Tag: Side Trips (Places to Visit)
Why I love Kule Tourist Receiving Center (Guño Bong)
Kule Tourism Center (Guño Bong) was initially exclusively funded and built by the people of Sitio Kule themselves. Impressed by this bayanihan spirit, DOT 12, LGU Tboli and Tboli Tourism office “trained” the community how to accommodate tourists while preserving their Tboli culture and practices. Thus, Kule Guño Bong was born. So, here’s whyI love staying at Kule Guño Bong.
Tourisy Dumaguete City Exploration for the outdoor-ish guy
After gallivanting around Negros Oriental, I reserved one day for “exploring” Dumaguete City. Here’s what a one day tourisy tour of Dumaguete possibly achieve:
Discover Kalamansig’s off the beaten track Island beach destinations
Kalamansig has some of the most beautiful island beaches I’ve seen my entire island hopping life. Its well preserved, pristine marine fauna has yet to be discovered by many non local divers. Above all, Kalamansig is home to the most peace loving, humble and shyest people I’ve met in this part of the country. The rugged, quaint and unperturbed outdoors Kalamansig offers is one of the best on my bucket list of destinations.
Guisi Point Lighthouse and Spanish colonial outpost ruins
The Guisi Lighthouse is an 18th century Spanish-colonial lighthouse, the second oldest in the Philippines. Situated on top of a hill, it was built to guide mariners passing the Iloilo and Guimaras strait. The old lighthouse and spanish era outpost is already in ruins but a new lighthouse was built just beside it. The ruins of Spanish...
Guimaras | Reliving fun days at Taklong Islands in Nueva Valencia
dropcapMy/dropcap Panay islands trip is actually just a side trip to alma maters’s grand alumni homecoming celebrations. Thus, a trip to Taklong Islands in Nueva Valencia Guimaras, my alma matter’s marine reserve and home of UPV Bio Sci, is a fitting cap to this Panay travel. note note_color=”#fefec5″Taklong...