street. Availing…
City of smiles, a branding that permanently marked Bacolod City, Negros Occidental on the Philippine tourism map. Colorful masks, known as maskara, is one of the reasons behind that tagline. This also led to the birth of the annual Masskara Festival. Like some of the famous festivals in the country, Bacolod’s annual celebration has also its own history….
We searched for the house that we usually see on the internet, but couldn’t locate it. We asked random folks we met on the streets of Silay City where to find the most visited ancestral house in the city. After making some left and right turns, I got a glimpse of the familiar structure a…
This trip was originally scheduled for 9 straight days from the province of Iloilo going south to Siquijor. Since I am a corporate slave and I needed to report on work, the planned leaves weren’t approved and ended up booking a Bacolod-Manila seat sale midway of the intended trip. I left home on a rainy…
When I visited Vigan a year ago, I wasn’t that wowed by the ancestral houses flanked on Calle Crisologo maybe because I grew up having my grandma’s house just adjacent to our home. However, a different feeling tickled me when I had a short walking tour around the streets of Silay City where heritage houses…
I really planned to check Dizon Ramos Museum after I read about it somewhere online but I had a hard time asking directions on how to get there. When I was having my Bacolod City tour and on my way to the cemetery in an intersection, the jeepney stopped to load passengers. Since I was…
Bacolod City is the capital of Negros Occidental and the home of the famous Masskara Festival being held during the month of October. The Sugar City of the Philippines has a total land area of 156.1 kilometers and I was really enthusiastic to discover every attraction the city offers. Right after I reached Bacolod Real…
Negros Occidental is the 9th largest (out of 80) province in terms of land area and 7th (as of 2010 census) in population. The province is known as the Philippines’ Sugarbowl. The hub of the provincial government sits in the city of Bacolod with the provincial building located in the Capitol Park and Lagoon. The…
Since I got to discover the different food offerings of Bacolod City, I needed to burn the calories. One suggestion which is a must on everyone’s list in going to Negros Occidental is by communing with nature in Mambukal Resort known for the seven waterfalls. Early morning on my second day, I made my way…
My last day in Negros Occidental was scheduled for a walking tour around the City of Silay, Negros Occidental known to be the Paris of the Philippines. I was fortunate to visit Silay City together with the famous bloggers behind Out of Town Blog and The Pinay Solo Backpacker, Melo and Gael, respectively. I met…