The Purple Slippers | Travels and More

Last May 19, 2012 Iligan Bloggers Society Inc . celebrated their 1st Anniversary with a Summer Party at Mimar's Springway Resort. Last April 20 and April 22, 2012 me and my family was here to celebrate the birthday of my siblings Nique and Kirk. After seeing my posts, a reader asked me why am I keep on going there when in fact they have lesser number of swimming pools compared to the other resorts in the area. So here's the reason why. Thanks for the Photo Sir Pat Noel 1. I've been coming back in Timoga for many years now, since we lived in Iligan City and have been swimming from different resorts since

That's my sister. Taken during her swimming training as an athlete for their school (Iligan SPED Center) They practice everyafternoon if they have a competition scheduled. But they regularly swim  7am to 9am Saturdays and Sundays under the Supervision of Coach Ning Ning The 2 lower left pictures is a 16 feet deep pool. It also has a short and tall diving board   The lower left and upper right picture is a pool of Mimars Swimming Pools viewed from Dela Mars stairs going up to the 16 ft deep pool area. FACTS: + Water in the pool is fresh spring water. Expect it to be cold or super cold. hehe + Locals are not used to women wearing full swimming attire (2 piece bikinis or even swimsuits). + T-shirt and shorts is the usual swimming get up ( telling you this so as not to culture shock yourself! :P) + They don't cater and they don't have a restaurant inside, if you wanted to order food you need to buy them outside and bring them in. + It's a wet picnic place, a...

August 30, 2011, after our (me and my little sis) swimming class, we head immediately to Macaraeg-Macapagal Ancestral House . I was actually able to visit every corner of the place last August 7, 2011. However, the pictures I took during the tour was not good enough to share and somewhere actually accidentally deleted, I decided to dedicate a time after our swimming classes taking pictures inside the Macaraeg-Macapagal Ancestral House .  Back view Ever since it was widely opened to the public, Iligan City Tourism already took over maintenance and management of the place.  The structure you see is found on the left side of the area. These are new structures that were already constructed by the Iligan City Tourism. It's a function hall for events So here's a glimpse of what to expect there: Left: That's Gloria's Playhouse  Right: metal chairs and table under the Mango tree Found just before the main door of the house is the office of for...