I’m at Guisi Point in Brgy. Dolores, Guimaras again! It’s weird why I get to visit this place ever so often, even too often for my liking. The last time I was in Guisi, I was with my college friends. Now, I’m with a different set of people I’ve known over the internet (mainly because of skyscrapercity.com).
Browsing the archives for the Guimaras tag
Finally, after reading and hearing so much about the world famous Mangoes of Guimaras, I got to eat and savor its sinful sweetness. Our first stop in Guimaras was in a market called “Alibhon” in Nueva Valencia town in Guimaras.
Just after my Bucari trip, a few hours actually, I’m out on another trip and this time my destination is Bacolod City. My family and other relatives at my father’s side had a reunion and we stayed at my Lola’s house in Bata.
Last time I was in Negros was on September 2007 for an organizational study of Riverside Hospital with side-trip to Patag in Silay. I knew of some new developments in Bacolod and had the chance to see them myself.
After the new year, me and my friends thought of visiting Guisi, an upcoming tourist destination in Guimaras. I have been there before but there’s just something about the place that haunts me to go back over and over. Its natural beauty is just superb and to top it off is a magnificent display of Spanish-colonial heritage in the form of an 18th century lighthouse. No wonder the Provincial Gov’t of Guimaras (with the help of the Canadian Urban Institute) is putting high priority in promoting Guisi.
From Iloilo City we rode a 15-min pumpboat ride (P11) to Jordan, Guimaras via the Ortiz Port in Iloilo City. In Jordan Wharf, there is a small shed where a tourist assistance outpost is located. They could arrange transportation to any destination in Guimaras and the best part is that they already have fixed rates so you won’t ever have to experience being overcharged by opportunist drivers. We opted to commute to Guisi by riding a Nueva Valencia Jeep (P40), which took us straight to Guisi in an hour. From the main road, it’s a 3 minute walk downhill to the beach resort.
There, you’ll be able to see the cottages, white-sand beach, clear waters, blue sky, and rock formations … a very refreshing sight after a long commute.
Here are some of the pictures I took during the trip:
Guisi white sand beach with tall coconut trees
It’s official I’m now a member of the Heritage Conservation Society (HCS) – Iloilo Youth Chapter. It came about during Ivan Henares‘ recent trip to Iloilo. There we’re no formal induction, were still in the process of organizing ourselves into how we want to shape the group.
Other members include: Gian Carlo Alvarez (Chairman) of Central Philippine University, Bernard Arellano of UP Visayas and me of the West Visayas State University.
I guess we were chosen to be members of the local arm of the HCS because we were already involved in the promotion of the heritage of Iloilo in the internet through numerous websites and forums. We’ve made a name for ourselves in this focused niche.
During the infancy of the Iloilo Youth Chapter, we would like to start first with the promotion of Iloilo’s heritage sites. We would like to raise the awareness of what we currently have because many of our heritage gets destroyed because people generally don’t care about them. I believe that if people learn more about our heritage then people will start knowing how important they are and therefore would be more resistant to any plans to destroy them.
Thus we’re starting a blog for this very purpose:
Explore the old world charm and the rich cultural heritage of the city and the province of Iloilo and Guimaras by visiting “Panubli-on: The Iloilo Heritage Blog”
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In the Philippine Ilonggo dialect, ambot ah literally means "I don't know." After graduating in college, I decided to hold off pursuing my profession and embarked on a free spirited journey of adventure and self-discovery. My travels have led me to many places across the Philippine Islands and South East Asia. I don't know where this path will take me but I'm certain I'll get a lifetime of stories out of it.
