Ilo-Ilo Trip 2013 Day 1

Ilo-ilo trip 2013 Day 1

Visiting Ilo-ilo once again with colleagues for Dinagyang Festival

Sand Dunes of Ilocos Norte

Sand Dunes of Ilocos Norte

Your visit in Ilocos province wont be complete if you miss this place.

Hyundai Run for a Cause 2

Hyundai Run for a cause 2

Health is wealth, so we should take care of it by running. :)

Buknoy

Foods not good for our Dogs

There are a lot of foods that has better effects on human but are toxic to canine.

Honeymoon in Boracay

Together in Paradise

Perfect place to start your forever together. :)

Showing posts with label Vigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vigan. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

How to make Clay Pots?

Aside from its tourism,  Burnay Pottery  is also one of the famous sight in Vigan and also the main source of their living. As part of our tour, we visited the "Pagburnayan", where we got to see the hard labor of a pot maker in making these clay pots.

Ruby Pottery is located in # 65 Leberation St., Pagburnayan, Vigan City.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Baluarte

Baluarte (also known as Baluarte ni Chavit) is 80 hectares of gently rolling terrains, hills and mountain sides, the structures of facilities and amenities, its phases of construction is in its best possible realistic and natural habitat for good and sound animal care.

Calle Crisologo, Vigan

Vigan is best-known for Calle Crisologo, a half kilometer street lined with 18th century Filipino-Spanish architectures and your journey would be incomplete without a nostalgic walk at the streets of Calle Crisologo.   Calle Crisologo is a virtual tourists playground.  If you were not for the tourists taking pictures, you'd think that you were transported back in Spanish colonial era.

Calle Crisologo

Welcome to Vigan

The name Vigan was derived from "Biga", a giant taro plant that grows abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River. About 400 kilometers from Manila is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vigan the capital city of Ilocos Sur. It is located on the west coast of northern Luzon.


You can see precious remnants of old Spanish architecture throughout the center of the city.Vigan is established in the 16th century and is the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia with a unique European atmosphere. It is the oldest surviving Spanish colonial city in the Philippines. Several museums exist for the many national heroes that were born here.

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