Tag: Murcia

  • Fun Mudpack Festival 2017 in Mambukal Resort

    Fun Mudpack Festival 2017 in Mambukal Resort

    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

    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

    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 in Bacolod

    Tree planting at Upper Caliban-Imbang Watershed in Bacolod

    Adopt an Animal at NFEFI-BCC 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…

  • First-time in Mambukal Resort

    First-time in Mambukal Resort

    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…