Jenny's Island Adventure

Langub Festival Dancers            Negros Island is the best place to go on a road trip in the Visayas. As prices of fuel dropped recently, we planned our weekend getaways. The first quarter is the festival season in the country, you get to see a lot of photo blogs on social media be it a ‘selfie’ or a ‘groufie’, with smiling faces even if covered with charcoal or paint.   Mabinay Welcome Arch Mabinay Terminal Complex It was a rainy Saturday morning, we drove to the south towards the mountain, on a cold weather passing through the City of Kabankalan and turned left to the other side of the island, Negros Oriental. Cake and Flowers from Mayor Jango Uy with  Andy, Cong. George Arnaiz, Mayor Manule Sagarbarria of Dumaguete , Board Member Saycon and Judges Mabinay is a smoke-free Municipality, the residents speak Cebuano yet, Hiligaynon is widely understood considering the geographical location. First stop, the Mabinay Terminal Complex and Convention Hot

The weekend was perhaps the biggest party all over the country as the Pope came to visit Manila and Tacloban followed by millions of pilgrims, the Province of Aklan celebrated the Ati-Atihan Festival, Cebu was busy with Sinulog and of course Kabankalan City celebrated the 39 th Kabankalan Sinulog Festival. We always look forward to festivals and events on the second and third weekends of January as the Visayas celebrates the Feast of Sto. Nino. It was a rainy day as we drove to Kabankalan City about 90 kilometers towards southern Negros. After passing through some towns with roads being repaired which made travel time slower, we arrived at around six in the evening, just in time for the Sinulog Mardi Gras. There was a motorcade of Santo Nino from the Cathedral to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel at Brgy. Talubangi lead by Mayor Isidro P. Zayco who held the image of Santo Nino all throughout the motorcade.   Hotels, Resorts and Pension houses were fully booked, luckily, we wer