We arrived here in Bacolod City yesterday aboard Weesam Express, an airconditioned ferry boat, from Iloilo City. Travel time was one hour 10 minutes and the fare was Pesos230 but my husband paid 280 per person. I am sure Pesos50 more is for port charge.
We already have searched for a cheap accommodation so we knew where to go - LD Pensionne. We took a tricycle and for a short ride from the pier, the fare was Pesos50 'special', meaning we did not wait for more passengers to occupy more seats on the tricycle. We knew that LD Pensionne is centrally located but it is nice that it is actually a few steps to Luzuriaga Street, a very busy street where Bacolod City Hall, Gaisano Mall, Jolibee, Greenwich, McDonalds and hundreds if not thousands of shops are located.
An 20 sq.m. airconditioned room with private bath, queen bed and tv at LD is Pesos650 per night. It is not immaculately clean but clean enough. We requested newer beddings and towels and they obliged.
On the streets, vendors sell a lot of street foods like banana and camote cue, fried chicken, fried fish balls and kikiam strips, pig intestines, pig skin, fresh lumpia, all kinds of marinated meats ready for grilling and the ever present on most streets of Iloilo and Bacolod - lechon manok and lechon liempo.
All kinds of fruits can also be found on the streets. The sweetest mangoes can be found here probably came from Guimaras - Pesos70 per kg.. I forgot to mention on my last blog that we had the sweetest lanzones in Iloilo and cheap too - Pesos60 per kg. Vendor said it came from Cagayan de Oro.
I actually like it here for the street fiesta atmosphere.
We like walking the streets of Bacolod City. Without a map or research, we found the San Sebastian Cathedral and the plaza on our first day.
Today for lunch a huge fillet of sweet and sour maya-maya was Pesos70. A big bowl of oxtail kare-kare was Pesos55. Food here is definitely cheap. After lunch, we hang out on the plaza where plenty of really old, big trees provide comfort for the shade and 'airconditioning' the trees give. We enjoyed our time on the plaza, watching little girls obviously street children play. One girl even asked us for money.
On our first night last night, we were happy to find a bar/restaurant with singers/bands performing live nightly. Last night, performing was a father and daughter pair whom we enjoyed because both were good singers. Tonight we went again but was a bit unhappy with another pair of performers so we left early. Name of the place is Tower Bridge.
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