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September 25, 2012. Blogger participants of the Waterfalling Adventure Tour arrived today for the event. The non-Iligan based blogger participants where housed at Rene's Diner and it will be their official residence for the next 5 days. The Anahaw Amphitheater [biggest open amphitheater in Mindanao] 

Iligan City celebrates it's Fiesta with Señor San Miguel for the whole month of September. So when July ends, I know August and September will be a very busy month for me. I had to cut and  reschedule business related trips, schedule personal activities carefully and plan out how to make an activity a reality. 

PAGANA is a maranao way of welcoming or entertaining visitors and guests to show their hospitality. They are accommodated in an elaborately decorated venue, served food and entertained with local songs and dances. Guests are expected to be elegantly dressed for the occasion with the host often times providing malongs or tutubs to guests who do not have one. I went to the Pagana food and drink festival earlier with my sister Nique and the "iconic" travel bloggers Pinaytravelista and Travel Jams (:P) where I had a tummy full dinner. However, it's not a traditional maranao PAGANA, like the one I attended in Marawi City. It's a gathering of all hotel and  restaurant members where they can show case what they do best. Some brought their best dishes and some brought their must try drinks. And since it was a food festival, we opted to try all the food available in PAGANA, so can you imagine how much calories, I consumed today? (wow, kunyari concerned sa calories. aheh...

Iligan City celebrates Señor San Miguels Fiesta for a month. So here's the schedule of the month long celebration! Enjoy and see you there!

Last September 27, 2011 me and few of the Iligan Bloggers went to the streets of Iligan to witness the Street Dancing. It's history because it's Jam's first time out of her 26 years in existence in this world to witness the Street Dancing. lols peace Jam! We agreed to meet 7am in Jollibee Aguinaldo, but I was already caught with the crowd and text brigade everyone to hauler along Quezon Avenue because the Street Dancing already started. When I arrive the contingents were already in front of the Cathedral Church. We walk our way to the old Iligan Day Inn building were the contestants perform in front of a judge. There were a lot of spectators in the streets I couldn't work my way out to be in front, too bad media badge were not available that time. As much as we wanted to go to the Buhanginan Hills Amphitheater to witness the final showdown, I got a call from Sir Pat of Tourism to go to Dunkin Donuts Quezon Avenue and meet with the media. Alth...

It's Officially ber month and in Iligan City September is a month of celebration. Iligan City celebrates it's fiesta celebration for the whole month of September. It is the only City that holds a month-long celebration of Dyandi Festival Today, the flea market and Carnival will officially open, the locals usually call it "Mugna sa Iligan" although it's no longer officially called Mugna but since it has been accustomed by many, now even the new generation of Iliganons call it Mugna. So here's a glimpse of the scheduled Activities for the month long celebration of Iligan City's "Dyandi Festival" . September 1: 8:00AM  - 6th Regional Annual Convention of Guidance Counselors (Iligan Medical Center College) 3:00PM  - Press Conference - Diyandi Festival (Celadon Hotel-Pal-o) 5:00PM  - Motorcade (Celadon to Rizal Park) 6:00PM  - Festival Launching (Rizal Park) 6:00PM  - 2011 Search for Male Pop Star and Female Star Po...