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	<title>Happy Steps travel blog &#187; Bacolod</title>
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		<title>Road trip: Bacolod (Negros Occidental) to Dumaguete (Negros Oriental)</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2010/04/29/road-trip-bacolod-negros-occidental-to-dumaguete-negros-oriental/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Going places]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod to Dumaguete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceres Liner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumaguete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mabinay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negros Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negros Occidental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently had a road trip to the “City of Gentle People”, Dumaguete, in the south-eastern part of the Negros Island. It’s my first time ever to visit this capital city of Negros Oriental and so I really didn’t know what to expect. I was thinking that Dumaguete is just like Bacolod or Iloilo or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacolod to Cebu bus trip via Don Salvador Benedicto</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/11/07/bacolod-to-cebu-bus-trip-via-don-salvador-benedicto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/11/07/bacolod-to-cebu-bus-trip-via-don-salvador-benedicto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod-Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceres bus updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceres Liner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During our recent Cebu  trip last week of October, we took the Ceres bus going there. The trip started from the Ceres Liner terminal at Shopping, Bacolod City at 7:15 AM. The bus was air-conditioned and the travel time was about 2 hours and 30 minutes as we arrived at the San Carlos City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the recently concluded 1st Chicken Inasal Festival make it to Guinness?</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/05/23/will-the-recently-concluded-1st-chicken-inasal-festival-make-it-to-guinness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/05/23/will-the-recently-concluded-1st-chicken-inasal-festival-make-it-to-guinness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken inasal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guinness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[longest grill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mmmmm…!!! Something’s cooking at the parking lot! 
We were inside the North Wing of SM City-Bacolod last Tuesday and the smoke wafting in as people came through the doors was enough to awaken our curiosity (and appetite) to see what the buzz was all about. It was the highlight of the 1st Chicken Inasal Festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aboy’s Restaurant in Goldenfields, Bacolod</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/02/18/aboy%e2%80%99s-restaurant-in-goldenfields-bacolod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/02/18/aboy%e2%80%99s-restaurant-in-goldenfields-bacolod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboy's Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoldenFields Commercial Complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We were at Aboy’s Restaurant recently. Considered as one of Bacolod City’s top native restaurants because of its fastfood-style service and tasty cooking, they’re located in GoldenFields Commercial Complex near the old domestic airport. 

Aboy’s interiors have a unique homey appeal. Unlike most fastfood restaurants, the furnishings are wooden and not of PVC/steel material, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacolod-Cebu and Cebu-Bacolod Ceres Bus rates and schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/01/17/bacolod-cebu-and-cebu-bacolod-ceres-bus-rates-and-schedule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2009/01/17/bacolod-cebu-and-cebu-bacolod-ceres-bus-rates-and-schedule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod-Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus routes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu-Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Salvador Benedicto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updates on bus schedule and rates are posted on this tag: Ceres bus updates (http://www.happysteps.net/tag/ceres-bus-updates/)
Due to insistent public demand *wink*, here are the rates and schedule for Ceres buses from Bacolod to Cebu and Cebu to Bacolod as of January 17, 2009:
Bacolod to Cebu:
Route 1: Bacolod to Cebu (Toledo port) via Don Salvador Benedicto
Rate:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking forward to the holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/14/looking-forward-to-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/14/looking-forward-to-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Musings & Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[29th Masskara Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October is here again, another great month for us to enjoy! After our recent family vacation, I’m looking forward to working full blast and keeping up with some pending projects. My happy steps would probably just be here at home, but who knows, there might be some surprise trip coming up. We might squeeze some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medovnik from Prague and Piaya from Bacolod</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/09/20/medovnik-from-prague-and-piaya-from-bacolod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/09/20/medovnik-from-prague-and-piaya-from-bacolod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medovnik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prague]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s how two famous sweets from the east and west would look like side by side… 

Prague’s Medovnik and Bacolod’s Piaya! 
Medovnik is a layered honey cake with chopped walnut toppings and is one of Prague’s best-loved and known desserts, while Piaya is Bacolod’s famous delicacy. The above photo shows a slice of Medovnik bought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I miss yummy seafood</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/08/12/i-miss-yummy-seafood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/08/12/i-miss-yummy-seafood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enteng’s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m still here in Prague and enjoying my vacation a lot. But that doesn’t mean I am not missing the Philippines, especially the native dishes we have at home such as yummy fresh seafood!

Recently, I cooked Tom Yum which is a Thai spicy sour soup with shrimp (or any seafood), mushrooms, lemongrass and lime. Too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great shopping month for travel bugs</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/05/01/great-shopping-month-for-travel-bugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/05/01/great-shopping-month-for-travel-bugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robinsons Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://happysteps.net/2008/05/01/great-shopping-month-for-travel-bugs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s the first day of the merry month of May – a great month for fiestas, vacations, out-of-town trips and of course shopping!

To start off the month, SM Bacolod and Robinsons Place are having their Labor Day sale going on right now. So, why am I still here at home? Oh well, yesterday we already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s cold, yummy, sweet and refreshing this summer?</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/04/25/what%e2%80%99s-cold-yummy-sweet-and-refreshing-this-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/04/25/what%e2%80%99s-cold-yummy-sweet-and-refreshing-this-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chowking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halo-halo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
None other than one of my favorite summer refreshments &#8211; halo-halo! This Filipino native delicacy literally means ‘mix-mix’ in English (halo means mix) and is a concoction of fruits (macapuno, jackfruit or nangka, ube, etc.), sweets (leche flan, kaong, nata de coco, beans and sago), pinipig with crushed ice and milk. It is best topped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enteng&#8217;s of Sagay, now in Bacolod</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/12/28/entengs-of-sagay-now-in-bacolod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/12/28/entengs-of-sagay-now-in-bacolod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve seen it as just one of the new restaurants along Lacson street. We pass it by everytime we head to Bacolod and back. But Uncle F has nothing but praises for Enteng’s native restaurant (originally from the city of Sagay, about 84 kms from Bacolod) so, one time we stopped by for lunch and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Bar 21 on a rainy evening</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/11/15/dinner-at-bar-21-on-a-rainy-evening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/11/15/dinner-at-bar-21-on-a-rainy-evening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fine dining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had our dinner yesterday at 21 Bar and Restaurant, popularly known to Bacoleños as Bar 21, located at 21st Lacson street in Bacolod City.
If you’re looking for some fine dining with a quiet, homey ambiance &#8211; a relaxing family dinner or sweet romantic date &#8211; then this is the place. Service is great with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacolod-Cebu trips via buses and barges</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/10/28/bacolod-cebu-trips-via-buses-and-barges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2007/10/28/bacolod-cebu-trips-via-buses-and-barges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>happysteps</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacolod-Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus routes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cebu-Bacolod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inter-island travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negros Occidental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Carlos-Toledo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Being a native of Negros and having studied in Cebu with my siblings, we regularly traveled with Bacolod-Cebu buses via the San Carlos-Toledo route which goes like this:
1.	Get onboard bus at the Ceres terminal in Bacolod (make sure it has the Bacolod-Cebu trip pasted on its front windows, LOL)
2.	Bus departs as scheduled (passing through [...]]]></description>
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