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Where to Stay in Iligan City, Philippines

May 12, 2015 by Josiah 9 Comments

Since we were finished visiting Dalipuga Falls at around 12:20 PM, we decided to visit some accommodations in Iligan City just to document the rooms, prices and other details.

I admit I have not stayed in any of these accommodations as having friends in Iligan City has its perks.

The accommodations listed below do not allow advance reservation. If you want to book in advance you may check Iligan City’s Agoda Listing here.

Here are four accommodations in Iligan City that we visited on that day. These are arranged in the order of our visit to each accommodation. Also, there are many other accommodation in Iligan City, these are just the accommodations we had time to visit.

  • Famous Pension House
  • Jasmine Pension Home
  • D’Morvie Suites
  • Alya Vista Lodge

Please note that details such as prices, locations might change without prior notice. Also note that our visit to the accommodations happened last November 25, 2014.

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Famous Pension House

Since we were coming from Dalipuga Falls, Famous Pension House was the first on our list of accommodations to visit as this is the farthest from the city proper of Iligan City. But this one is the nearest from the bus station bound for Cagayan de Oro.

Famous Pension House in Iligan City, Philippines

Famous Pension House

It’s relatively cheap as the most affordable rooms are around 300 Pesos/room/night good for 2 persons. The con only of this accommodation is that you cannot reserve ahead of time. They only allow walk-in guests.

They are located behind the Adventist Medical Center in Iligan City. Just across the street of Milestone Drive. They also have other branches in Iligan City. You can check-out their vicinity in Google Map here.

Posted in: Iligan City Tagged: Accommodation, Alya Vista Lodge, D'Morvie, Famous Pension House, Iligan, Iligan City, Jasmine Pension Home, Mindanao, Pension House, Philippines, Where to stay

Dodiongan Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

November 16, 2014 by Josiah Leave a Comment
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Yesterday we rode a jeep, a habal-habal, then river trekked about 20 minutes just to swim at the cold waters of Dodiongan Falls. #Iligan City #Mindanao #Philippines

A photo posted by Lakas ng Trip (@lakasngtrip) on Nov 11, 2014 at 11:42pm PST

The plan was to meet at Jollibee Aguinaldo in Iligan City around 10 AM and go to Dodiongan Waterfalls. At 10:30 AM our group of 3 was completed (PinayTravelista.com and Iligan Inquisitor). We walked to Ramiros Eatery to buy our food to bring at the falls. After, we walked to the highway across the Post Office to wait for a jeepney bound for Sta. Filomena or Dalipuga.

11:15 AM – We finally got to ride a jeep headed to Sta. Filomena. We asked the driver to be drop us off at Barinaot. Which is the next intersection (fork) at the right after the big Mandulog Bridge. Or you can say to the driver to drop you off at the intersection to Brgy. San Roque. Fare was 7.50 Pesos/person.

11:28 AM – When we arrived at the intersection, habal-habal drivers quickly approached us with their motorbikes and told us to hire them. When we said that we were headed to Dodiongan Falls, they said that their motorbikes could not handle the rough road going to the jump-off point of the waterfall. That’s when the habal-habal drivers with bigger motorbikes approached us and we hired one of them.

Since we were 3, we were reluctant to ride a single motorbike but the habal-habal driver told us that it was okay. So all 3 of us orderly rode the motorbike, the biggest in weight should be the one closes to the driver, that would be me. The lightest should be the one to seat at the farthest end of the motorbike. (35 Pesos/person, minimum of 3 persons)

Habal-habal ride to Dodiongan Falls in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines

Habal-habal ride

When all 3 of us were on the motorbike the Personal Space Factor was already -1. When we passed through roads that were going down I was literally becoming closer to the driver. But then the habal-habal stopped along the road and the driver said that we should go closer to him because the road was steeply going up, we all obliged since we really wanted to get to Dodiongan Falls. (Personal Space Factor = -3)

Posted in: Iligan City Tagged: Dodiongan Falls, Habal-Habal, Iligan, Iligan City, Iligan City Waterfalls, Philippines, River Trek, Waterfalls

First Video: My Volunteering Experience

January 9, 2012 by Josiah Leave a Comment

Since the beginning of 2011 I seriously wanted to try making videos of my travels. Unfortunately, I only had a dSLR that has no video recording. That’s why when I learned that my cousin, Cuckooh, brought a camera with a video when we went to Iligan for the Christmas vacation of 2011, I asked if I could borrow it for a while and try out my videographer skills and she said yes. Yahoo! 🙂

Unfortunately (again), the video is not about a happy, leisurely travel where you get to see people swimming beside the beach, trying food delicacies or having a good laugh with friends. The video is about my volunteering experience in Iligan City after it was hit by Typhoon Sendong.

With a lot of trial and error, especially on the video editing part, I present to you my very first video!

[youtube width=”600″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alg_TwIKEXk[/youtube]

Now that the camera is back with my cousin, I’m back to I-wish-I-have-a-video-camera mode. 🙂

Help while you can. Help without expecting anything in return. Help Iligan.

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