Mu Shu, Bacolod

9 months ago with:2 notes

#bacolod #mu shu #photography

11 Degrees

They call this drink Punyeta. Owners and patrons say you will shout, “Punyeta” after drinking it. I didn’t. But I loved it.

Cheapest drink EVER! The jello shot. It’s only P20.

9 months ago

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10 months ago with:1 note

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The Ruins and Carbin Reef.

Here’s a compilation of all the videos I took during our trip to The Ruins and Carbin Reef. Bacolod’s an amazing city and Carbin Reef’s wonderful! You should put these two places in your must-visit list in the Philippines!

Music by Passion Pit

10 months ago with:8 notes

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Negros Occidental (Day 1) - The Ruins

After our trip to Mambukal, we freshened up a bit and went to The Ruins in Talisay City during its magical hours. They say that The Ruins glow between the hours of 4pm to 6pm. It’s true when they say that it does. It certainly has its appeal.

The mansion dates back to the 1900s when it was built by Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson for his first wife, Maria Braga. Hence the moniker, “The Taj Mahal of Negros Occidental.” It was the largest mansion during its time, too.

To prevent the Japanese forces from using it as their headquarters during WWII, they burned the mansion down. The fire lasted for three days. It brought everything down expect for its concrete structure.

Our “Wish You Were Here.. in Bacolod” photo for our friends who we wished were with us during our trip.

They use a truck, like this one, to transport sugarcane once they’re harvested. Some groups in Negros Occidental are against HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). I was wondering why there were “No to Coke” signs around Bacolod and now I understood why. They believe that HFCS is killing Negros Occidental’s sugarcane industry.

I wanted a photo shoot moment with the truck. The truck was old and fragile. But here I was being a trooper.

We went to another part of the lot where the mansion stood. The right side of this photo, you can see the sugarcanes. While on the other side, they planted different species of flowers.

The interior of The Ruins. They turned this part into a cafe. It was already around 5pm when I took this photo.

We saw this guy when we arrived. He was accompanied by his friends who were from the Navy. I’m guessing he’s from the Navy, too, because of his haircut. Or.. I guess not. He was carrying a big stuffed bear (seen in the photo) and a dozen roses while waiting for the girl.

There was a cafe outside The Ruins. We tried out their coffee and Guapple Pie. It was yummy! The facade of the cafe was like Italy’s. I guess this is also in connection to the architectural structure of The Ruins. The mansion’s structure was of Italian architecture.

Pardon my thighs. Such a bad angle for my thighs. We thought we got a legit picture with this one because there was a foreigner in the background making it seem like we were out of the country. LOL

Here’s another photo of The Ruins at around 6pm. It’s so lovely.

10 months ago with:2 notes

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Negros Occidental (Day 1) - Mambukal Resort

I booked a flight to Bacolod not knowing what we were supposed to do there. I didn’t know that much about Bacolod or Negros Occidental. After this trip, I’m going to say that it’s one of the best places I’ve ever been to in the Philippines (so far). You guys, should visit it! Let’s support Philippine tourism.

My friends and I left for Bacolod at 4:55am. We arrived at New Silay Airport 15 minutes before 6am. We had breakfast at Bianca’s grandmother’s house. They were telling us how it has been raining persistently for days before our arrival. The rain didn’t fail to make an appearance and it was a bit of a downer.

Bianca’s aunt dropped us off at the jeep terminal after the rain stopped. We rode a bus going to Mambukal.

We arrived at our destination in less than an hour. The entrance fee was P80 per head for adults. We went to the information center to get our map. You could hire a tour guide if you want to. Usually, the tour guides approach you. It’s best that you do get one so you wouldn’t get lost or get hurt.

Mambukal has seven waterfalls around it. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see Waterfalls No. 4, 5 and 7. Our tour guide advised against going to see Fourth and Fifth Waterfalls because the rain kind of messed up the trail. It was too slippery and too steep. Seventh was too far. The sun was too high and we didn’t have the energy to go that far anymore.

First. It was beautiful. We weren’t allowed to swim in it because there might be falling debris. Better safe than sorry.

Second.

Third.

On our way to the Sixth. The trail was too steep. We had to do stops in between.

Every time we saw creatures such as this millipede, we’d call it a National Geographic moment. 

It took a while for us to get to the Sixth. It’s where it was safe to jump, wade and swim.

My attempt at being a sirena ended up looking like a tinapa. Ha ha ha!

There were too many bats around the area. They’re not harmful. In fact, they’re fruit-eating bats.

After our climb, we went to the biggest pool in the area and took a dip. 

We left Mambukal at around 2pm and rode a bus going to Libertad. It was the slowest ride I ever took back to the city. The driver wanted to wait for more passengers. We ended up at Save More in Libertad and ate lunch there. We had Beef Shawarma and Pork Siomai and Zagu!

10 months ago with:1 note

#bacolod #mambukal resort #negros occidental #travel #philippines