Luzon-Visayas-Luzon Roadtrip: Bacolod City to San Carlos City Part 2

The shortest highway connecting the cities of Bacolod and San Carlos on both sides of north Negros Island is via the municipalities of Murcia and Don Salvador Benedicto.

 













 

Luzon-Visayas-Luzon Roadtrip: Bacolod City to San Carlos City Part 1

Luzon-Visayas-Luzon Roadtrip: Calapan City, Gateway to the Golden Isle Part 1

Binuatan Creations in Palawan

Binuatan Creations

Binuatan is a Cuyonin (the native Palawan dialect) word for creation. 

In Puerto Princesa City, it has become synonymous with woven products made from Buntal fibers such as mangrove grass, amumuting, buri sprigs and vetiver.

At Binuatan Creation, they transform Palawan local fibers and grasses into sophisticated handloom woven products.

Binuatan Creations products includes handloomwoven placemats, tablerunners, bags, blinds intricately designed.

 

Bacon, Sorsogon City Part 1

How Bacon Got It's Name:

After the conversion to Christianity and adhesions to the Spanish Government of the natives settling on the southeastern end of the Bicol Peninsula, then known as Casiguran, a missionary settlement was established in 1600. This territory extends from the central part of the present site of the province of Sorsogon to the shores of the Pacific on its northern boundary.

In 1609, Rev. Fr. Felix Huertas, the missionary administrator of Casiguran, zealous in his duties towards his “flock”, visited the valley on the northern part of this territory wherein he found, on and near the shores an abundant growth of native plants called “Bacong”*. It was this missionary father who gave the name Bacong to this place after the name of these plants. To make the pronunciation easy and smooth, the g at the end was discarded by the Spaniards who came later. The name has been pronounced and written as Bacon since then.

Source: www.baconsorsogon.blogspot.com
Bacon, Sorsogon City Part 2

Sorsogon City Hall

Ricefield in Sorsogon

Fort San Pedro in Cebu City Part 1

Fuerza de San Pedro is a military defence structure, built by Spanish and indigenous Cebuano labourers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu. It is located in the area now called Plaza Indepedencia, in the Pier Area of Cebu City, Philippines.

The smallest, oldest triangular bastion fort in the country was built in 1738 to repel Muslim raiders. In turn, it served as a stronghold for Filipino revolutionaries near the end of the 19'th Century. This served as the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

The fort is triangular in shape, with two sides facing the sea and the third side fronting the land. The two sides facing the sea were defended with artillery and the front with a strong palisade made of wood. The three bastions were named La Concepción (SW); Ignacio de Loyola (SE), and San Miguel (NE). It has a total inside area of 2,025 sq. meters. The walls are 20 feet (6.1 m) high, 8 feet (2.4 m) thick and the towers are 30 feet (9.1 m) high from the ground level. The circumference is 1,248 feet (380 m). The sides are of unequal lengths and the one fronting the city is where one may find entry into the Fort. Fourteen cannons were mounted in their emplacements most of which are still there today. Work first started on May 8, 1565 with Miguel Lopéz de Legazpi breaking ground.

Fort San Pedro in Cebu City Part 2