The Iloilo Esplanades started as a one kilometer stretch. People from all works of life started to come in to stroll, jog, exercise, Zumba, sightseeing , or just to imbibe the fresh and nice green surroundings by the river. Soon, people from all walks turned this riverside road into a a strollers' walk. The City Government decided to turn it into a beautiful brick-paved treeladen, palmtrees-lined , flowers and ornamentals landscaped long walkway. Today, it is 11 kms long and still growing, with the Esplanades and Biking lanes side by side the river. Now under construction is the 5km Sunset Boulevard with its own Esplanades and Biking Lanes. This Sunset Boulevard will also pass through heron bird wading areas and the beautiful Iloilo Beach Tree Park, soon to thrill Ilonggos and visitors.
Sitting here in LA at 2 am and I've watched probably 20 straight BWC videos while putting off going to bed...and now a new subscriber. Does he (orange shirt) have a vape pen at 31 minute mark? vaping seems like a big hit in Thailand but surprised to see in Philippines??? Thanks for making the time and effort Philip.
Wow! I'm honoured. Thanks for subscribing and staying up! You're right, vaping isn't a big thing in the Phils, like smoking. Moving on to Vietnam smokers were everywhere, same in Malaysia which came as a big surprise..... ladies in headscarves, sat smoking on the sidewalk. Have you been or planning to visit the Phils?
@@BiggWorldCinema Thanks! Yes, for four weeks a few years ago, (I was feeling crappy from arrival and sat around the rental condo half the trip and even went to the doctor there for antibiotic) and am "probably" heading back in fall 2023. Dumaguette was always in the spotlight over Cebu but now I'm thinking Cebu. Thanks again, looking forward to the next video.
Funny that you uploaded this video today, I was just walking on this riverside this evening. It’s the only city in the Philippines I have been with such a quiet place to walk. Loving Iloilo so far! What’s your plan next ?
I like Iloilo. There's some good spots, but bit too spread out for my liking Glad you like Iloilo too. Currently in Boracay, then back to Cebu. How about you?
Iloilo is top #5 best city 🌆 in the World 🌎. Iloilo Queen 👑 City of the South, the river looks like London river Themes. Because main road 🛣️ in the middle of the city is named after a British guy. There are no restaurants by the river, because it is design by the Mayor and City for exercising, walking, jogging, bicycle riding, fishing 🎣, family gatherings, picnics. To keep the citizens in shape.
It would be great if Cebu City had breathable air too...I got bronchitis on both of my month long trips there but I still like it there... I loved walking along the Thames in London on my first trip there... The Filipino people are very kind that is for sure. I miss it so much now...
Women are more into Zumba which is usually held in open public places like plazas/parks. some gyms have zumba classes but it costs higher, so most opt to do zumba classes in public places.
Yeah the pay is not good. My girlfriend and her sister both worked at the call centers in Manila in 2016 in customer support for AT&T and Verizon. They were making $11/day for an 8 hour shift, but they actually had to work longer than that, to finish paperwork up, before they could go home from the night shift.
When I was 14 a new friend introduced me to pick up game as it was later called. This was in the 80’s. We did the same kind of approach as you which worked in the US at the time. I see manly cultural similarities to how the Philippines is now. Maybe that’s why older guys like the Philippines so much.
IlioIlio looks very nice! There's a vlogger who lives there, Texas Filipino, and it looks to be a really good place to visit, perhaps live. Much less foreigner's, and they actually have Traffic Lights!
@@BiggWorldCinema Who says there's no center as such? There is! It's called Calle Real, meaning, the "Royal Road" since the Spanish era, referring to ILOILO CITY being given by the Spanish Regent Queen Cristina the title La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad de Iloilo, "The Most Like and Noble City of Iloilo", because ILOILO was still loyal to Spain when Manila and the surrounding provinces were already rising up in arms against Spain. And so, this loyalty gave Iloilo such tag and earned the title QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH, a non-transferable title ILOILO earned from the Queen herself. Thus, it would be a shame for other cities like Cebu to grab such title from Iloilo which they did not earn, and which Regent Queen Cristina herself meant to give only to ILOILO. The Calle Real as a city center is cleaner and more orderly than the downtown Colon city center of Cebu. And Iloilo City's Calle Real still has many of its Architectural heritage Spanish and American era bldgs still well preserved, unlike Cebu's. At the very center of this downtown center of ILOILO City's Calle Real is the Plazoleta Gay, named after one of Iloilo City's mestizo mayors. When you are standing in the middle of the Plazoleta Gay, you are literally standing at the heart of ILOILO CITY's Spanish era downtown area. And unlike Cebu's center where Colon, Sanciangko, Manalili converge, ILOILO's Plazoleta Gay is clean, unpolluted, and uncongested, and well-maintained with pots of greenery to brighten and beautify the area. At present, the beautiful Architectural and historical bldgs here are still intact, and beyond this heritage area is a new beautiful skyscraper tower that is being constructed, La Terranza towers at Arroyo Street, in Plazoleta Gay, and which delineates the boundary between the European Heritage Calle Real area and the new modern downtown area. As to Iloilo's new completely modern areas, Iloilo's new CBD is the Mandurriao district and its Diversion Road area called TRISOMA (my invented accronym, meaning, Triangle South of Mandurriao). This new growth center is Iloilo's new BGC. A shopping mall here called Festive Walk Mall is almost the same in looks to the Uptown Mall at the BGC, no wonder, because both malls are owned by Megaworld. And Iloilo's interesting Calle Real, Diversion Road, and the tourist attractions are just next to one another and even walkable or short distance-ridden by public 12p commute. No such thing as being spread out. Ilollo is, in fact, the cleanest, most pleasant walkable city in the Philippines, better than polluted and irritating traffic-congested Cebu. A short ride from here is the another new "BGC" in Metro Ilollo, called the "Georgia Estates", 500+hectares, being developed by Sen. Manny Villar's VistaLand, and is a continuation of the very successful "Savannah Estates" development beside it. The new "Georgia" and Savannah developments follow the same Architectural design as the Heritage southern plantation American structures in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Near here, and also within the Metro Ilollo area, is another new "BGC", the Santa Barbara Heights development, 175hectares, which is inspired by rge beautiful Architectural designs of the Florida Boca Raton resorts developments. Still, adjacent to the Santa Barbara Heights and Georgia Estates developments (they are all adjacent to each other, making the entire Mandurriao up to Oton and Santa Barbara municipalities one big highend development), is the Santa Lucia Centro Verde and Green Meadows township developments, another new of the ever-expanding new "BGCs" in the entire Metro Iloilo.
I thought Iloilo city was the nicest place i have been. Which i must ask ? where you enjoyed the most ? I love Cometes Island riding a scooter around a small island Super FRIENDLY people. Maganda beach north of the island.
I've enjoyed most of the places I've visited. I don't ride a scooter, so not keen on places where that's a requirement. So Boracay was good for that. Cities in Mindanao were also great where everything's nearby or you can jump in jeepneys. Bohol was a favourite destination.
I stayed at Lourdes. My buddy stayed at Castle Chateau which is probably a better option. Good luck with your search. Let me know how you get on. Thanks for subscribing!
"Made up" a room is confusing, and I'm American. We (and they) say "clean the room". We do say "make the bed" though, meaning put sheets and blanket back in place. It sounds like you are asking for a maid, and not for cleaning. Haha!
@@BiggWorldCinema i like cebu in wildest trait sex business leisure and chaos if you want peace clean well off woman and hassle free living iloilo but not close enough to cebu
29:00 WE ARE USING AMERICAN ENGLISH THAT IS WHY PICHY DON'T GET WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, IF YOU SAID FIX MY ROOM, OR CLEAN MY ROOM THEN IT WILL BE DONE, YOU SAID MADE YOUR ROOM LOL, I GET WHAT YOU MEAN, IT IS NOT HER FAULT NOR YOU, LANGUAGE BARRIER
@@BiggWorldCinema people which is not aussie , kiwi , brits don't know what you mean , educated but not exposed to british english , in behalf of them i'm sorry that thing happens, if you said please clean my room, that is more plain english, some people have limited vocabulary,
@@BiggWorldCinema looked kinda interesting though maybe a tad drab.. I'll need to rewatch proper though , was exhausted when viewing... Bohol / Cebu looking the most likely for now... A fella from my Muay Thai gym is heading to a western boxing gym on Pangloa (Bohol) in a couple of weeks. I'll be getting reports so may consider that if I get positive feedback. *Crap Game*
Hopefully they drop the vaccine card requirement in guimaras. I saw a video several months back where people had to show their vaccine card to enter guimaras island
Sorry, it’s funny to hear the British talk about teeth. As an American I was born with perfectly straight teeth and have only two fillings that were last filled 40 years ago.
Why do Brits get such a bad rap for their teeth? You've done pretty well I must say! As a child we were spoiled with sweets and thus always having grey fillings. Gradually getting rid of them and replaced by crowns. Need to return to Goa to have 2 more done!
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The Iloilo Esplanades started as a one kilometer stretch. People from all works of life started to come in to stroll, jog, exercise, Zumba, sightseeing , or just to imbibe the fresh and nice green surroundings by the river. Soon, people from all walks turned this riverside road into a a strollers' walk. The City Government decided to turn it into a beautiful brick-paved treeladen, palmtrees-lined , flowers and ornamentals landscaped long walkway. Today, it is 11 kms long and still growing, with the Esplanades and Biking lanes side by side the river. Now under construction is the 5km Sunset Boulevard with its own Esplanades and Biking Lanes. This Sunset Boulevard will also pass through heron bird wading areas and the beautiful Iloilo Beach Tree Park, soon to thrill Ilonggos and visitors.
Great info...thanks.
Very beautiful place Iloilo 💪💪💪💪 clean 💪
Not wrong there. You visited the city?
thank you for making this vlog for us and for Ilonggos.. Proud Ilonggo here. New subscriber here as well.😃😃😃😃😃😃
Thanks for subscribing. You live in a great city!
14:00 MATE THEY PUT TREES FOR FLOODS , AND FOR FISH TO STAY
You cracked me up several times. At least you enjoyed 😁
Excellent..!
so many english coming to philippines , have fun here bro , im glad i left the uk
Sitting here in LA at 2 am and I've watched probably 20 straight BWC videos while putting off going to bed...and now a new subscriber. Does he (orange shirt) have a vape pen at 31 minute mark? vaping seems like a big hit in Thailand but surprised to see in Philippines??? Thanks for making the time and effort Philip.
Wow! I'm honoured. Thanks for subscribing and staying up! You're right, vaping isn't a big thing in the Phils, like smoking. Moving on to Vietnam smokers were everywhere, same in Malaysia which came as a big surprise..... ladies in headscarves, sat smoking on the sidewalk.
Have you been or planning to visit the Phils?
@@BiggWorldCinema Thanks! Yes, for four weeks a few years ago, (I was feeling crappy from arrival and sat around the rental condo half the trip and even went to the doctor there for antibiotic) and am "probably" heading back in fall 2023. Dumaguette was always in the spotlight over Cebu but now I'm thinking Cebu. Thanks again, looking forward to the next video.
Funny that you uploaded this video today, I was just walking on this riverside this evening. It’s the only city in the Philippines I have been with such a quiet place to walk. Loving Iloilo so far!
What’s your plan next ?
I like Iloilo. There's some good spots, but bit too spread out for my liking
Glad you like Iloilo too.
Currently in Boracay, then back to Cebu.
How about you?
15:00 SO YOU AGREE ILOILO CITY IS THE CLEANEST, VOTED CLEANEST CITY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Yeah, very clean.
17:17 risking one’s life to get to the other side makes it more beautiful 😄
Iloilo is top #5 best city 🌆 in the World 🌎. Iloilo Queen 👑 City of the South, the river looks like London river Themes. Because main road 🛣️ in the middle of the city is named after a British guy. There are no restaurants by the river, because it is design by the Mayor and City for exercising, walking, jogging, bicycle riding, fishing 🎣, family gatherings, picnics. To keep the citizens in shape.
It would be great if Cebu City had breathable air too...I got bronchitis on both of my month long trips there but I still like it there...
I loved walking along the Thames in London on my first trip there... The Filipino people are very kind that is for sure. I miss it so much now...
Women are more into Zumba which is usually held in open public places like plazas/parks. some gyms have zumba classes but it costs higher, so most opt to do zumba classes in public places.
Yeah the pay is not good. My girlfriend and her sister both worked at the call centers in Manila in 2016 in customer support for AT&T and Verizon. They were making $11/day for an 8 hour shift, but they actually had to work longer than that, to finish paperwork up, before they could go home from the night shift.
Those steps ending in a dead end under the bridge is used for fishing.
Aha! Thanks for clarifying that. I thought they were paths to nowhere!
@@BiggWorldCinemaNah , mate ,there are path to afterlife ....
23:00 I more likely guess that there was Shabu-Shabu involved
When I was 14 a new friend introduced me to pick up game as it was later called. This was in the 80’s. We did the same kind of approach as you which worked in the US at the time. I see manly cultural similarities to how the Philippines is now. Maybe that’s why older guys like the Philippines so much.
IlioIlio looks very nice! There's a vlogger who lives there, Texas Filipino, and it looks to be a really good place to visit, perhaps live. Much less foreigner's, and they actually have Traffic Lights!
But spread out. No centre as such. Unlike Cebu city which has Business Park and IT Park close to each other.
@@BiggWorldCinema Try the Iloilo Business Park, Atria, Diversion Rd and Downtown Iloilo...
@@BiggWorldCinema there is an Iloilo business park ..
There 280 km of London walk way
@@BiggWorldCinema Who says there's no center as such? There is! It's called Calle Real, meaning, the "Royal Road" since the Spanish era, referring to ILOILO CITY being given by the Spanish Regent Queen Cristina the title La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad de Iloilo, "The Most Like and Noble City of Iloilo", because ILOILO was still loyal to Spain when Manila and the surrounding provinces were already rising up in arms against Spain. And so, this loyalty gave Iloilo such tag and earned the title QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH, a non-transferable title ILOILO earned from the Queen herself. Thus, it would be a shame for other cities like Cebu to grab such title from Iloilo which they did not earn, and which Regent Queen Cristina herself meant to give only to ILOILO. The Calle Real as a city center is cleaner and more orderly than the downtown Colon city center of Cebu. And Iloilo City's Calle Real still has many of its Architectural heritage Spanish and American era bldgs still well preserved, unlike Cebu's. At the very center of this downtown center of ILOILO City's Calle Real is the Plazoleta Gay, named after one of Iloilo City's mestizo mayors. When you are standing in the middle of the Plazoleta Gay, you are literally standing at the heart of ILOILO CITY's Spanish era downtown area. And unlike Cebu's center where Colon, Sanciangko, Manalili converge, ILOILO's Plazoleta Gay is clean, unpolluted, and uncongested, and well-maintained with pots of greenery to brighten and beautify the area. At present, the beautiful Architectural and historical bldgs here are still intact, and beyond this heritage area is a new beautiful skyscraper tower that is being constructed, La Terranza towers at Arroyo Street, in Plazoleta Gay, and which delineates the boundary between the European Heritage Calle Real area and the new modern downtown area. As to Iloilo's new completely modern areas, Iloilo's new CBD is the Mandurriao district and its Diversion Road area called TRISOMA (my invented accronym, meaning, Triangle South of Mandurriao). This new growth center is Iloilo's new BGC. A shopping mall here called Festive Walk Mall is almost the same in looks to the Uptown Mall at the BGC, no wonder, because both malls are owned by Megaworld. And Iloilo's interesting Calle Real, Diversion Road, and the tourist attractions are just next to one another and even walkable or short distance-ridden by public 12p commute. No such thing as being spread out. Ilollo is, in fact, the cleanest, most pleasant walkable city in the Philippines, better than polluted and irritating traffic-congested Cebu. A short ride from here is the another new "BGC" in Metro Ilollo, called the "Georgia Estates", 500+hectares, being developed by Sen. Manny Villar's VistaLand, and is a continuation of the very successful "Savannah Estates" development beside it. The new "Georgia" and Savannah developments follow the same Architectural design as the Heritage southern plantation American structures in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Near here, and also within the Metro Ilollo area, is another new "BGC", the Santa Barbara Heights development, 175hectares, which is inspired by rge beautiful Architectural designs of the Florida Boca Raton resorts developments. Still, adjacent to the Santa Barbara Heights and Georgia Estates developments (they are all adjacent to each other, making the entire Mandurriao up to Oton and Santa Barbara municipalities one big highend development), is the Santa Lucia Centro Verde and Green Meadows township developments, another new of the ever-expanding new "BGCs" in the entire Metro Iloilo.
Those "bunch of trees" are mangroves, which are essential to maintaining the river's ecosystem.
Do they have to grow so tall? They're blocking my view of the river hehe
I thought Iloilo city was the nicest place i have been. Which i must ask ? where you enjoyed the most ? I love Cometes Island riding a scooter around a small island Super FRIENDLY people. Maganda beach north of the island.
I've enjoyed most of the places I've visited. I don't ride a scooter, so not keen on places where that's a requirement. So Boracay was good for that. Cities in Mindanao were also great where everything's nearby or you can jump in jeepneys. Bohol was a favourite destination.
@@BiggWorldCinema Bohol i must get over there. Hope i run into some youth playing guitar and singing on the beach. Too fun
Rough 26!
Hard life.
I’ve subscribed.. can you tell me what motel you stayed at here? I’m planning trip there to look at apartments.. thank you!
I stayed at Lourdes. My buddy stayed at Castle Chateau which is probably a better option. Good luck with your search. Let me know how you get on. Thanks for subscribing!
Thank you!! You are my favorite blogger in PH 🙂
Dude you had me cold for like a minute watching those girls play badminton. Wasnt until they walked that I realized it was playing backwards.
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"Made up" a room is confusing, and I'm American. We (and they) say "clean the room". We do say "make the bed" though, meaning put sheets and blanket back in place. It sounds like you are asking for a maid, and not for cleaning. Haha!
Sure. But the sign they provide to put on your door knob says "Make up Room." Lol
Missing my hometown
I bet you are. Where are you currently?
@@BiggWorldCinema I am in Europe. Been 5 years since I last came home.
17:00 THAT PROMENADE WASN'T THERE BACK IN YEAR 2OO5. IT IS NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, PART OF CITY BEAUTICATION,
If younger man were filming it is okay they would not get those comment, keep on doing wath you do i like.
Cebu womens in my perceptions are the wildest next to manila girls iloilo is much bit conservative
Which do you prefer pal??
Cebu or iloilo
Difficult to say. I was in Cebu an eternity and only briefly in Iloilo. I need to spend more time there.
@@BiggWorldCinema i like cebu in wildest trait sex business leisure and chaos if you want peace clean well off woman and hassle free living iloilo but not close enough to cebu
29:00 WE ARE USING AMERICAN ENGLISH THAT IS WHY PICHY DON'T GET WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, IF YOU SAID FIX MY ROOM, OR CLEAN MY ROOM THEN IT WILL BE DONE, YOU SAID MADE YOUR ROOM LOL, I GET WHAT YOU MEAN, IT IS NOT HER FAULT NOR YOU, LANGUAGE BARRIER
Sure. But I'd also hung the hotel's label on the door handle which said "Please Make Up My Room" that Pichy also ignored hehe
@@BiggWorldCinema people which is not aussie , kiwi , brits don't know what you mean , educated but not exposed to british english , in behalf of them i'm sorry that thing happens, if you said please clean my room, that is more plain english, some people have limited vocabulary,
Good stuff 👍
*Crap Game*
Is Iloilo giving you food for thought Crap Game?
@@BiggWorldCinema looked kinda interesting though maybe a tad drab.. I'll need to rewatch proper though , was exhausted when viewing... Bohol / Cebu looking the most likely for now... A fella from my Muay Thai gym is heading to a western boxing gym on Pangloa (Bohol) in a couple of weeks. I'll be getting reports so may consider that if I get positive feedback.
*Crap Game*
Hopefully they drop the vaccine card requirement in guimaras. I saw a video several months back where people had to show their vaccine card to enter guimaras island
That must have stopped now. A couple of months ago you couldn't enter Boracay or many of the islands. Only Camiguin Island is still behind the times.
Sorry, it’s funny to hear the British talk about teeth. As an American I was born with perfectly straight teeth and have only two fillings that were last filled 40 years ago.
Why do Brits get such a bad rap for their teeth? You've done pretty well I must say! As a child we were spoiled with sweets and thus always having grey fillings. Gradually getting rid of them and replaced by crowns. Need to return to Goa to have 2 more done!