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SHOEDOWN: Carcar vs Liliw Espadrilles and Sandals

December 2, 2010 By Cille Anne 6 Comments

I have become familiar with both Carcar, Cebu and Liliw, Laguna’s footwear industry. And if I compare the produce of these two towns, when it comes to any abaca laced sandals or wedges, I have to give it to Liliw made. When it comes to espadrille I think they are at par with each other in design and quality wise. Liliw ladies espadrilles’ price range is from P230 to P300 comparable to that of Carcar made espadrilles.

Carcar famous espadrilles!

I am a proud Cebuana but I just have to lament the fact that Carcar produces so many cheap sandals that easily disintegrated, these are the ones you see all

Sojourn to Carcar

December 2, 2010 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

At the constant prodding of my brother Nicko, we finally made the trip to Carcar, Cebu and the main reason is espadrille. Espadrille, that come back kid from the 80’s, has become so popular again! In fact I am noticing espadrilles everywhere in Cebu – in malls, in tiangges, in sidestreets – it feels like an espadrille invasion has overtaken the city! Despite its availability in all sort of places, we decided to head south, travel to where espadrilles are made, you know maybe we can get a good bargain from direct suppliers of espadrilles in Carcar, you can never know heheheh.

Cebu’s Sta Rosa Island & Olango Wildlife Sanctuary

September 2, 2010 By Cille Anne 4 Comments

The first leg of our Cebu Island Adventure was a visit to Sta Rosa Island and Olango Island Wildlife Bird Sanctuary. Unfortunately it’s not yet migration season hence we didn’t see any migratory birds which Titus was looking forward to. Locals told us that October is the best time for bird watching as birds from as far as Siberia, Japan and China flock to the island to escape the hard winters of these countries. The birds uses Olango as a major pitstop on their journey to Australia and New Zealand, and as they go back to their nesting grounds.

Government protected Bird Sanctuary

The Rock: Corregidor Island

August 22, 2010 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

I was browsing awhile back and saw the pictures taken when my districtmates and I visited the Island of Corregidor, and well it leads me to think.I believe one of the best historical tourist sites in our country is Corregidor Island, where the last stand of the combined forces of Philippine and American soldiers against the invasion…

AGUID RICE TERRACES & BOMOD-OK FALLS

August 17, 2010 By Cille Anne 9 Comments

When your guide in Sagada tells you a vehicle is very handy in reaching a certain spot? Get a vehicle! But remember you are not in Sagada if there is no walking involve so even with ready transport be prepared to sweat it out to reach the must see places and top tourist destinations. The…

Mt Ampacao, Sagada’s Mountain Trail to Lake Danum

August 17, 2010 By Cille Anne 9 Comments

I was analyzing the map of Sagada weeks before our trip, and I was convinced that every must see tourist spots are very near each other, I came to that conclusion because distance between famous spots are shorter than the distance between my stretched thumb and pinky fingers laid on the map. Very scientific methodology…

Conquering Sagada’s Sumaguing Cave

August 17, 2010 By Cille Anne 6 Comments

After a mesmerizing morning at Kiltepan’s peak followed by a hearty meal at Rock-Inn Cafe & Farm, off we went to our Sagada spelunking adventure at Sumaguing Cave, one of the best Philippines Tourists Attractions!

For the more adventurous you can take the Lumiang-Sumaguing Cave Connection, warning thou it takes about 3 to 4 hours with more twist, turn and climbing (it’s not for the faint of heart!).

Our guide took with him one lampara (gas lamp), he said that on the average the lampara will last for 12 hours so we were assured that no blackouts will happen while inside the cave. As we climbed down we have to be really careful because some of the steps are slippery