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Monday, June 28th, 2010 / admin / 168 views

When I heard about Tibiao Fish Spa, I wondered how different it would be from other Spa’s. Then I actually had one and had an answered question.

The very first experience I had with it, I couldn’t stop laughing. It is very ticklish. My friend even says, it is a therapy, “a laugh therapy” which could cure a lot of illness.

As I got use to the ticklish feeling, I felt very relax and had fallen asleep while the fishes does their magic on my feet.

This is a part of Katahum Tours. A-MUST-HAVE experience if ever you go to Antique.

For more information visit the Tibiao Fish Spa website or contact Flord Nicson Calawag thru mobile +639198139893 or +639264151424 via email: flord@tibiaofishspa.com.

Category: Antique Tags: fish spa, Katahum Tours, Tibiao View Comments

Katahum Tours

Monday, June 28th, 2010 / admin / 115 views

Last January, media were invited for the launching of Katahum Tours. As a blogger and being “it” considered as the “new media,” I was one of the lucky ones who got invited. It was a tour that opened the eyes of many media men to the beauty of Antique, specifically Tibiao.

Katahum is a dialect which means beauty, and with this I think it is best to show you Katahum Tours in action through the pictures during our stay in the beautiful Antique.

I never knew that food as simple a scrambled eggs could be so delicious.

Need I say more?

Day 1 was our trip from Iloilo to Antique and it took about 4 hours. So activities starts on Day 2 and this was “it”, our breakfast to be precise.

After a satisfying breakfast, we went to ITT’S MODA or Drivers Association for Motorcycle and with the help of SEAOIL, we had given them a simple gift.

Plan was to have a “Habal-Habal” ride (a ride via motorcycle) going to Kayak-inn, but since it the road is wet, it would be dangerous to do so. Sadly, we skipped that and proceeded to Kayak-inn via Van.

I enjoyed the view along the way. Nothing is more relaxing than seeing the beauty of nature.

Finally, we arrived in the Kayak area.

This is me with the locals.

Me with a newly found friend within the media group. These are Kapuso (GMA) representatives.

Flord Nicson Calawag, person in charge and the one who invited us on this adventure is teaching the proper way of paddling on kayak.

Watch me enjoy kayaking.

After the kayak, we went for a relaxing hot bath in a “kawa” (large pan).

Thanks to Junn Mendoza for taking my pictures.

Off to Malakagat Hanging Bridge.

Along the way, I found this unusual cute pig. It’s like a dalmatian pig.

Then to Butong River.

Then a relaxing Tibiao fish spa experience.

Day 3, Lambaklad Fishing.

I am scared of riding the balsa.

Here we are with the fisher-folks and the fishes we caught.

Sea boating at Malabor coast.

Message from the local fishermen: No to purse seiners.

Kamamba pottery and brick making.

See me making a brick.

Lunch at Niel’s Resort and Resto Grill.

Muscovado experience.

Thanks to Flord Nicson Calawag for this unforgettable experience.

If you want to experience the power and beauty of nature, check Katahum website for more info or contact:
info@katahum.com
+639264151424
+639198139893

Category: Antique Tags: balsa, boating, brick, dalmatian pig, fish spa, hanging bridge, hot bath, kayak, muscovado, nature, pottery, unusual View Comments

Western Visayas Tourism Assembly 2009

Friday, December 11th, 2009 / admin / 742 views

Western Visayas Tourism Assembly 2009 is a week-long event held in Roxas City, Capiz. It was my first time to attend such event, and I wouldn’t have done so if not for my friends who invited me to join them. After a 2 and a half hour drive from Iloilo, we arrived Roxas the morning of December 4. While waiting for our friend who will be arriving from Kalibo, we went straight to our home for 3 days; the Kangaroos Inn. It is near the Villareal Stadium, in where the event would take place. After leaving our things at the Inn, we went to the Stadium to check a few things before the event would formally start.

The stadium is filled with exhibits of different kinds.

First are the native houses.

This is my favorite house.

Ifugao House – It is a small enclose structure, a one-room affair that serves as living and sleeping room, kitchen and dining room. It is elevated above the ground by four posts made of a sturdy tree-trunks with roots intact. It has solid panels for walls and tightly thatched roofing.

Here are the rest of the native house.

Subanen House