Sunday 29 September 2013

Mambukal Resort

Mambukal Resort

Mambukal Resort is located at Municipality of Murcia It was developed by Japanese architech named Kokichi Ishiwata. At first it was just a bath house and a picnic garden.
Mambukal mouintain resort has many beautiful sites. It is ideal for family outings, seminars, and special occassions.
It has a hot sulfuric pool near camping grounds. The sulfur content of red mud by the sulfuric pool was used to make good mudpack. And used to treat skin diseases. And has different kinds of trees with pines, ferns, and if you love orchids you can see there different kinds of orchids.

You can see sets of swimming pools, picnic shelters, ponds, butterfly garden, and many rental rooms where you can stay overnight.
You  can do many activities, like boating trip, mountain hike trails, wall climbing and zipline. And climb the mountain to see the seven waterfalls.
I recommend you to stay overnight for you to experience the cold weather at night because it is the perfect time for you to unwind.
For commuters you can ride in a Cebro, it is a non-airconditioned mini-bus at the terminal in Libertad Market. Fare is around 40php. Entrance fee at Mambukal Resort for adults is 50php. Cottages is around 400php -1,000php it depends on the size of the cottage. And ofcourse for overnight stay the air-conditioned rooms cost 1,200php - 3,000php and again it depends on the size.

Now go and visit Mambukal Resort. :)

Friday 27 September 2013

Lasalle Ecopark

Want to unwind? Just go to Lasalle Ecopark, It is a nice place for you to relax. It is located between Alangilan and Barangay Granada Bacolod City, it is ideal for family reunion, seminars, special occassions, retreats, and also educational trips.

It is sorrounded with forest attractions that beautifies the place like landscapes, flowers, and trees.It also have butterfly sanctuary where you can see the different kinds of beautiful and colorful butterflies. A kiddie park for the kids to enjoy with slides, seesaws, swings, mini-obstacle course, tree house, fishing ponds, hanging bridge, a camping or picnic ground, campfire ring for recreation, Organic garden, and Meditation garden.

A new hall with rooms for overnight stay, Cabanas, and picnic huts. And there is also a fishing lagoon. And swimming pool divided into two, one is for adults and the other one is for kids.

Ecopark is open to the public, If you are coming from Bacolod City you can ride a jeepney from Burgos Market going to Barangay Granada, and from Barangay Granada you can ride in a tricycle going to the Lasalle Ecopark. And you will see the beauty of nature.

Thursday 26 September 2013

Ruins...

Have you heard about the place called "The Ruins"? It was located at the farmlands of Talisay City Negros Occidental. About 40-50minutes travel from Bacolod City downtown.
It was an mansion owned by Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson a spanish-filipino sugar baron and it was built in the memory of his european wife Maria  Braga Lacson after her death. They had the biggest mansion in the province at that time. It was made with cement mixed with egg whites. And this mansion have europen and asian furnishings. There is an fountain outside the mansion sorrounded by beautiful lilies.

In the early part of World War II, Don Mariano found out that the japanese forces were planning to make the mansion their headquarters, so he asked the filipino guerillas to burn his mansion to prevent japanese from making it as their headquarters. And it took days for them to bring down the mansion. But the architecture remains. 

And now "The Ruins" was known as one of the most famous tourist spot in Bacolod City.