Jenny's Island Adventure

waiting for my ride I have been travelling around the province the past few days on a fine week.  The sun was out all the time and weather was fine and cool. Negros Occidental has a total land area of 792,607 hectares or about 375 kilometres long from Hinoba-an in the south to San Carlos to the north.             by the pool at Guerrero Farm Guerrero Farm Resto With more 13 cities and 19 municipalities, no doubt that this would fill up the calendar every month when we speak of festivals, be it about plants, trees, animals , lights or the arts . Recently, we took the day off for a visit to nearby farms for a familiarization tour, when visiting farms one should have a hand fan and a hat and possibly bring a shawl to cover your face from the heat of the sun and a bottle of water. Never ever forget to bring a camera with extra battery when on tour.             Lettuce anyone? Tin hugs a tree First stop was Owataks Farms via the Buro-Buro Farm   at Tali

Two and a half hours drive to the south towards the town of Ilog from Bacolod, we reached Malabong bridge at Barangay Andulauan,   just a short   turn to the right from the main road after the bridge. There are orange , blue and green flaglets   on bamboo poles with a colourful signage and a mascot with uniformed men and women at the reception line. Enough parking space, a reception area and information counter for proper registration .  As we walk along the path , there are  information boards about the history of Ilog, the Balsa floating route, and some birds to identify along the way considering the site being a bird sanctuary .  The first quarter of the year welcomes the migratory birds in Andulauan which makes the cruise along the river in a native  floating restaurant more special. This is the latest attraction in southern Negros, Balsa River Cruise. The idea of a river cruise has been suggested to many in the past two decades but   thi