It’s 4am but I’m already awake in my room at New Emperors Palace Pension in Iloilo City. I couldn’t figure out my next destination. 
I reached for my backpack on the side table of my bed and took out the flyer I got from Iloilo airport’s tourism division. As much as possible, I wanna include a visit to a remote place on my trips and my 1st choice was Bucari in Leon. I texted my friend Marcos . He replied, “‘ I have to warn you though, trekking is hard, it’s a very remote sitio, and it’s as lush as it’s in my pictures post-typhoon Frank.” 
Being a probinsyana, I am so used to trekking (except for Tappiya falls in Batad! ) so I wasn’t scared, but I need to go back at the end of the day. I looked up my map to check out which sitio is closest to Iloilo City … and I decided to go to Igbaras! 
my guide to Igbaras
I don’t wanna bother asking Marcos for directions anymore as he seems tired from his night out. I went out to look something to eat and found a 24hr internet cafe instead just right beside my hostel. I went inside and browsed the internet for directions. I found a write up by Mon Corpuz, a photographer and one of the coordinators of The Black Pencil Project, a group of photographers, whose committed to provide pencils to early learners (Day Care to Grade 3) of select public elementary schools from beneficiaries of remote and or indigenous communities of the Philippines. . (more…)
Hopped in a bus off to Sta Cruz , Laguna which takes roughly 4 hours.
