Aerial view of the Iloilo Airport

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MassKara is coined from two words: Mass, which means “many, or multitude,” and Kara, a Spanish word for “face,” thus MassKara is a mass or multitude of smiling faces.

Bacolod Masskara Festival 2010 Schedule

• October 1, 2010 - Opening of the Festival Site (Public Plaza,SM MassKara Village
• October 9, 2010 - MassKara Queen (University of St. La Salle Coliseum)
• October 15, 2010 -  Electric MassKara (Tourism Strip, Lacson St.)
• October 16, 2010 - MassKara Street Dance Competition – School Category (Araneta St. to Public Plaza
  • Electric MassKara (Tourism Strip, Lacson St.)
• October 17, 2010 - MassKara Street Dance Competition – Barangay Category (Araneta St. to Public Plaza)
• October 18, 2010 -  Countdown to the Charter Day Giant Street Party Celebration (New Government Center)
• October 19, 2010 - 73rd Charter Day Anniversary

Daily fastcrafts or fast ferries ply the Iloilo City (Muelle Loney River Wharf) to Bacolod City (BREDCO Port). Travel time is 45 minutes to one hour. There are also roll-on roll-off (RORO) vessels or slow ferries plying the Dumangas Port to Bacolod City (BREDCO Port) daily. The van terminal going to Dumangas is located at Baldoza Terminal in La Paz, Iloilo City. Travel time from Iloilo City to Dumangas is 20 minutes and from Dumangas Port to Bacolod via RORO, it is around two and a half hours.

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To get to Concepcion from Iloilo City, commuters can take a bus in Tagbak (Northern Iloilo) Terminal in Jaro, Iloilo City. HPQ buses are highly recommended, the fare is P110. Travel time takes approximately 2.5 to 3 hours. The first trip leaves Iloilo at 7am and last trip from Concepcion is around 4pm.

To get to Concepcion from Roxas City, take a bus going to Ajuy and from the terminal in Ajuy, take another bus to Concepcion.

How to get to the islands in Concepcion

There are daily passenger trips going to the major islands in Concepcion. They mostly leave in the morning and there’s only one trip per day. For large groups, visitors can go to the fish port or the wet market and search for boatmen willing to rent out their fishing boats. Sandbar Island Beach Resort in Bulubadiangan Island have their own pumpboat service for guests, the rate is P800 for the round trip transfers. For reference, the round trip transfers to Pan de Azucar Island is around P1,000 and P1,200 for Agho and Malangabang Island (P2,500 for a big boat).

Boat Tours of Concepcion Islands

Guests of Sandbar Island Beach Resort can also rent the resort’s pumpboat for a tour of nearby islands for P800. Several resorts in the mainland and fishermen at the fish port also rent our their boats for P1,000 – P1,500 for a half-day tour.

Concepcion can be reached by land from Iloilo City and Roxas City, Capiz. In Iloilo, the buses are stationed in Tagbak (Northern Iloilo) Terminal in Jaro, Iloilo City. There are buses that leave the city every hour daily.

You could probably get a taste of Balasan’s bibinka during Jaro district’s annual fiesta but there’s no place else that you can get them as delicious as the one’s sold in the Balasan, a town at the notheastern part of Iloilo.Read the rest of Balasan Bibinka (12 comments)

Taytay Boni is a Spanish-era arch bridge in located along the highway before the town proper (if you’re coming from Iloilo City). It is regarded as one of the surviving historical landmarks of Miagao.Read the rest of Taytay Boni (2 comments)

Nadsadjan Falls is a famous tourist destination in Igbaras. Its cool and fresh Prussians blue waters attracts foreign and local tourists every year. The Nadsadjan Falls measures 100 feet in height, spewing water on a giant cauldron-like natural swimming poolRead the rest of Nadsadjan Falls (10 comments)

Like Leon, the Tubungan Church is a graceful example of Romanesque architecture. The belfry on the other hand is a three-storey Neoclassic structure. The yellowish color of the church enhances its antique beauty. Read the rest of Tubungan Church (4 comments)