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June 1, 2017

Saw our picture with the staffs of Jovellar. It was indeed a magical place especially for adventure seekers and cliff divers. Thank you for the wonderful experience.

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💕 #quitindayfallsandundergroundriver #jovellar #weekendwithher (at Quitinday Underground River)

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Jovellar | Quitinday Kinunot at Naglaus Underground River

Jovellar | Quitinday Kinunot at Naglaus Underground River

Jovellar’s Quitinday Canyon We all know people are drawn to the natural beauty of Mt Mayon as a reason for visting Albay. But venture further, there are other attractions to add a little adventure to one’s sight seeing. About 16km passing through the town of Guinobatan is the municipality of Jovellar. Found tucked in the town of Quitinday is a nature gem still off the tourist trail. Discover…

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WINNERS: Jovellar, Albay Local Elections 2016 Results

WINNERS: Jovellar, Albay Local Elections 2016 Results #Halalan2016 #Eleksyon2016 #votePH #PHvote #LocalPolls2016

Here are the winners of Jovellar, Albay local elections 2016. The official tally and results of the local government elections held across the municipality of Jovellar, Albay on Monday, May 9, are collected centrally and are put in COMELEC Mirror Server, which are also available from other sources, including Rappler, GMA Network, ABS-CBN, and other local agencies. The winners of the mayoral and…

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Jovellar, Albay Official Local Candidates and Mock Poll 2016

Jovellar, Albay Official Local Candidates and Mock Poll 2016 #Halalan #Eleksyon #votePH #PHvote

Local elections will be held in Jovellar, Albay on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice-mayor and councilors. Jovellar is a fifth class municipality in the province of Albay, has a population of 16,899 people according to the 2010 census. It is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. MAYOR –…

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F/Stop (Food Stop): When in Albay, Part 3: Chicken Kinunot

[This is a series of “F/Stop (Food Stop): When in Albay” post. The write-up from this post is accompanied by some excerpts from “A Journey into Albay’s Culinary Heart” by Monica De Leon for InFlight Traveller Issue 9, 2015.]

We left the hotel early in the morning to travel to Jovellar, southwest of Albay. Upon arriving, we were lead to an open-air visitor center, situated on an open land surrounded by lush foliage, and welcomed by a local committee with a long table full of local fare such as the binut-ong. Breakfast was served. “Taste and fall in love with the binut-ong, a local rice cake of glutinous rice cooked with coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaf. It’s creamy and salty at once and quite rich oozing with coconut milk. The saltiness of the binut-ong gets pleasantly diluted once you pour hot tsokolate (chocolate) over it, the way locals like to eat it. The tsokolate is cooked using homegrown thick, combined with coconut milk.”

Below, binut-ong poured with tsokolate and a variation of rice cake

After a hearty meal, we set forth to the Quintinday Underground River, a 15-minute walk from the visitor center, where a local cook will demonstrate how to cook kinunot on the spot, Jovellar way. “Kinunot means “flaked.” The native chicken is grilled to give it a smoky flavor, then its meat is flaked and cooked in coconut milk along with onion, garlic, chili, ginger and lemongrass, and topped with a generous amount of malunggay (moringa). Best served with steamed rice. In the past, the kinunot dish used stingray or shark meat but this is no longer allowed. Native chicken used in cooking is tastier than commercial chicken.”

Below, kinunot

The smell of kinunot being cooked in coconut milk lingering in the cool air; while the cold, clear, and calming sound of the river water sets the backdrop of how simple and serene life is in this part of the region — things I sorely missed living in a chaotic concrete jungle.

Below, Quintinday Underground River

After the demonstration, we head back to the visitor center and we were served the newly-cooked kinunot cooked by the river for lunch and offered us balig-ang fruit. “And finally, try the exotic fruit, balig-ang, red- and deep purple-hued clusters of fruit that look like the purple oval duhat. It’s pungent and quite sour when raw but turns sweet when mature. Eat it the way locals do: put the fruit in a jar, sprinkle with vigorously shake the jar until the fruit cracks, and eat it.”

Next, part 4: Tiya Be Nate