Tag: Murcia

  • Fun Mudpack Festival 2017 in Mambukal Resort

    Fun Mudpack Festival 2017 in Mambukal Resort

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    Mambukal Mountain Resort in Brgy. Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, Philippines is one of the gateways to Mt. Kanlaon and has been a favorite destination of Negrenses and travelers since the first half of the 20th century (READ: First-time in Mambukal Mountain Resort). Each year, on the 3rd week of June,…

  • Murcia’s Lux Mundi Monastery & Catholic Ming Yuan College

    Murcia’s Lux Mundi Monastery & Catholic Ming Yuan College

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    When I tagged along with my DOT-accredited tour guide friends, Maricar and Artie, to Salvador Benedicto, they were talking about the Lux Mundi monastery in Murcia, a town between Bacolod City and Salvador Benedicto. They were planning to visit the monastery the day after but as we left Balokon Spring…

  • A Restobar at Murcia’s Hilltop: Good food, great scenery

    A Restobar at Murcia’s Hilltop: Good food, great scenery

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    From Bacolod City in Negros Occidental, Philippines, we went via Sum-ag towards Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City to visit the OISCA silk-making facility. On our way home, we had snacks at the Hilltop Resto and Bar in the town of Murcia, which was totally unplanned and a spur of the moment…

  • Tree planting at Upper Caliban-Imbang Watershed; Adopt an Animal at NFEFI-BCC

    Tree planting at Upper Caliban-Imbang Watershed; Adopt an Animal at NFEFI-BCC

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    As progress and development continue in the Philippines, the onslaught on the natural environment has also been going on for years. The combination of climate change and man-made disasters have created a huge dent in our ecosystem. The country’s forest cover of 27 million hectares was reduced to 7.2 million…

  • First-time in Mambukal Resort

    First-time in Mambukal Resort

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    Having visited Mambukal Resort when I was still a toddler, I have so little recollection of what it’s like in this mountain resort. Everytime I go home to my province, I always wanted to visit Mambukal. Mambukal lies at the foot of Mt. Kanlaon and is the gateway to the Kanlaon National…