Very hospitable people and great food, this is what I can say about Jaro, Leyte.
I went for a vacation at the house of my wife’s grandmother last week which is in Jaro, Leyte wherein they were celebrating the feast of their patron. It’s an hour flight from Manila to Tacloban then another hour by jeepney from Tacloban to the town proper. I travelled without my wife, as she needs to take care of our little baby in Manila.
I gained a lot of weight during after staying there because of eating a lot:
- sisi – small clams placed in a jar full of vinegar
- kabog – wild bat cooked in coconut milk
- binagol – Sweetened shredded gabi tuber with coconut and condensed milk then cooked in coconut shells and wrapped in banana leaves
- bahalina – fresh coconut sap/toddy (a local wine)
- moron – rice flour cooked in coconut milk flavored with cocoa and wrapped in banana leaves
- native lechon – roasted native pig
kabog
Eating During Feast in Jaro
native lechon
We were also invited by the mayor of Jaro, Leyte – Hon. Rolando T. Celebre to visit his place for breakfast and for a tour of his RTC farm, not so sure but of my calculation, around 150-hectare land containing a poultry farm (around 400-500 game fowls), piggery (with 80 sow and huge number of piglets), coffee farm and more.
RTC Farm in Jaro, Leyte
me at rtc farm
Poultry Farm
Piggery
Coffee Farm
Rice Mill
I have also visited Carigara, Leyte wherein we bought some fish in the public market.
Carigara Market
Buying Fish in Carigara, Leyte
Buying Newly Catched Fish
It was a really wonderful place to stay at. Though you can’t find a Jollibee or a mall in there, you won’t be bored as there are lots of place to go to. If you don’t have a car, their primary means of transportation is the pedicab.
Pedicab
Us at the Jaro Market
Jaro River
And here is my wife’s ancestral house and relatives:
House in Jaro, Leyte
I’ll be back in Jaro, Leyte by May of 2009, that time with my wife and our kids.
balitaw,8 kabayongan baga nala in sapa! had2 nga panahon damo an isda ha salog, may bol-a tilapia,torongaw,urang,may kasili pa!!! yana! kagang nala tamyuk, balyan,ngan hin tigo,ha,ha,ha,an badlas damo an pako, yana puro nala harupay.waray nagad sugad han had2 nga panahon.ambut ngahaw kon nag bag-o an iba nga salug,sugad han binahaan,
tama kayo dyan marami na nawala sa salug.
amu gud very worst na
hope na masulosyonan yan sa madaling panahon,,,,kundi kayo-kayo lang mismo ang mapipirwesyo
infairness mahusay na 8 gknhs
wala ba kayong napapancin,dako na it naguba ha MT. KANKAHANAY jaro,leyte tungod hit illegal logging,,,hope ma matagan hin kadagmitan nga solusyon ine nga problema..kay bisan ada ka pala may sta.fe ngan alang-alang kita na it kaguba hit bukid….sayang mahusay pa naman nga bukid..standing 4000 ft.high above sea level tapos masusugad la ngean ine..?
(it mga kapolisan ngada ngan mga opisyal waray gin bubuhat bahin hini…..ada la hira ngaiinokoy ngada hit may puno sapit hit polis station…haaaayyyyy)—–kay tuod man!!!!
sayang,,,sayang,,,,,,leyte attaction pa naman ine,,,,,
Oo nga nariyan ako noung Aug.10 to Sept. 24,2010 sayang iba na ang hitsura han Jaro marami ng nasira.
I mean from Aug. 10 to 24 that is so long.
I like the old market than the new market now.
well,karla sikat ka naman?????..,!!!
diNaH naAseNso.,.,
mga taga jaRo, lets save our place.,.,
excuse me. mg ask lang ako if sino ng post ng pictures. pwede pki delete yung pic ko. karla here. daughter ni elma and roy. pls pki delete. ako yung nka orange. pls lang. kasi nkakahiya. thanks.
I am a true Jaronian and am well abreast of what is happening in our dear hometown – Jaro, Leyte. Our mountain range, especially the Kankahanay mountain, is being exploited by the boys under the protective umbrella of the current mayor.
Some of them are policemen and some are ordinary folks acting like gangsters. I am happy that most of the kidnappers were locked in jail and were unable to take part in the exploits of our God given natural richness.
The present mayor can be likened to a good samaritan during day time but acts like more than a theft by night.
Look and observe what is happening to our rivers! The kabayungan river and all other secondary rivers going to Brgy Sta Cruz are also dying. This is a clear indication that something bad upstream is happening.
I also heard a lot of stories about lumbers and logs carried downstream through Kabayungan river only to be intercepted by policemen loyal to the mayor. These policemen are acting in dual personality. They are the good policemen because they are intercepting the illegally cut logs entering Jaro from the west (upstream of Kabayungan river) and, at the same time, they are also the bad policemen because they were the ones safekeeping and marketing, through some middlemen, the confiscated logs and lumbers. The loggers and the policemen are actually doing illegal business in concert.
The mayor owns considerable agricultural farm lands in Jaro taking advantage of the local residents’ need for money. These money, however, were fruits of illegal activities like kidnapping and illicit drug trades. His business in the Big Mike is just a front to justify the accumulation of wealth.
He must be convicted of Money Laundering in short for he is now engaging in a legal business using illegal capital.
Why his younger brother was killed a few years back posed a lot of questions. Maybe it is your turn now to dig deeper into the issue to know first hand the real issues.
This post is not meant to destroy somebody, my intent is just to expose the truth of what is really happening now right there in my beloved hometown in order for the good Jaronians to be aware of so that they will become wiser in the future especially when choosing a leader.
I am just an ordinary folk and not bent into politics.
Spartacus
hadto nga mga panahon an isda magmalipayon nag tukod hira hin asosasyon nga an pating an era presidente an dire matoud kan pating kakaunon. all the things in life change, that was in the old days but know people which are using the binahaan are the one mis using it.
haha i knew Some who are acting like gangsters.
Gusto nyo mag point out ako kahit isa??
Cge,,Yung DADOR yung apelyedo,, JUN-JUN ata name nya!! protector lang naman siya ng mga ilegal logger sa atin!!And look,police ata sya,,
yung police din na MOLABOLA walang kwinta!hahah
taga jaro ako piro d na ako na.ayun pag inuloy ngadtu kay di ma.upay it mga officials.. labi na it Mayor…
AtoD
kakori na manla hit mga aw anon dinhi ano hi molabola gangsters?bangin kaw atod? baga panigurado atod
kairo manla nimo pobre ka ada hin doro sanglit aw anon ka
pagpakamatay nala atod pa english english ka pa
ikaw may ginbuhat ka pagpakaupay hit jaro?or paralamonon ka la ada