The surprises never end. Early Friday morning, we headed off to Victorias City, an hour north of Bacolod City. Andrew agreed to meet us up and bring us to the Church of the Angry Christ, including a side trip to their demo farm. Apparently, the ‘demo’ farm is a 3000-sqm swampy land that now produces herbs, crops, and vegetables, and where groups of swine, chicken, duck, and rabbit are raised organically. The land, owned by Andrew’s family, was originally a
Month: February 2012
All the while we thought that The Ruins was all there was in Talisay City. Thanks to an old friend from college days, Andrew Peñalosa, who took us to a hidden gem in Talisay. Incidentally, Andrew’s college thesis was on the old ancestral houses in Negros Occidental and he’s probably the best resource person I know on this topic. (Though I could not remember as to what exactly the thesis was about. Sorry Andrew!) As it turned out, Balay ni Tana
Armed with a heavy lunch from Yuen Kee and finally certain on the places that we wanted to see for the rest of the afternoon, we set-off and rode the Tsuen Wan Line MTR. From the TST station, we got off at the Central station. We lingered at every interesting detail along the way (including a group of factory workers holding a protest in front of a park) that it took us a bit longer than the usual 10-minute walk to get
It took one double-decker bus ride from HKIA before we found ourselves right smack in the middle of Kowloon, in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui (TST) district. TST is too lively that resting is unthinkable, so as soon as we found a cheap place to stay for the next couple of days, we left our bags and explored the area. Boutiques were lined up on the streets, shopping malls sprawled all over the place, wares sold on the street (I