Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Iligan, Mabuhay!

Hi! I am a newbie in this profession or let’s just say hobby. Here, let me take you to where I started. I was inspired by the photos I searched here in the web. First was food. So I thought of blogging every food that is worth posting. but then I guess, food is too mainstream for us especially we, Filipinos love eating J so I searched again to what’s worth to blog for. And so, I was scanning my instagram acct. and there’s this one basketball athlete from a known university here in the Philippines who posted a 15 second video about what he is doing in class. But, that’s not the one that caught my attention. It was his background music which had a lyrics that says “ tara na biyahe tayo, kilalanin ang kapwa natin Pilipino”  after I have heard such, I then typed the lyrics in Youtube to know its title. It was then Tara na! biyahe tayo sa Pilipinas. A soundtrack sung by various artists way back in the year 2012 in cooperation with the national tourism department of the Philippines which had its tag line WOW PHILIPPINES. I then thought of how about if I put into blog the places where I visited including to where I and my ancestors came from since now, it’s also summer here in our country. So here it is


Iligan City. Also known as the City of  Majestic Waterfalls. Iligan is a highly urbanized city in the Northern Mindanao region, Philippines. It is geographically within the province of Lanao del Norte but administered independently from the province. Iligan is the place where my ancestors and I came from. I was born and raised in this beautiful city!


Here’s a picture of me with my squad. At our back is the Macaraeg-Macapagal ancestral house. The ancestral house of the former president of The Republic of the Philippines. Now the Congresswoman of Pampangga, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.


At one of the famous pools in Timoga. Dela Mar Resort and swimming pool.

BTW, the water in the pool is flowing and freezing cold.


The Famous Maria Cristina Falls of Iligan City. It is said that if you are a tourist here in Iligan city, the very first destination you will visit is the Maria Cristina Falls.


Next to Maria Cristina Falls is the Mimbalot Falls located at the southern part of iligan city.


The enchanting Tinago Falls!

Above where the three falls mentioned. They are also known as the Triad falls of Iligan City.

There are allot of waterfalls here in our city. But the three above mentioned were the first tourists' destinations.


My friends and I loves adventure. This is in Bayug island. We rode a banka-banka to cross from the island to one of the subdivisions here in the city. But, it saddened me that this experience will be my 1st and last. Since the place is now devastated by the typhoon (Sendong).


The famous mountain of Iligan city. Mt. Agad-Agad. Look how steep the road to summit is. But, many of the people in Iligan had already climbed this mountain. May it be married, single, young and old.

There are many beautiful places here in Iligan City that are worth visiting for! I have visited many beautiful spots here in our place but, too bad I do not have any picture of it. Now, it’s for you to find out! So come and discover the city of Majestic Waterfalls!

ILIGAN, amung ciudad MABUHAY! 

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