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Iloilo City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Iloilo City, Philippines
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Get me off this boat!
We got on the boat to Palawan at 630am on Saturday morning, to arrive at 11am on Sunday. There were only economy class tickets left when we got there, so got packed into an open deck with over 120 other people. Was soooo hot. Its was all open but we ...
Sabang Part 5: The Final Chapter
... mothers back home in the province falling suddenly and mysteriously ill were true, it would leave you to believe that the Philippines has a serious epidemic of sick moms. Perhaps a strange bug that seems to affect only mothers whose daughters dance ...
Another Shitty City
... . When I calmed down I reasoned that I went a bit over the top and that we wanted to visit somewhere off the beaten track (Philippines) so I have to accept it wont be as easy at times. Still it's incredibly annoying paying so much for these awful places, ...
Original Recipe Home
Extra Crispy Home alternates between the San's in California. Picture of one of the dogs. His name is Wanay. A little esoteric...hint..Family Guy Blue Harvest. Bruce the Performance Artist as Greedo.Pic with my cousins. Also one with Grandma downing her ...
ilo-ilo expedetion
... batchoy, the proud product of ilo-ilo. The taste was not that good. After several hours of conversation, just what you expect, we say goodbye to each other and I continue my adventure in several part of Philippines and around the world... ...
Sixteen (16) fireworks shows in one (1) night!
... of the tourist information center (T.I.). As a matter of fact, we always try to visit the T.I. where available, and in the Philippines they almost always prove to be very nice and extremely helpful (with an emphasis on the word "almost"). To make a ...
Waiting for this weeks ship!
Had to come back here to get a ship to Palawan. Not much else to say ...
Day 156- THE NICEST LADY IN THE WHOLE WORLD
... me. THANK YOU SO MUCH GLENDA for you hospitality and kindness. I will never forget the trip to the small town of Iloilo, Philippines. Now I fly to a small island of the coast of Cebu, Philippines for $20 to hopefully go scuba diving with ...
Iloilo City
I got off the boat from Boracay and hopped straight on a bus to Iloilo City. It took 5 hours over pretty bad roads but it was an enjoyable journey, I then got in a jeepney which are ex american jeeps transformed and made very colourful by the ...
Iloilo
... ; A jeepney is a large jeep and the original ones served as military vehicles for the U.S. during their time in the Philippines. After their departure, local entrepreneurs decided to pimp them up and pick-up paying customers. Typically a jeep ...
Just like a day trip
Had to stop here for 6 hrs or so en route to Palawan. Had some cheap food, looked around the 17th century fort and sat on the beach for a couple of hours. My travel mate met a filipina girl on the ferry. It was sickening to see. Like a love sick ...
Iloilo dejavu
... up camp in Iloilo (our good ol' faithful) and see out the rest of our 5 days in the Philippines. As a consolation, we remembered that near Iloilo was the small island of Guimaras that was known for its great mangoes and beaches so that sounded good ...
PST 2 Technical Training in Ilioilo (9/10-9/20)
... was also filled with the typical Filipino social gatherings of videokee and an all night bash at a really fun Reggae Bar in Iloilo City. The days were filled with getting our hands dirty and learning very important projects to take back to our ...
Typhoon
... good with the bad right, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. As for the past 3 days we are now in Illoilo a little city in Panay waiting until Monday at 7pm for the next ferry too Palawan, we are just trying to find stuff to do here walking ...
micky d's, kookoo for kookoo's
... habitrail with the 80's heavy metal muzak soundtrack. Another bus and another ferry lands us on the island of Panay. In Iloilo (ee-lo-ee-lo) City, like a couple of addicts who haven't scored a hit in awhile, we practically run to the internet cafe, ...
ENGLISH no tengo idea
... a lot to explore out there... Phillipinos are funny....not stupid like indians, but somehow unwilling to act... one example? Ok, i arrived in Iloilo at 6 pm...asked the jeepney driver 5 times if he goes to the city center. He always confirmed with a nod, ...
Iloilo city festival weekend
Yet more fiesta! This time in the city of Iloilo. More tribal dancing and yet more beer. How lucky am I? Not as mad as Kalibo, but still an incredible few days. I need some healthy living ...
Ello, Iloilo - Grey!
... , Christmas decorations and mobile phones, phoe accessories and downloadable ringtones. Tues 13th: Not all that sad to leave Iloilo we fly out via Cebu to Puerto Princessa, two flights offering entertainment with prizes, Bill having to restrain Sarah ...
scuba diving in the Philippines
... for playing chicken and simply having long open roads ended up just adding more confusion to the driving situation in the Philippines - which somewhat resembles a giant, chaotic anthill. Ok, the diving at Anilao was easily the best of my diving ...
visitation for volunter work
northern part of panay island near the famous island boracay. with more than a thousand population. you can imagine how the community in this area survive by being satisfied to their natural resources.fishing is the main livelihood of people ...
filipino ferries - the good and the bad
... my connecting flight, so I was left with limited options. Since money was a bit of an issue, I ended up taking a ferry from Iloilo to Puerto Princessa. This decision was more rewarding than I would have thought... When I bought my ticket, I paid for the ...
volunteer work at Passi City, Iloilo
... to Salngan,Passi City... a place located southern part of Roxas City, sugarcane enveloped the fields of this agricultural city..sugarcane milling contributes a lot to this places being an agricultural city..you can't see malls on this ...
Départ pour Roxas city
3h de bus pour atteindre Roxas,je commence mon voyage assis,faute de place,sur une chaise plastique dans le couloir ...
Horizontal Rain
... they get it wrong? I should have stuck to the local eateries but none were opened on Christmas Day. My next destination - Iloilo City. With the weather forecast that tropical storm Wukong will hit the Visayas tomorrow, I thought a bigger city would be ...
Soaked in Iloilo
... washed it down perfectly. I was wasiting for the rain to ease a little before crossing the street for a jeepney to SM City Iloilo when I met Lillian, a local salesgirl from Marymart Centre Shopping Mall. The jeepneys were always full so we met some of ...
Huge Huge Celebration
... called "kasadyang," There were a lot of local businesses (sponsors of the event, I suppose) that paraded around the city along with 6 separate tribes performing a dance routine. The procession itself was quite boring, but the performances ...
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