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by Erica Jahn

Public transport from/to Iloilo International Airport

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March 1, 2018
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Iloilo International Airport is approximately 30 minutes away from Iloilo City Proper. Several transportation options are available for arriving and departing passengers, including taxis, UV express vans, and other forms of public commute.  

Taxi

All taxi cabs in Iloilo may be hired to get from the airport to Iloilo City Proper or vice-versa. The taxi drivers will most likely opt for a fixed rate rather than using the taxi meter. The taxi fare going to the airport from Iloilo City Proper range between P350 to P400.

UV Express

There are a shuttle services that ferry passengers between the Iloilo Airport and Iloilo City with pick-up/drop-off points at SM City Iloilo Mall and Jaro District Plaza.  From SM City Iloilo Mall, the fare going to the Iloilo Airport is P70. Passengers are advised to be at the SM City Iloilo transport terminal at least 3 hours before their scheduled flight because drivers only leave when the shuttle is full. From the airport, the shuttles ferry passengers to the city at a reduced fare of P50.

Jeep and Multicab Commute 

Commuting to the Iloilo Airport is the cheapest way to travel to the Iloilo Airport. Here are the steps to getting to the airport by local commute:  Ride Calinog, Janiuay, Cabatuan, or Santa Barbara Jeepneys along Diversion Road (Benigno Aquino Ave.) or at the Ungka Terminal in Jaro District (20 minutes) – P16 fare Drop-off at “Bangga Dama” Intersection in Santa Barbara Town. Your landmark will be the Total Gas Station and Mercury Drug store. Walk to the multicab terminal located across Mercury Drug Ride Multicab direct to the Iloilo Airport (10 minutes) – P10 fare. It only takes 10 minutes to get to the airport from Bangga Dama but waiting time at the multicab terminal may take up to one to two hours because the drivers only leave until the multicab is full. If you are arriving at the airport and want to commute your way to the city. You can find the multicabs stationed near the departure gate, found at the far side of the passenger terminal. Drop off at Bangga Dama intersection in Santa Barbara town. The multicab ride takes 10 minutes and costs P10 per person. Then, ride a Santa Barbara jeep to Iloilo City (P16 per person fare). You may drop off at SM City Iloilo Mall and take another jeep or taxi to your destination.

Our experience

Going to the City we took the UV express and paid 50 pesos each plus 2 more seats for our luggage.

Going back to the airport, we paid our hotel shuttle, which is just near the airport for Php300 (about USD 6). Read about our hotel review here: SINOBEN APARTMENT

Parting Words

It’s a relief to know that tourists can get to the city from the airport for as low as Php 50 (USD 1). This form of transport is ideal for solo travelers or even for couples. If you have a big bag you can just pay an extra seat for another Php50. If you are traveling in group and sharing the expenses, take the taxi. There is a metered taxi on the far right side of the terminal. Just have to be patient with the transport operators as they would try their very best to make you take their private transfer service.

What do you think about the transportation system in Iloilo? Do you have any plans on going there? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below! If you find value in this post, do not hesitate to share! Thanks! 

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Erica Jahn

Erica is a former PR pro turned entrepreneur. Her greatest joys are family, blogging, music, skin care and social justice. As a Muay Thai enthusiast, Erica prides herself on working with increased focus, humility and diligence. She believes in living a fit life doing everything with a flair of creativity and love! Stalk her social channels @thegirlwiththemujihat

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How to enjoy dining at Scrapyard Cafe & Restaurant in Angono, Rizal

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One of my favorite diners in my hometown Angono in the mountainous province of Rizal is Scrapyard Cafe & Restaurant. I am not sure why it’s named Scrapyard. It’s definitely not a yard of scraps but a place of comfort food that reminds me of home. The meals here are affordable too.

Scrapyard Cafe & Restaurant locally known as Scrapyard serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Menu offerings range from Filipino favorites such as silog (meals with fried rice and fried egg) and minalot (meals served in a banana leaf with hard boiled egg, a veggie side, and a dessert) to local delicacies like fried itik, goto, lumpia, halo-halo, kakanin. 

Whenever I crave for goto (a variant of Filipino congee) and lumpia (spring roll) or minalot, I dine here. Goto and lumpia are available 24/7.

Minalot meals from Scrapyard Angono: Php90 each

Recently, the place had a facelift so it’s more spacious than before. More tables and chairs were added. Interesting decors like colorful umbrellas and fish lanterns were hanged on the ceiling. The lanterns look like the ones I’ve seen in Japan.

Even with the additional space, Scrapyard remains well-ventilated. Plenty of electric fans are accessible to customers to efficiently cool the place (also it helps ward off some insects). There are plants and trees around adding to the fresh ambiance.

If you need to wash your hands, you can use the outdoor wash area or the indoor restroom.

The parking space here is free. It’s also free to listen to live bands playing during the weekends.

Last weekend, I and my friends dined here after our workout at Pound for Pound Fitness Angono.

Here is a board of menu of what you can order at Scrapyard Angono. They serve other meals. You can check the complete menu at the counter

Some photos I took from the area:

Inside Scrapyard Angono
The music stage where the live band plays
Some decors hanging from the ceiling 
If you care for some sweets
Minalot special at Scrapyard Angono
More dining space
The hardworking staff
more dining space
private dining space
if you want to be in a private space, you can choose this part of the diner
more space
Frech Buko Php50.00
Fried lumpia Php18.00
Chicken Adobo (Minalot) Php90
Daing na Bangus (Minalot) Php90

I have recently read a few “not-so-great” customer experiences online about this place and thought I can make a post about the reviewers’ concern, after all, this is one of my go-to diners. 

So here are the ways to enjoy this place:

How to enjoy dining here:

1. Order a chicken adobo minalot or liempo or kalderetang itik and a fresh coconut juice.

2. Try eating their goto and fried lumpia.

3. Request for a sabaw (soup) as well as soy sauce with chilis. 

4. If you are in a hurry, politely request the staff to speed up a little. I know the staff can be a bit slow here sometimes. I think it’s mainly because they have a lot to do. It wouldn’t hurt to kindly request any of them to hurry up. 

5. Listen to the live band playing on the weekends.

6. Take photos while waiting for your food. The place has interesting decors you can take photos with. These photos of yourself or with friends or family can be a memorable souvenir.

7. If you need anything, request. This is a spacious cafe and restaurant with decent interiors but the food here is inexpensive. There is no service charge. You are also not obliged to tip the staff. The least you can do is to let them know what you need when you need it. Do not expect them to instantly know you need more water or condiments or tissue. You are not the only customer here. Remember, this is not a five-star restaurant.

How to get to Scrapyard Angono

This restaurant is located along Angono hi-way. If you’re coming from taytay, you’ll get passed Balaw-Balaw Restaurant. Scrapyard is on the right, just across from 7-Eleven. It is also next to Music Wizard Cafe.

Parting Words

Dining at Scrapyard Cafe & Restaurant (or any dining place) can be a pleasurable experience if you know how to enjoy the place. I hope the tips I mentioned in this post have been a great help! The next time you visit this modest but cool diner, make the most to enjoy tasty homemade meals while spending less.


What do you think about this diner? Have you tried any Filipino food? Do you like Minalot?  What’s your go-to diner in your hometown? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below!

AirAsia Philippines opens new route flying to Osaka, Japan

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Osaka is one of the greatest cities I highly recommend you visit if you wanna experience the best of Japan. If you’re worried it would cost you too much, I assure you there are ways to travel on a budget even in this expensive city. You can start by booking cheap flights. Now, you have to keep in mind that booking cheap flights doesn’t necessarily equate to having crappy flights, in fact, you can have better, if not the best flight experience if you book with the right airline. Having all that said, I’m glad to share with you that AirAsia, the world’s leading low-cost carrier, has just launched a new flight route between Manila, Philippines and Osaka, Japan which will operate daily starting from the beginning of July 2019.

Osaka will be AirAsia’s first-ever route between the Philippines and Japan. It is the 14th international destination route expected to enhance bilateral connectivity between the two tourism powerhouses.

Photo from AirAsia Philippines

To promote the launch of the Manila-Osaka route, individuals who book tickets at AirAsia website and the AirAsia mobile app from March 29 to April 7, can avail Php1,990 one-way flight fare. The departure dates must be between July 1 to October 26, 2019.

AirAsia Philippines CEO Capt. Dexter Comendador said that they’re excited to celebrate this milestone and add Japan to their growing network. This will surely pave the way for AirAsia Philippines to connect to more international cities to further promote Philippine tourism.

“Japan is one of the top inbound tourism markets in the Philippines, with 57, 724 arrivals recorded in the first quarter of this year. With this new route enhancing bilateral connectivity, we hope to continue promoting the Philippines as a must-visit destination for Japanese tourists and bring Japan closer to Filipinos.”

Guests racing with stickings on the head during the AirAisa Osaka route launch at SM Mall of Asia (Photo from AirAsia ph)

To celebrate the new route launch, a whole day of activities and prizes was opened to the public yesterday, June 29, 2019, at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. Fun Japanese gameshow-inspired activities (such as race while wearing stockings on the face, climb to the top of inflatable slides, sumo roll game, what’s in the box) were battled by keen participants for free Osaka flights.

Lucky winners were given free flights to Osaka: Grand winner – 4 roundtrip tickets; 1st Prize – 2 round trip tickets; 2nd Prize – 1 roundtrip ticket.

Awarding of the three lucky winners of roundtrip Manila-Osaka flight from AirAsia philippines

The place was busy and fun-filled!

There were booths where guests had their photos taken and printed on paper for free. Of course, I didn’t miss the chance to try it myself, so you can see my happy photo with famous Osaka landmarks in the backdrop!

Manila-Osaka route by AirAsia is now fully operating!

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Attendees of the launch celebration enjoyed discounted flights, tours, visa-assistance by AirAsia partner agencies. [RELATED READ: HOW TO APPLY FOR JAPAN TOURIST VISA FOR PHILIPPINE PASSPORT HOLDERS]

Surprise performances by a Filipina singer and Japanese comedian trio also made the celebration more entertaining. I still need to research the names of the performers but they are indeed talented and fun to watch!

In between the entire program, guests could freely approach the food stalls to savour authentic Japanese food like gyoza (from Tori Ichi Yakitori & Bar), red Iced tea (from Tokyo Tokyo), California maki (from Tenya Tempura Tendon), and my personal favourite, takoyaki!

TAKOYAKI!!!!
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Among those who joined the launch celebration were AirAsia Philippines CEO Capt. Dexter Comendador, JNTO Executive Director Daisuke Tonai, AirAsia Brand Ambassadors, Japan National Tourism Organization, Osaka Tourism Bureau, and friends from the media.

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Booking with AirAsia

My first travel abroad was with AirAsia. I could book around Php2,000 one-way international flight. I’m happy that with this price, I could already enjoy a comfortable and safe flight. Truth be told, I had an experience before paying almost Php9,000 pesos for a domestic roundtrip flight (with a different airline) and had the worst, most stressful time before and after boarding. With AirAsia, I never had this kind of stress. I also like the inflight meals a lot. 

If you book your tickets to Osaka with AirAsia, it’s also worth checking their list of popular activities. The cost of the activities are reasonable, plus you get some points which when accumulated, could be redeemed as flights. 

For more special deals from AirAsia that could help you save in your next travels, check out this link.

Parting Words

You can travel to Japan or anywhere in the world without breaking the bank. There are ways to stay on budget without skimping on the fun. A step to doing so is to book cheap flights. If you plan to travel to Japan soon, book AirAsia flights to Osaka and begin to chase new wonders in this beautiful country. Flights from Manila to Osaka starts to operate daily from July 1, 2019. #AirAsiaInOsaka

Are you planning to go to Osaka soon? Do you want to book cheap flights with the world’s leading low-cost carrier? What is the cheapest ticket you’ve ever scored for your international travel? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below! If you think this article is helpful, don’t hesitate to share!  

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