In the City of Smiles


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June 10th 2007
Published: October 23rd 2007
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On the go - back to Oriental Negros...
Welcome to Bacolod City, the City of Smiles!

From Dumaguete, we travelled five hours via land trip heading for Bacolod, an overnight side trip from the Oriental Negros. We left Dumaguete at exactly 6am and settled at one of the city's pension house just before noon. After settling our things, we took our lunch in one of the restaurants offering the famous Bacolod chicken inasal, so delicious and very affordable. We then headed to our place of destination, that is the Mambukal Resort, a mountain resort famous for its 7 waterfalls. The place is a one-hour drive from the city center.

The resort offers lots of activities, they have several swimming pools of different variety - hot spring, children's, cold pool - they also have the mud pack activity. Adding to the attraction of the resort are the schools of flying foxes, whatever they call it.

The resort is located at the foot of the Kanlaon Volcano, it has 7 water falls, they do not allow visitors to swim in the first 4 waterfalls as it has became dangerous due to the many earthquakes that has struck the place. In the 5th and 6th falls, where visitors are
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Chicken inasal for only P46! Yummy!
now allowed to simmer the water, that if you have gotten that far as you have to climb higher for each fall, are not really that enticing, that you'd rather have the first waterfall or go futher and climb more for almost an hour to get to the peak or on the 7th waterfall.

That we did, and its really worth the travel by foot, the track which we have to take is somewhat scary for there might be unwanted animals, mammals and holes that were dangerous, that is why, a guide is really a must when you wanted to climb or go that far. Upon reaching the 7th falls, oh wow, you'll really love the serenity of the place, the looks, the ambience, the water-very cold-, everything is beautiful, how i loved nature! Truly God's wondrous deed!



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Resort entranceResort entrance
Resort entrance

Welcome to Mambukal Resort!
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flying foxes

bats, paniki, whatever!
AntzAntz
Antz

We're this little, huh?!
trekkingtrekking
trekking

a very wonderful journey...
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The 1st waterfall

nice but unsafe...
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the 7th waterfalls

oh, you'll love it here...
envyenvy
envy

so cold yet so alluring...
fishesfishes
fishes

loved it!


7th November 2007

looks like a beautiful place - Lorenza
5th March 2008

Wow! Food trip at Bacolod Chicken Inasal. I want that too. I miss the chicken inasal.
31st March 2008

The best in chicken inasal
Bacolod Chicken Inasal is definitely the best when it comes to chicken inasal. I admire them for that.
10th December 2009

nami bah nami pagd tani kn ga bkny lng kmo hehehehe peru mayo ang place ah gusto kman da maglagaw ba from uno r student B.S.I.S. MR. R. P.

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