mambukal mountain resort

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following our wedding, the first major stop of in our negros island trip last 3rd week of march. mambukal mt. resort. last time i was here was ten years ago and it was not a resort yet, and there where no bats settling on the tall trees.




the sketches here are in order of when i sketched it starting from the native cottage i did while waiting for our food being cooked.




this tree is right at the foot of the trail going up to the water falls, the following sketches are of the various stages of the water falls.







below are the sketches i did the next day, of the ishwata house and the boating lagoon





get there by:

plane from cebu to bacolod - rates vary but not more than 2500 pesos

land trip:
1.a vhire from cebu citilink terminal - 100+
1.b ceres bus from cebu south bus terminal - 100+
2.ferry boat from toledo to san carlos -fare less than 100
3.vhire from san carlos to bacolod via don salvador - 100+ (very nice scenery)

bacolod, libertad terminal to mambukal mountain resort - 25 pesos

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