Rambling in Romblon and other happy accidents
29/01/2013
My friend’s swimming pool.
I landed in Romblon by accident.
A surprising number of visitors discover the province, which, despite its strategic location between Luzon and Visayas, isn’t part of the tourist trail and is almost-but-not-quite bypassed by the nautical highway.
Many foreigners end up in Rombon because they took the wrong boat getting to nearby Boracay. Most of them end up staying.
I was on the island on the spur-of-the-moment invite of a friend, whose family makes it a point to visit the province during fiesta season.
Biniray is perhaps Romblon’s biggest annual festival, it celebrates Sto. Niño, the Child Jesus. Held in early January in the provincial capital of the same name, the fiesta is marked by parades, pageants, and a procession headed by a 400 year-old replica of the Sto. Niño of Cebu, which was commissioned by an Augustinian friar.
Read the rest of my GMA News article here.
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Horror author, third world minimalist, Esquire Philippines Writer at Large.
romblon is definitely on my bucket list… give me a shout when you’re headed back
i’ve only been to hambil (carabao island) and i fell in love with the place immediately. romblonans are so amiable!