Marveling at Marbuena

After the wrath of several typhoons, the sun is slowly showing up. And since it is the semestral break, teens are eager to leave the comforts of their home to see what the "outside" has to offer.

In this generation this can mean two things though; one: go to the island of Boracay and party till the wee hours of the morning or go out of town and party till the wee hours of the morning... hmmmmm.... right..

But there are some people who are the exemption to the standard rule. These people are rebels of their generation. They don't want to go to gimmicks, clubs and parties, all they want is the peace and quiet that only mother nature can offer.

There are many islands who can offer what these "anti-party" people want. And Marbuena is one of them...

view of Panay island and Marbuena's sand bar

people come here to observe the Lenten season

Mt. Pan de Azucar

parked boats

insects are abundant in the island

mangroves

Panay Island

rocky beach

old tree

mangroves flourish in the island, sadly, parts of it is plagued by thrash

there are several species of birds that calls Marbuena their home, the most prominent are the night herons and the local sea hawks

moss

bats hanging out

at dusk, bats start to fly around Marbuena to look for food

Mt. Kanlaon, Negros at dusk

night heron

sunset at Marbuena

Panay Island, dawn

Marbuena, sunrise

birds zero in to Marbuena as they come home after a night's feast from the neighboring islands and from the mainland

the last bird to comeback to Marbuena

a night heron spreads its wings

birds riding the thermals

local drug smugglers used to catch monkeys and stuff their stomachs with illegal drugs, thus the term "shamu" (shabu and amo- the local term for monkey)

My Vote for the 2009 Bloggers’ Choice Award (Visayas)

I vote for Explore Iloilo! Bloggers’ Choice Award 2009 Philippine Blog Awards

The man behind Exploreiloilo on the rocks...

SM Bloggers Event

Last Sunday, SM City Iloilo held probably the first food bloggers event here in Iloilo. They bombarded our taste buds with a variety of flavors, some unique to Iloilo, and others coming from the different parts of our archipelago and other countries.

If you would also like to have a taste of Iloilo, there is the famous Breakthrough, Ocean City, Casa Ilongga, Ted's Batchoy and Sabor Ilonngo to satisfy your cravings. And the taste of other places can also be had in a single sitting. You can taste lechon from Bacolod in the Bacolod Lechon Hauz, American fast food chicken from Chicken N Ribs, the ever famous Pinoy taste of Jollibee, and the Japanese taste of Yukashii Sushi.

And for those who are on a diet and seeks to eat healthy, there's Thirsty?, Buko ni Frutas and House of Panini. Lastly, for those who just want to check-out the free WiFi and hang-out at the foodcourt, there's Lavev Shawarma, Pizza Hut and Mon's Takuyaki to fill your mouth with morsels of goodness in an affordable price.