Congratulations to my Tita Marilen Tantoco, Vice President Merchandising for the Home Division, on the launch of the new Lenox section in Rustan’s Makati
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We did the city tour of Dumaguete and visited the important landmarks.
Rizal boulevard. It’s so clean and so orderly. There is no smell
Sisters of St. Paul of Charities
Nice 🙂
There is this portion where they have tables and chairs and food vendors
Siliman University
Beautiful trees
St. Catherine of Alexandra Cathedral ( Sta. Catalina de Alexandria )
Belfry Tower
Stores selling religious articles
Beside the Belfry Tower is this very nice area with flowers. They are not just flowers but it is a Waste Treatment plant to filter the dirty water from the public market before it goes back to the ocean! What a great initiative!
Rizal Statue at Quezon Park
Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish which has a beautiful mosaic tiled image in the front of the parish.
The mosaic tiles are even numbered and come from Italy
Government offices
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Aquino Freedom Park
Negros Oriental Highschool founded in 1902 by the Americans
A few minutes away from Dumaguete we visited the San Agustine de Hippo in Bacong- the tallest bell tower in the province built in 1863 housing the more than 100 year old Pipe Organ
Pipe Organ which is more than 100 years old and made with metal from Zaragoza, Spain in 1894 for P 8,000.00 but repaired in 2007 for P 1.7m
And the gang is all complete – 5 families totalling 26 ( including 2 yayas ) 🙂
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From Bais, our next stop was to go to Twin Lakes which is going up the mountain and ending up towards the lake. Going there was really beautiful!! We did not pursue anymore towards the middle because it was raining and everyone was tired already. To be scheduled next trip 🙂 Some photos I took on the way there
Damages by Yolanda
White cows!! White cows!! 🙂
Stations of the cross
A Thai home
Mango Plantation
We were asking for mangoes 🙂
A private home with beautiful bougainvillas on the facade
More views
We stopped by here to use the restroom and ended up having a snack
The view is just so amazing from here.
You must stop by to relax and appreciate a bit in this place. It’s so isolated and peaceful. It’s like your own. That was at the time we went thats why we like off season 🙂 We were saying that if it were Tagaytay, this place would be swarming with people. It’s just so beautiful
Cute kitchen
Starbucks!!!! They serve Starbucks coffee here 🙂
Banana turon
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We arrived at the Bais pier getting ready to go boating to Tañon strait to visit the dolphins 🙂
It’s so quiet and peaceful. We were the only ones. Loved it!!
Our boat which we rented for P 4,000.00
Just beautiful!!
Our tour guide Jac Señagan – he is trying to spot the dolphins 🙂 It’s great that he has binoculars. Jac is a birdwatcher so I assume he is good in spotting dolphins because we saw so many dolphins that morning. Truly magical!!
I have three videos here – It’s just so amazing!!!!
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After Dolphin watching, we went to the Manjuyod Sandbar but unfortunately there was no sandbar. There are 4 cottages which you can rent out ( P 3,500 ) and use to hang out and eat in but we decided to just stay in the boat
This is the big cottage which will cost a bit more than the small ones but it can fit a lot maybe up to 30. There was a big group who rented it that morning
We had lunch, we hung out
You can sleep and lay down by the net of the boat
We swam
Javier and Sophia were so brave to swim all the way to the abyss – that point where the water changes colour, there is a drop which becomes an abyss. They went to look at it
SUPER FUN!!!!
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After breakfast we went to the public market of Bais and went shopping for lunch 🙂 Fresh seafood of course
Whaleshark food 🙂 Krill. There is a limited supply already of this maybe because they have been feeding the whalesharks in the area 🙂 They say they have to get from Leyte
there are other public market items 🙂 but we focused on seafood
And some vegetables
When you get to Manjuyod, there are 4 cottages for P 3,000.00 and there is one big cottage for a bit more but can fit more people which you can rent to hang out in and eat in – but we decided to just stay in the boat
It’s a good thing we have chefs on board!!! like Chef Newton who made salsa 🙂 YUM!!!
And Chef Javs who made the kinilaw from the toro ( tuna belly )
Everything tuna was so good!! The panga was so so yummy!!! They just grilled it and wow I would be happy just eating this
There were no prawns, just shrimps so we had this plus some pork chop
The Patiño brothers who owned the boat we rented, were also our cooks!!
James wants to bring them back to Manila and open a restaurant called The Patiño brothers haha!!
And crabs/alimango female which costs P 300.00 per kilo – they were still alive!!
We just couldn’t skip the pork! 🙂
Chef Newton bought pineapple to grill as well
And we ate with our hands 🙂 YUM! 🙂 This was our dining table in the middle of the boat
We spent P 2,000 for all that we bought in the market and it fed 11 people on the boat and there were so many leftovers yet. One of the best meals this trip
Fresh sweet mangoes at P 35.00 per kilo!!!!
Indian Mango for P 10.00 a kilo!! Tasted good but I found it a bit too fibrous it kept getting stuck in my teeth 🙂
Our view from the boat while having lunch! How can you beat that??
This photo shows the division of Manjuyod the town ( green part ) and the blue part is Bais
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We woke up very early to drive our way up to Bais. On the way, we stopped by Tanjay to have breakfast 🙂 We went to the public market
to try bud bud / bodbod 🙂
On the side, you will see guys packing the budbud
You can get plain or with chocolate – this is the chocolate they swirl into the budbud
YUM!
with tsokolate 🙂
Milk chocolate or dark
We ate some there and we took home some
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This was one of my favourite towns when it came to scenery. I am so glad my tour group was patient because I requested for several stops to take photos. There were many more but it would have delayed the trip. Some of the shots are taken in motion so please bear with me.
Central Azucarera de Bais
These trees were beautiful – it was only in this certain area by the chapel. Watch out for this if you are driving by
An old chapel!! NICE!!
The first train in Negros Oriental Sugar Central. Engine Number 7 Baldwin Steam Locomotive Philadelphia
Sugar factory
Sugar cane!! I wish I took the ones that were taller
This is my favourite!!! From the sugar cane field, you can see coconut trees lined up. They are natural boundaries between the haciendas
More scenery
Love coconut trees!!
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A few people recommended this place, so we stopped by to try it! It is just across Siliman University
Grilling by the entrance of the restaurant
Seating is all al fresco 🙂
Second floor
We tried two specialties
Chicken Inato – Their version has a hint of sweetness – YUM!
And we shared some Buko Halo 🙂 How romantic 🙂
Love the washing station 🙂
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A must in Dumaguete!! We went to have some silvanas and then we also ordered in advance for pick up the day we were leaving Dumaguete. We were a big group and we wanted to make sure we had our orders 🙂
The chocolate is quite good!! I wish they had more flavours!
Whether to just take home and have sylvanas or to even dine here will be something you have to do. I heard that it is very reasonable yet very good
A cute place 🙂 Reminds me of the colours of Vargas Kitchen – Blue and White 🙂
Cozy interiors
An old piano by the restrooms
They have many other pastries aside from sans rival and sylvannas
We discovered on the last day that there are two areas – this must be the old annex
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After a long day, we were happy to have a nice dinner at Taco Surf! My sister in law, Pam recommended this place
We were so happy to meet the two gwapo owners of the place – Jay and sandy. They are both Chefs of two of the best restaurants in Dumaguete – Taco Surf and Lab As. Jay is the Chef for taco Surf and used to be a chef in Costa Rica and even cooked for Cameron Diaz 🙂 Sandy is the Chef of Lab As 🙂 They are both single and available FYI 🙂 You can call Sandy directly at 0917-700-8399 but only for food and reservation inquires haha!! 🙂
Indoor seating 🙂
with a sushi bar
They showed us their steak which is from the Kitayama farm, so you can have steak
and of course fresh seafood
Fresh buko juice
Whether you are in Taco Surf or Lab As, you an order anything from both menus 😉 We want tacos because we are in TACO surf 🙂
Fish Tacos were no promo that evening – how luck can we be? Buy One Take One – so one order has 2 pieces so you get 4 for the price of one
Beef taco
Calamari Bistro Style
Chef Jay making our Hayahay roll which is one of their best sellers
P 350.00 for all this!! Rolls with tempura on top! YUM! 🙂
Platter # 2 P 960.00 for all of this!!!!
Wish we could have tried more dishes!
Fresh oysters with cheese from Lab As 🙂
And grilled squid
There is a frozen yogurt stand outside!!! YUM!!!!
There is also Conching’s Native chicken
201 Flores Avenue, Piapi Beach, Dumaguete City tel #: (035) 2253536 or ( 035) 2263677 Email: hayahay02@hotmail.com
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