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See Iloilo’s best landmarks up close this January — history, culture, and photo-perfect moments.

Mom Violy, Tita Edna and Carmina have never been to Iloilo . Tita Edna suggested using her Philippine Airlines mileage to deduct 9,000 miles for a round trip to Iloilo and pay taxes of about 3,000 pesos ($50.85). Mom Violy and Carmina decided to do the same. Two weeks later, we learned Bacolod was recently hit by a typhoon, leaving fewer places to visit, so we changed our plans to stay in Iloilo, paying an additional 2,057 pesos ($34.86) for January 6–9, with Tita Edna leaving one day earlier on January 8, 2026.  Tita Edna told us that she has a friend Beth who can pick us up from the airport. Uniparentally plans had changed since her friend Beth and son could no longer tour us around, we decided to find ways to get around hire someone else. Jerson had picked us from One Madison Place where we had stayed during our vacation with the hours Mom Violy had requested. The first day we went to drive one hour and thirty minutes to reach  Miagao Church . We drove to our next destin...

Pair Up Your Merienda Together


Merienda is a snack often served from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Everyone always looks forward eating merienda that also comes before dinner is served.

Pair Up Your Merienda Together
  1. Filipino Pancit with pandesal with butter spread or puto with coffee
  2. Dinuguan with puto (steam sweet rice cake) with soft drink
  3. Chicken Arroz Caldo with takwat baboy
  4. Turon with vanilla ice cream
  5. Palabok with puto
  6. Champorado with dried tuyo
  7. Chicharon (pork skin) with vinegar
  8. Halo halo with palabok
  9. Pandesal with ice cream 
The drinks for merienda is always served with coffee, tea or soft drinks but other people recommend drinking fresh buko juice in a coconut shell.

To get my recipe click on the pink highlighted and it will direct you to it.

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