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North of Negros Occidental's Blooms in August

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Yellow Orchid at La Vista Highlands, San Carlos City. *** Yellow-Orange Gumamela bloom at La Vista Highlands, San Carlos City *** Yellow Gumamela bloom at La Vista Highlands, San Carlos City *** Sticks of what looks like tiny bamboos at La Vista Highlands, San Carlos City. *** Pink Santan at the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto. ***  Little purple bells, Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto. ***  Red flowerettes. Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto. *** Not a bloom. This is a young Balete or Lunok.  Sipaway Island, San Carlos City. *** Pink hardy blooms. Sipaway Island, San Carlos City. *** Pink Flowerettes. Sipaway Island, San Carlos City. *** Santan. Sipaway Island, San Carlos City. *** Pink Bromiliads. Sipaway Island, San Carlos City. *** Green Leaves with spikes. Whispering Palms,  Sipaway Island, San Carlos Cit...

Exploring Sipaway Island of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental

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Sipaway is an island just about 10-minute boat ride from mainland city of San Carlos. The boat leaves each time ten persons are on board and the fare is P15 each. One can also hire a boat to circle the island but what we did was hire a tricycle to ferry us to all possible beaches there is (P350 for about 5 hours). The driver brought us to this first destination to seize the high tide as it is almost lunchtime. *** Our first destination if my memory serves me well... is called Crystal Beach.  The funny thing is that this property is not fenced and have no benches and just a few huts.  The caretaker asked for P20/pax for the maintenance when all we did was take a few photos for less than ten minutes. Anyway, it is just kind of help for them considering it is low season for beaches during typoon months like August. But then, this is the area that is great for swimming. *** Then we stopped by Paraiso De Antonio which is closed for rehabilitation as t...