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Where to go in Roxas, Capiz, Boracay, Iloilo, Guimaras, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Bohol, and Cebu in the Visayas region:

ROXAS Port, Mindoro

Ivisan, CAPIZ

JAWILI Falls (7 basins), Tangalan, Aklan

BAKHAWAN ECO PARK, Aklan

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I visited my bestfriend Jason Gonzales in Iloilo in March 2009.  Jae is my go-to guy for anything related to politics (he’s a governance geek! and I say that lovingly), and he just got elected as Iloilo City Councilor last May (yey!) . Am sure I’ll be visiting Iloilo more often in the next three years, but it was fun reminiscing my first trip to Manduriao, Lambunao, Miag-ao, and Guimaras through these pics:

The Mango Tree — Jason’s garden resto and my home for a week

A lovely ancestral home turned school in the heart of the city…

My first cockfight!

Guimaras is a short boat-ride away from Iloilo.  It’s the land of supposedly the best mangoes in the country, but we couldn’t find any to bring home!

Iloilo scenery
(Posted on May 28, 2009)

My bestfriend Jason took me in for a week last March, and showed me around his home for the past four years– Iloilo and beyond.. Was especially interesting because Jae is such a socialite (Rotary president at 27!), and he rubbed elbows with people who ran cockfight coliseums and Waldorf schools set in vast farmlands…

Highlight of the trip was definitely being shown off as Jae’s bestfriend, to family and friends who love him so dearly. I can say that on my first visit to Iloilo, even if only by association, naramdaman ko na kung paano magmahal ang Ilonggo.. kay namit!

March 24-29, 2009
Manduriao, Lambunao, and Miag-ao, Iloilo
with a day trip to Guimaras

You can also view the album on multiply:  Iloilo scenery – March 2009