Bing and Sean Marie

Anong Bueaka Ra?

Sige Pa, Agod Madaug Kita

Padasig-dasig it ubos. A contest held in UP Visayas Miag-ao, 2009.

April

Dr. Rodolfo Baldevarona, Ro Gwapo

Dr. Baldevarona was an excellent fisheries professor of the College of Fisheries and Oceanography, U.P. Visayas, Iloilo.

Diwata ng Dagat

Diwata ng Dagat, UP Visayas Miag-ao Campus, Miag-ao, Iloilo.

Paku

Drynaria quercifolia (L.). Aklanon call it paku. Lives on trunks of trees, dead or alive.

Pompie and Memeng...Playing

Our pets, Pompie (dog), and Memeng (cat).

Siki

Paku sa Balisbisan

Puting Katumbae

Capsicum sp., found in Sta. Cruz, Lezo, Aklan.

Peperomia peltifolia C. DC.

The leaves of this plant is crashed and put on aching knees to relieve pain.
Source:Madulid, Domingo. A pictorial cyclopedia of Philippine ornamental plants. 2nd ed. Makati City: Bookmark, c 2000. p. 301

Inside San Isidro Labrador Church

In Lezo, Aklan

Tangead

Cymbopogon citratus, locally called Tangead. Found in Sta. Cruz, Lezo, Aklan.

Kapaya

Carica papaya L.. Aklanons call it kapaya. found in Sta. Cruz, Lezo, Aklan.

Pandan

Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. Pandan is a fragrant plant. A leaf can be placed on top of a near-cooked rice to make it fragrant.

Dr. Mansueta N. Cichon

Dr. Mansueta N. Cichon is the first dentist of Lezo, Aklan.

Dapog

Dapog. This is the old way of cooking, using firewood.

Katueanga

Hibiscus sp. Aklanons call it Katueanga. Found in Sta. Cruz, Lezo, Aklan.

Lezo Integrated School

This is the school where I graduated in the 1950s. Formerly called, Lezo Elementary School.

Still Unfinished Lezo Municipal building

Until when this building be finished?
Sorry for the (forever?) inconvenience!

Prostituted

Is this what we want of us?

Dr. Jose Rizal

The only man-size statue of Dr. Jose Rizal in bronze in Lezo Plaza, Lezo, Aklan.

In Pastrana Park, Kalibo

Capt.Gil Mijares, an Aklanon World War II hero.

Aklan Catholic College

Aklan Catholic College, formerly Aklan College, Kalibo, Aklan.

San Isidro Labrador Church Council in Action

A Parish Priest of Lezo, Aklan

Gen. Francisco del Castillo

This signage is found along Pastrana Park, Kalibo, Aklan. Gen. del Castillo was not born in Aklan. He must have been born in Cebu or somewhere in Luzon. But definitely, he is not a native of Aklan.

Signage on Capt. Mijares

In Pastrana Plaza, Kalibo, Aklan

Museu It Akean

This is the new Aklan Museum. The one-storey-century-old museum was demolished to give way to this new one.

Freedom

San Isidro Labrador Catholic Church

This church was built during the Spanish period in Lezo, Aklan.

Hagdan

With the passing years, bamboo stairs are becoming a rare site in many Aklanon homes.

Introduction

This blogs features pictures I have taken from Aklan. And those other pictures that I like.
This will serve as reference material on Aklan.