A friend of the Bugle recently went to Iloilo to take care of some business and passed some information on what life is like down there for any of our readers that were thinking about making a trip there. Iloilo City is a fairly large city that is plenty laid back. When you compare the traffic there to anything in Subic or Manila there is a huge difference. The roads are fairly wide in the city and the traffic proceeds slowly giving way easily to people or cars moving in and out amongst the flow of traffic. It is nothing like the hustle and bustle of Manila where everyone is rushing to get nowhere and nobody gets anywhere. The traffic down south is more akin to travel in Cambodia where everyone is travelling along at 25mph and accidents are few and far between for those in four wheeled vehicles.
One of the things that Iloilo is famous for is its oysters, everywhere you go there is seafood restaraunts and people really seem to enjoy the oysters. If you go to a first class establishment with AC and all the fancy trimmings you can expect to pay 75p for about two dozen oysters fresh from the steamer or off the grill. If you want to try out the cheaper side of town then you can drop in at the market and food stalls there will sell you the same two dozen oysters for about 25p. Amazing how cheap all this fresh seafood is down in the south.
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