Talisay

Visit the Talisay page for all information on Talisay. Here’s our story on the Karakol Festival of Talisay, Batangas. We went there February 8, 2011 to witness this festival for the first time. We traveled all the way to Talisay, first, to witness the Karakol – a religious event held …

Have you heard about the miracle fruit? We had our first encounter with this seemed to be mysterious fruit last December 2010, during the Ala Eh Festival Trade Fair at SM Lipa. We were so eager to try it’s magical effect so when we’re set to cover the event, we …

Sadly, we’ll have a rainy summer. Oh why, oh why? Due to the untamed and quite confusing climate change on earth, summer here in the Philippines could be a wet one. Tsk. But there is no reason for us not to enjoy this season especially the young ones who would …

We finally got our chance to go to Talisay and join them in their Town Fiesta Celebration last February 8-10, 2011. For the full-write up on our experience, go to this post. Aside from the Parada ng Lechon of Balayan, Talisay’s Karakol was one of the festival where almost all …

The town of Talisay, Batangas celebrates two festivals — the Karakol Festival and the Punlad Festival. The first one, the Karakol Festival is in commemoration of Talisay’s patron saint, San Guillermo. Karakol is a religious dance held on the streets and is participated mostly by elder people of Talisay. But …

Talisay, Batangas is famous for its geographical location — having the vast Taal Lake and the magnificent view of Mt. Binintian or what most people think is the Taal Volcano (the small cone-like land form at the center of the lake). And because of this view, there had been a …

Talisay is another perfect destination if all you’re after for is the majestic view of the vast Taal Lake and the mountain across, Mt. Binintian (the cone-like land formation that you see from Talisay is not ‘the’ Taal Volcano). We were invited by the Talisay Tourism Office, headed by Ms. …

Day 1, February 8 — A foggy morning started our day. From home, we headed to Talisay for a two-day, one-night stay to cover some of the events in celebration of the town fiesta on Feb. 10. KARAKOL We traveled all the way to Talisay, first, to witness the Karakol …