Tag: Negros Occidental
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Dine In: Wholly Grounds BCD
Bacolod is a food-tripper’s paradise, with a number of restaurants representing different cuisines dotted around the city. Of course, there’s the famed chicken inasal, but for vegans or those simply looking for healthy or environmentally sustainable alternatives, the city also has a couple of plant-based restaurants. One such is Wholly Grounds, located along Lacson Street…
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Silay and the Houses from the Sugar Boom Era
On our penultimate day in Bacolod, I take a day trip to Silay to take a look at the city’s ancestral house. I’ve been here in 2010, the first time I’ve been to Bacolod, but I’m interested in seeing the houses once again. At the cusp of Spanish and American colonization periods, Negros rose to…
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A Sunday Afternoon at the Ruins
The next afternoon, we head to Talisay, a city that for travelers is essentially an extension of Bacolod. (Talisay is actually part of Metro Bacolod but residents want to make clear they are not part of Bacolod.) We have coffee at a cafe in the District mall and then take a taxi to the Ruins.…
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Bacolod: A Quick Tour of the City of Smiles
Almost all trips in Negros Occidental start and end in Bacolod, the province’s capital. It’s the political, economic, and cultural epicenter of the province (though because of the Philippines’ confusing politics, it’s administratively separate from the province), and it’s worth at least a day staying here to get a glimpse of what makes Negrenses in…
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Danjugan Island: Negros Occidental’s Ecotour Paradise
Danjugan Island, a sliver of island off Negros Occidental, is an ecotourist’s paradise. Protected and maintained by the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation, the island was first opened opened as an ecotourism site in 2006. Since then, it has become one of the province’s best-kept secrets, drawing not only tourists from Negros island and…
The Tourist Gaze 