Exploring Iloilo City's Rich Heritage: A Filipino American Family's Unforgettable Journey
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2023
- Join us on an extraordinary adventure as our Filipino American family embarks on a captivating heritage tour in Iloilo City, Philippines. Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture and history of this enchanting destination as we delve into the fascinating stories of our ancestors. From iconic landmarks and ancestral houses to mouthwatering cuisine and heartwarming encounters with locals, discover the hidden gems that make Iloilo City an unforgettable destination for heritage enthusiasts. Get ready to be inspired, amazed, and reconnect with your roots in this captivating journey through time and tradition. Join us for an experience that will leave you with a profound sense of pride in your Filipino heritage and a deep connection to the extraordinary city of Iloilo.
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Wow! U are here maam. Thank u for visiting the city of love!❤️🙏👍
Thank you! We have already left Iloilo but we truly enjoyed our visit. A beautiful city!
I like to visit this beautiful Iloilo City someday. Thank you for this video. Take care always to all of you. praise to our God.
Thank you too! We appreciate you watching and sharing your comments 🙏🏼
Thank you for showing ILOILO CITY never been to the PLACE its very interesting.
It really is! We had a wonderful time, thank you for watching ☺️
I have not been to Iloilo City (my birthplace) for nearly 6 years and I am amazed of her progress. Things that one tends to overlook because one (me!) is a born Ilongga. I now appreciate the city's development through someone else's point of view. Thank you for touring us through the city and show us what the city now looks like. Kudos to your two boys who have the talent of true bloggers! Best of luck to your new life in the Philippines.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your thoughts with us and our viewers 🙏🏼
Thank you for this video and I really miss Iloilo right about now!
i used to love the way you vlog here.im enjoying actually....kindly make more.
Yes, Iloilo City nowadays would resembles BGC if you are staying and strolling along and inside Iloilo Business Park at Megaworld located in the district of Mandurriao. If one wish to see the old Iloilo with preserved Spanish architecture type of buildings in an array, then go to the downtown area and appreciate the beauty of an old Spanish heritage. If one wish to see how clean Iloilo river is kept maintained and enjoy alongside the facade of its structured sidewalks, then go to its Esplanade and enjoy walking, strolling or even biking from one district place to the other!
ANG GANDA NG ILOILO !!!!! 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️👍👋✌️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
yes malinis pati ilog at start narin ng underground cabling ng mga kuryente sa city
It truly is beautiful! Thank you for watching ✌🏼❤️🇵🇭
@@moviemania1583 underground baka magka short circuit kasi palaging bahain
TYSM for visiting my hometown. Iloilo city, where the "old meets the present ".🌸
Our pleasure! It was a really wonderful experience for all of us ☺️
accdg to the old local people, the stone image located and enclosed in the glass enclosure (second floor) facing the main gate, started as a small icon and until now it keeps on growing....hope u have a keen eye examining such ststue.. it performs a lot of miracle and healing........
😮 wow!
Yes, there are many different versions of the story but all of them say that a fisherman fished the statue out of a river and he asked his son to carry it to the priest at Jaro. So if a child was able to carry it back in the day, it has truly grown crazy big. And that is the “miracle” part of the statue.
My hometown!!! Can't wait to go home soon...
Boracay is just 4hrs away from here, you can take a vacation there anytime you want if you are from iloilo and Guimaras as well. Im from metro manila and permanently resided here in iloilo because of the beaches.
It’s a very beautiful place! We love visiting Boracay as well!!
Born and raised in Iloilo City here . But left 19 yrs ago . Enjoy our City of love .🤸♀
It’s a beautiful city for sure!
Wow you had known more our history than the average Filipinos.
I’m sure they know more than me about many other topics 🤔 thank you so much for watching!
I'm glad you guys are enjoying my city. ❤I can't wait to be home soon. Hope you will experience the dinagyang festival. 😊
iloilo city is very calm/nice ambience/provincial feels.
It was a very good balance for sure!
🥰🥰🥰 Love how you do your vlog , National Geographic style showing all those historical sites. 👏👏👏
Glad you like them! Thank you so much for watching ❤️
The balcony where you were standing in jaro cathedral is the same balcony where Saint Pope John Paul 2, stood to crown the our Lady of Candles. Thanks for coming to iloilo.
Wow 🤩 that’s really cool that they let everybody go up there and see the same sights the Pope got to see ❤️
I'm truly happy you and your family have discovered my hometown. Me, my wife and my son love traveling worldwide. Having your kids on your vlog reminds me when my son was little in a stroller, and we're on top of the Eiffel Tower. Thank you for sharing your adventures.
That is awesome! We hope to be able to travel with them often and to so many places. The world is just so beautiful to see 😊
Love this type of content.
Great video. My family is from Iloilo. Can’t wait to go back. Enjoy all the great food .
Awesome! Thank you so much for watching!
I love watching your vlog, thank you for sharing, I enjoy watching you, and your two boys,, are handsome , they are truly loving to see places “ GOD” bless always with your beautiful family
Thank you so much 🤗
Great video!!! Very informative. Not the typical expat vlogger. It's more like being on vacation with family. You gained a new sub here! Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hello, watching from iloilo thank you for visit here
Thank you too
WOW, another amazing video! We haven't been to ILOILO yet but its on our list. Can't wait to move to Philippines next year! LET'S GO!!!
You should! It is a very beautiful city ❤️
Welcome to my hometown Iloilo City "the city of Love" @LLVT Enjoy! & have fun! 🙂❤️ It is pronounced as "halandoni" though it's start with the letter "J".. 🙂
Love it!! Thank you so much for watching ☺️
I used to be a tour guide for a museum here in San Francisco focused on meso america and I agree the one part you showed the statues does remind me of Aztecs and the Mayans. In case you didn’t know during Spanish colonization, Spain brought Mexicans to the Philippines and Filipinos to Mexico.
Wow that’s really interesting! I’m hoping we can visit the Museum of Natural History and the Ayala Museum soon. I doubt we’d be allowed to film at either of them but we will definitely share stuff on our IG and FB pages.
the warriors are not related to aztecs. in fact its the Aetas (Indigenous people) when it was sold to the datus. this was pre spanish era. but later on they incorporated it with the festival called dinagyang to honor the feast of sto. Nino. they alao shout viva senor sto nino.
But you’re right, mexicans and filipinos bond thru the galleon trade.
ilonggo here living in San Jose, California.
10 hour brown out today..Molo Iloilo.. beautiful
Oh wow! We’ve only experienced a brown out very briefly. Thank you so much for watching ☺️
Cool! You eat at Tatoy’s!! Never miss that place every time I visit Iloilo
It's so good!
The most famous one is in villa beach that’s the original tatoys..
I love areas which are developing because you can see the history right before your eyes. The old buildings being preserved along side of new structures always fascinates me. Unfortunately here in Las Vegas, they destroy their historic structures to build new bigger ones with no character. I am glad you are all getting to explore more of the Philippines.
I love it too! I want the boys to see as much history as they can in person instead of in books ☺️ thank you so much for watching!
@@LLVT I agree that it is important for the young to appreciate history. The old saying is, “You don’t know where you are going unless you know where you have been” is very true.
I am really loving the outros! The candidness of kuya and bunso are so fun to watch! 😊
Yay, thank you! The boys appreciate getting the chance to share their silly sides too ☺️
The fruit is called KAMUNSIL. It is a seasonal fruit during sumer. The Ilonggos really love it though it is not recognize or eaten in other parts of the country. The native chicken is also Ilonggos favorite. I personally prefer native chicken since its organic.
The husband of Doña Mariquit was Don Fernando Lopez. He was once the Vice President of the Philippines twice. And together with brother Eugenio founded many businesses including what is now ABS CBN. Lopez family was one of the richest families of Iloilo.
Such an entrepreneurial family indeed!
REALLY❓What about the unpaid taxes by ABS CBN❓And the questionable 45 sq. meter(❓) lot area where ABS CBN stands‼️ Please ask their Nemesis Congressman Party list Rodante Marcoleta‼️ANYARE NA, Dante, did your expose prosper or just laying lazy like Juan Tamad❓🤮🤬🥵👎🏿
@@alakdanhilario315 unpaid taxes? Where? Yung pinakamalaking mgbayad ng taxes? Yung napakalinis na Marcoleta yung idol nyo? Dami nyong anay sa Pinas kaya d umaasenso. Binoto mo rin yung adik na nakaupo ngayon sa Malacañan no?😆
Need to go back for more. There are a lot heritage and cultural sites to explore.
Absolutely!
Appreciate you guys visited my home Province 🇵🇭🇺🇸❤
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That is great i try to show this to my children as for them to know some of the heritage & culture of the philippines. Were living here in ireland since they were young & my bunso was born here, its helping a lot to explained & show this cultures. Stay blessed from ireland.
Salamat po! Our family loves to learn about history in general so it’s even more fun for us to learn about their cultural heritage. Thank you so much for watching and ingat ✌🏼
This is so cool! 😃You are in my hometown. Grew up and lived there for almost 20 years. #DontMissitbutImissHome
Awww ☺️ yes it was a lovely visit, but it really is nice to feel at “home” - thank you for watching!
Hello guys, I love seeing Iloilo through your vlogs, thanks 😊 ❤...bunso is trying new taste and also vlogging, good for you bunso 👏👍. Keep safe family and God bless 🙌 🙏 🍀
Thank you 😊
Welcome to the city where I grew up 💝 I strongly recommend the famous special Lapaz Batchoy. It’s an Ilonggo noodles soup with variety of meats, egg and chicharon. Enjoy 😊
Thanks for the recommendation! We ate some at our hotel, unfortunately it was so rainy during our visit we weren’t able to go to the La Paz Market to try it. Kasen did a reel of it on his Instagram. I’ll try to post it as a short here on YT soon. Thank you for watching!
wait til you visit ilocos region.. alot of vintage and historical houses and buildings
Awesome! I can’t wait to visit there and also Vigan. I really love seeing all of the history in person.
Welcome to the “Queen City of Tikal” ❤
Such a beautiful place!
@@LLVT yes tikal everywhere
historic. great content. i love it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching ☺️
Thank you for visiting but there are so many places in Iloilo.
Yes, true! It rained during our last couple of days there so we didn’t get to travel as much as we had hoped. But it was a wonderful trip!
Iloilo city is definitely one of my best areas in the country! Have a great week there!👍
It was a wonderful trip for our family! Thank you for watching ☺️
*welcome to the city of love, the city with the cleanest river, longest linear park and the best bike lanes in the country*
It was a wonderful trip for our family! Thank you for watching ☺️
-and the City that used its resources in Corruption, according to native Iloilo blogger Boy Mejorada‼️By the Big 🐷🐽BOY🤮🤬‼️
Cleanest river yet nobody showed people had regularly swam baka mag mutate, the riverbanks are the longest uninterrupted toilets with open defecation. Si pikoykoy at sila si balls are the tourist wanders of all time.
@@abu3803 lol,sige maligo ka doon para maging giniling ka ng mga propeler ng mga ferry, open defecation? do you have proof or baka ikaw yong tumae doon😂 hiyang hiya sayo yong mga nagbigay ng award
@@abu3803 naligaw ka yata sa sama ng loob mo ibang lugar napuntahan mo😂😂
Love it guys.. 💪💪💪💝💝💝🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Thank you so much!
Hopefully you will be able to visit Dumaguete Cityas well ,the n umber one city for Expats in the Philippines .Yes ,Iloilo is on my bucket list when i travel the Phils next year. Thanks for your informative videos.
I hope so too!
Loving ur content ❤
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you for watching ☺️
Welcome here in iloilo, enjoy and stay safe.
Salamat po!
Missing home Iloilo, watching from Oceania, new subscriber.
Thanks for subbing!
Your two boys are so adorable and pogi ❤️
❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much 😊
Hello ❤ you look prettier these days and looking relaxed. Love ur videos
Thank you so much!
Woahhh. You guys are in my city. 🥰
Such an amazing city!
Very 👌yeah we also have General Luna street in Baguio, wow fun fact 👍
He was quite a character! I enjoyed learning about him during our car ride ☺️
back in the days they also have their own conveniences which is different from today.
I hope you're having so much fun in the Philippines. I literally love your vlogs. I hope that someday you'll get to visit more places with your family I would suggest Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor and the rest of the visayas for they are rich in culture and fantastic in nature. Mindanao is also what I call the hidden gem of the country, for they have a rich culture most of them are untouched from the influence of colonizers making it show the culture of Filipinos way hundreds of years back then, they are also very diverse. Plus, they have fantastic nature and one of which even gained a unesco heritage status. Anyway wherever you go in this country I hope you'll have fun because Philippines has so much to offer.
Thank you so much for watching! We’ve done a couple of videos from a previous visit to Bohol but we still haven’t been to Cebu or Siquijor. We’ve definitely got a long list of places we still need to see ☺️
You come to dumaguete city.. cool place and great place to live in 👌🇵🇭
Maybe one day! Definitely on our list to visit 😊
Wow you here in iloilo?😮 Nice to see you here❤
Yes, we were there a couple of months ago! We truly enjoyed our time visiting there ❤️
Welcome to Manila Philippines🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 ma'am from Cagayan valley Philippines lives in Madrid Spain🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 Europe
Hello po 👋🏼 thank you for watching!
Wow you are in the City of Love. Welcome to our City.
Thanks! 😃 we LOVEd visiting!
@@LLVT ❤️
You may want to go to Guimaras Island, just a few minutes away by boat👍
We did! It was an incredible experience as well, we also vlogged about it.
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I want to thank you for showcasing our heritage.
I don’t know if it’s the proper way to say it, but I wish you the fastest recovery.
And I’m looking forward to more videos with the boys.
Ingat kayo palagi. ❤❤❤
That’s incredibly sweet of you! Thank you so much for watching and sharing positivity and good vibes ☺️
Hey I will be in iloilo this august, what can i do there? i want to eat street food and see some good sights
@@theghostoftravel we didn’t visit any places with street food because it was raining during most of our trip but we heard the La Paz Market is the best place to get original La Paz Batchoy! I would also suggest taking a day to go tour Guimaras Island, it was a ferry ride away and we booked our tour through Klook.
@@LLVT thank you! excited to be back, I'm Mexican American and people ask about my heritage in Philippines lol, mabuhay
Wow my town...iloilo ang banwa ko😊
Salamat po!
Thanks for another entertaining vlog. And your bunso, Rowan is a natural star, showing his passion and voicing his comments. Wow! Loving it seeing Rowan being active in your videos. He is super cute☺️, smart and adorable. Both of your kids have their distinct talents.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you always for watching and sharing your feedback 🙏🏼
Hope you meet bianca and mike from That Philippines Life vlog ( @ThatPhilippinesLife ) there in Iloilo 😊 Safe travels guys 💖🇵🇭
Unfortunately we did not have much time to do any sort of meet up. Hopefully we can plan better for our next trip 😉
wow.. you guys actually came here
Yes! It was a wonderful trip for our family, thank you for watching ❤️
new subs here i like your vlog...cuteee
good evening po ❤❤❤ enjoy
Wow! I loved this vlog. I too love everything historical and learning about culture in every place I visit. Enjoy your travels.👍🏼❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching ☺️
Hoping you are doing well mentally. Enjoy your time in Philippines. It's very lay back. United States is not the place to be right now. It's crazy here to much violence and very expensive. People are not very friendly here as you already. GGG, Give God Glory
Thank you so much! I’ve been doing great and feeling much more motivated to work on other projects as well. Salamat and ingat po!
Kuya reading KGG. It is an abbreviation like Mr. for Mister. KGG for kagalang-galang which means honorable in English. Kagalang-galang Mario Cuartero = Honorable Mario Cuartero.
Wow! Thank you for sharing, I figured it was a title of some sort but we weren’t entirely sure.
Welcome to Iloilo po
Salamat po!
Nice ❤❤❤❤
Thanks 🤗
Thank you for this tour ❤️
Will go to casa mariquit.
Your kids are cute and well mannered.
Do u home school your boys?
I am thinking of home schooling my child in the near future.
Wow! You and your kids are very good at reading tagalog! U inspire me! Wow
Thank you so much for watching! Yes, we do homeschool the boys. It makes it easier for us to travel anytime.
Whats d name of your home school? Is it based in California? I am in d California but plans to homeschool my child once i move back to Philippines or travel just like you guys.
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Thank you for visiting the ORIGINAL QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH - ILOILO CITY.
Our pleasure! It was a wonderful family trip ❤️
Gud eve guys
Hello po!
I love bangus
Also Rizal st or Rizal blvd almost all provinces has named after Jose Rizal
Yes you’re absolutely correct!
Come also to baguio city. The only city that americans developed 100 years ago.. There are many tourist spots and if you love nature then you will love the city also.
Yes! We hope to visit there as well ☺️
ILOILO CITY: The Queen’s City in the South
Beautiful city indeed!
I hope u visit Guimaras Island also❤
Hope you could visit Bacolod city someday
We’d love to! It’s definitely a destination on our list!
Our DINAGYANG is the #1 festival in the Philippines!!!
I love all the fiestas and festivals here! Hoping we can get to some when the boys are a bit older 😉
Been a while...😊
Yes! We hadn’t realized our timing was behind. We’ve been having fun doing play dates and meetups with the kids friends ☺️
The fatty part of the banggus is rich in omega 3. The churches are amazing to visit. The Jaro Cathedral is a miraculous one.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing that information. I love to visit all of the old churches.
You need to see Davao City
Yes we do!
Iloilo ang Banwa Ko.
Native chickens are among the expensive menue in the restaurants but if you go to the far barrios you will be served with native chickens and most often people out of their hospitality and generosity will give you live native chicken as brought home or pasalubong haha.
That sounds like a very interesting pasalubong 😂
I’m a blk man, 44yrs old, single, no kids, in Las Vegas receiving 100% VA ($3,737.85/ month). Got my passport last week and my 10-year clock has started. 1st stop is CEBU Aug 1st 2024. Wish me luck.
Hellooooo
Hello! Thank you for watching ☺️
Its te former runway of the old iloilo airport
Ilon-go and ilon-ga people from iloilo they’re known for being honest
Awesome! Thank you ❤️
nami nu! welcome sa Iloilo. kaon na
Thank you po!
my parents originally from iloilo.
It’s a beautiful city!
Jalandoni is pronounced with j sounding as an h
Aha! Thank you for clarifying ☺️
there are more Spanish words used in ilonggo (except for chabakano) compared to the other Philippine dialect.
Bunso needs his channel.
He’s got his own Instagram @thebloopersguy we’re working on getting some content started for him very soon as well!
1898 built in the late1800s
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Try to visit Cebu City,you can see more tall buildings just like BGC.
Disorganized though.
Thank you so much for this suggestion. We definitely hope to visit Cebu City one day.