Pensione Del Carmen Iloilo City

Left Trafalgar Cottages, Boracay at 8am and got to the Four Seasons in Iloilo at 3.30pm. Not bad for a trike to the port, a ferry, breakfast and a 150 km bus ride with all the hanging around waiting to leave. And what fun it is to have hot water and cable TV again. Watched WallE again last night just because I could. Irritating that the wifi at ...

Once again I was sad to leave a place I enjoyed so much but knew I had to move on. I read about a festival going on in the city of Iloilo called Dingyang which is very similar to Mardi Gras. When I arrived to the city after a 7 hour bus ride I had no clue where I was going to stay or how I was going to get there so I hitched a ride with a German...

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My name is Jasmin. I'm 19 (while writing this), from the Philippines.

I have always dreamt of traveling around the globe - meeting new people, learning new languages, and experiencing different cultures. Well, finally, I'll get the chance to at least get out of our country ...

The joys of RV-ing can be incomparably enjoyable or incomparably obnoxious if one does not prepare for it.

RV-ing, or traveling by campervans, is probably the old-new thing to pick up when going on long family vacations. With the economic recession going on, more families are opting long-term vacations that spen...

I asked yesterday at the tourist office what time the boat would go to Negros. I was told that it goes at 10:00. I also heard 09:00 from others so I went to the pier for 09:00. The boat to Negros goes from Bantayan town and it is over 10kms away from Santa Fe where I was staying. I took a small jeepney type vehicle there for 25 pesos. When I got...

In a futile attempt to learn from our mistakes, we wanted to secure some place to sleep during the Dinagyang festival. So, we called every hotel in Iloilo we could get the phone number for... Sadly, we are slow learners and by the time we called they were all fully booked, but such minor detail won't deter us! As long as there is a park bench i...

Jan 3rd, 2008 Well awoke nice and early, which seems to be the norm these days. After coffee and breaky Sherry and I went for a small walk. When we got back we started to create some questions for the interviews we were conducting at a local high school. Yep, you heard it right! Ray & Vi asked us if we would help with an interview of what was su...

Iloilo and Bacolod 12/12 - 19/12 After our couple days of rehab in Iloilo, we caught the one hour ferry to Bacolod on the nearby Visayan island of Negros. As there was a typhoon the day before and ferry services were suspended, our ferry was packed like a tin of sardines from the backload. Arriving into Bacolod was a hot, dusty and confusing nig...

Iloilo 08/12/2006 - 11/12/2006 Our 6 hour bus trip from Boracay, the bus naturally dropped us off somewhere off the map and not at all close to the center of town like we had expected but it's no longer an unexpected occurrence for us after China. We saw a couple of people grab cabs, perhaps the rain assisted their decision but we followed the h...

Iloilo holds a special place in my heart as it was there where my ancestors, who all hailed from Antique, have first settled for quite some time before striking their roots in Mindanao. A few relatives, however, like my father's younger sister, have opted to stay there, ready to play gracious hosts to any visiting kith and kin.

Bless...