Bacolod City
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The city known for its colorful Maskara festival which is found in Negros Occidental, Visayas region, middle of the Philippines. They definitely lived up to their nickname, "City of smiles", as most of the people I've meet in my three day business trip we're so kind and lovely.
How to get there:
From Manila
- By plane - Book a flight either from cebpac or zestair for affordable prices, wait for the promo to avail cheaper seats.
- By boat - Schedule your sail from 2GO or Superferry.
From the Airport - there were a lot of shuttles or rentals that will take you to any part of the city even its neighbor cities depending on the rate negotiated. You can also share a car with other tourist, if you want to go cheap.
Must go places:
1. San Sebastian Church - It's in the heart of the city, beside the park and surrounded by stalls and food shops. It might look small but the church has a lot to offer, the inside stretches, good for those who would want a long aisle walk for their wedding.
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| Exterior might fool you, it's not small |
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| divine entrance |
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| this achitecture won me |
2. New Government Center -locals call it as NGC which also resembles USA's White house. This is the newly founded City hall which replaced the one near San Sebastian church. The place is really inviting, too bad I didn't have time to roam around the place.
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| Taken from our shuttle, on our way to buy dinner for our staff. |
3. The Ruins - Based on Roger's tour (yea, he's the guy from PBB and he's doing the tour), this Mansion was built to honor the owner's wife. Didn't really had the time to chill coz we're really on our way back to mnl.
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| Went there alone but had guts to ask other people to take my photo haha |
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| Inside of the mansion |
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| Entrance to the plain wide garden |
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| What it looks like when you took the picture on your own |
4. Felicia's - If you're into pastries, best not to miss Felicia's. Either having it "to go" or enjoying it "in or out" of their cozy ambiance. Don't forget to take home those enormous macaroons and almond crisp. I was suppose to take home their best seller however, it has to be kept refrigerated and was recommended to skip it instead.
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| if I can only make tambay like those tito's |
5. Manokan - Bacolod city which is famous for their "chicken inasal" and for that said, I won't accept going back to mnl without knowing how the authentic Bacolod chicken inasal really taste like. Luckily, I was able to convince my colleagues to eat at Manokan instead of the SM which is just street apart.
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| Ate this bare-handed |
6. Pasalubong (best to take home for friends and families)
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| NAPOLEONES Custard filled, sugar glazed top |
*Trip Nov 8-10, 2016
Apologies for accommodation and local transportation information, all paid expense by the company, can't suggest.
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