I Left My Heart In Iloilo

Jing, her makulit na pamangkin Joshua, and I went to Iloilo last December 2. And here's what I have to say about our 2-day trip!

Iloilo is beautiful. Actually, where there's no smog, there's beauty! And it's true, the roads of Iloilo City are very clean, with no traces of deadly fumes from the rolling jeepneys. Mind you, there are a lot of jeepneys around. Nakakalito rin kung ano ang sasakyan dapat na jeep, as it seems like the jeepneys are just going around in circles. So what better (but way more costly) way to fight pagkaligaw than to ride the taxi. Taxi drivers in Iloilo are mababait naman, except for one who "forgot" to set the meter and ended up asking us for too much bayad. Overall, getting around Iloilo by public transport was no hassle at all!

The food. Well we did not get to taste the best of what Iloilo had to offer in terms of what comes from their kitchen. But we had a serving of Italian food at Afrique's, as recommended by Hess, a friend and an erstwhile co-employee at Air Philippines. Afrique's is a quaint little resto which didn't have aircon yet surprisingly our dining experience there was totally worthwhile. The interiors of the place beamed of Yuletide decors. Of course,the food was delicious. The Sicilian pizza, though I had just one slice, was super sarap. The Burger had this large patty with a generous serving of coleslaw over it. We ordered two burgers, I shared mine with Hess, and Joshua, well he ate everything plus lots more! I am sure he devoured 4 slices of pizza. And the pasta! Grabe, ang sarap! Yun nga lang di ako masyado nakakain, because of... well, Jing knows. Hehehe!

What would be a trip without a visit to the old churches. There was the World Heritage site, Miagao Church. Jaro Cathedral. Molo Church. La Paz Church. Did I miss anything?

We were back to Manila by Sunday night. Needless to say, I felt bitin yung trip. There actually wasn't much to see, coz Iloilo boasts of mostly old churches and old buildings. You would have to admire, however, the effort of the Ilonggos to preserve traditions such as sinamay weaving.