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Second Trip to Iloilo – Travel by Ship

By on August 22, 2011
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On my second trip to IloIlo, we did not take the plane. We took a ship. It was cheaper than if you took the plane, around 700 pesos one way. But the travel is more than 12 hours long. There were three of us, actually four because we met someone we knew in the ship. He was also going to Iloilo. We left Cebu on a Thursday evening at 7:00 PM and arrived at Iloilo Friday at almost 8:00 am.

Sunrise in taken by ship bound to Iloilo

A view of the sunrise from the deck of the ship going to IloIlo

We had our dinner at the ship as the ship has a very nice lounge/restaurant. The food is a little bit expensive but it is good. During the night, I barely slept. I guess I was anxious because it was my very first time to travel via big ship. Don’t get me wrong, I am not the seasick type of person. I am used to travelling by Fast craft. But they only take 1-2 hours to get to the destination I need to go to, like Cebu-Tagbilaran or Manila-Bataan. So, yes I was anxious. Excited and nervous to take the long travel by sea to Iloilo. The night was very dark and I can see lightning from far away, lighting the sky. It was both exciting and scary. You do not know what could happen in the middle of the night while you are in the middle of the sea.  But it was a good experience for me. It is nice to see the sunrise on the horizon while travelling by ship so I took some pictures of the sunrise. For me, It is a very beautiful sight to behold.

 

As I have said earlier, we arrived in IloIlo at around 8:00 am and our host picked us up at the pier and took us to their house. We spent 4 days in IloIlo, but that would be another story to tell. I’ll tell you about it on my next post.

First Trip To Iloilo – Boracay, Butterscotch, Biscocho

By on August 5, 2011
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Robinsons Place Iloilo entrance

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I have been to Iloilo twice already, well,  three times if you count the first time I went to Boracay. But during that time we did not go to Iloilo proper so I’m not going to count that as a full-pledged visit :-)

Pasalubong (Butterscotch, Biscocho and Piyaya)

Anyway, the first time I went to IloIlo, I took the plane and I only stayed there for a couple of days. Not very exciting so not much to tell except that during that time, we went to Robinsons where a Pasalubong Center is located and bought lots of pasalubong (presents) there. We bought Biscocho, Butterscotch and Piyaya all branded Bong Bong’s and lots of other candies and pastilles that can be found there. Actually, as far as pasalubong is concerned, the first three food I have mentioned is native to Iloilo. Iloilo is famous for butterscoth the most. Whenever I think of Iloilo, my mouth starts to water for their butterscotch. Yes, that is how much I like butterscotch.

La Paz Batchoy

After buying pasalubong, we went to the original La Paz Batchoy restaurant. La Paz Batchoy is one of the foods which Ilo Ilo is famous for. La Paz Batchoy is a noodle soup that has chicharon and egg as toppings. You should try it when you go to Iloilo.

After shopping for  pasalubong and eating La Paz Batchoy, our group went to look for a Karaoke Bar. Sad to say, we walked a long distance and yet we did not find any Karaoke Bar with a private singing room. I do not think, Karaoke bars are common in IloIlo. However, we found a Karaoke bar where, if you would sing a song in the Karaoke, all customers will get to hear you sing. And sing we did.

We finished  at the Karaoke bar a little bit late and then went back to our accommodation because the next day was our flight back to Cebu.

Next time, I will talk about my second trip to IloIlo. It is a more exciting experience!

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