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.
laki ng farm nyo major ah. Favorite ko letchon!!!
hay1ako din..mis ko na umuli ha jaro.. gusto ko mg attend ng alumni sa granja batch 1985 kmi..
see u..
leonora,ikaw ni uno?hain ka naman yana c marissa ine an colanta.mayda ka email add tagi q or cp no.miss ko pud an aton batch 85.
Nice. Gusto ko din magbakasyon!
hi my name is orest and I am so interest to visit jaro after I see those picture and the roasted lechon I would like to go over there next year I american person but I like culture phillipines is posible to find any hotel or rent house over there please
hi…good day ! thanks for the appreciation and wellingness to visit our place.
will,,pls maintain its beauty,,,(nature,Culture and its people)
Jaro is simple and nice place to live in, i was born and raised in jaro, just plenty of good things to discover, most especial season to visit is the month of september, if you go there be prepared for some extra strenght for eating, yes eating, its siesta time and people their are very friendly that they will invite you to join them in their HANDAAN, what a fiesta we have their.. for you orest, if youd like to go there, i suggest that you go there by that season, for a place to crash on, i have heard that one resort their, a pool resort, have a nice and comfortable lodges for anyone to crash into, its just outside the town proper, bout 3 km’s. 5 minutes ride by PEDICAB, i just dont know the price for each stay but im sure its not that expensive… but if you want a much better hotel to live in, you can find it in the city itself, TACLOBAN city, a 1 HR drive north from jaro, ride a jeepney going tacloban and you can find a good place ti live in their.. and if ever you go there in jaro, dont forget to take some souviners…. so, jaro, our place, my place. i hope id be home before the summer starts.
sama ako taga dun ako kc.
Dun ako ipinanganak at lumaki mis ko na talaga ang bayan kong sinilangan. My address is San Francisci st,Jaro, Leyte. Bka sa april umuwi ako dun kc kami ang host(batch 84) ng grand alumni ng Granja.
patud rogel si eklot po.see you in jaro on sept.2010 uwi ako.
Ok magkita nala kita han 2010 nga patron
Cocoy
Patambay mga kasangkayan…
Rogel Agon..kaano anu mo si Catalina Agon? classmates ko siya back in the 80′s
maupay nga patron ngaen mga SALOGNUN
patud eklot iiwan mo naman cel # mo para ma txt kta….tulisan boys of IV-carnation (GKBHS)….
rogel
Peaceful na ba ang Jaro ngayun? Dati kz kinatatakutan yang bayan sinilangan ko. My last vacation was last jan this year and I missed plenty of people there.
colocs
NO PLACE LIKE HOME…Yeah, no doubt about it, our place/town is the best. I can tell you life in Jaro is the kind of life you would wish you could have all life long, kinda dream you would’nt want to be over. an tuba nga bahal ug kuwentuhan (fellowshipping) diyan sa yards or sa tabi ng kalsada at magdamagang inuman, if you well; laid-back kind of life, no worries about time wasted. The fresh water, I mean fresh from the spring in Jaro, no after taste, no Chlorine, just sweet water direct from the natural fountain in PIRAON spring. Wow, what about sabong (cockfight/derby)sa galyera. Well, so much said. I’m just proud about my town close to bragging, but its true. Please, if you have time and see what I’m talking about. I invite you to visit Jaro, Leyte and see it for yourself.Bangin siguro in 2010, God willing I may be home for another visit and enjoy life that I missed. I’ve been to many corners of the world, but again there’s no place like HOME.
jaro.. a town of no return?!! it is a big no!! no!!
jaro is definitely a place you will be agog to return to..
go there and you will know what i am talking about!!
bakit na traumatize ka ba?o baka naman sosi ka lang masyado i cant possibly imagine someone to have such bad impression spend a little more time there and you’ll find out the warm people,………baka naman isang araw ka lang don.then again it’s ur opinion i may not agree with it pero stupid comment pa rin…..
uhmm.. no i have been in jaro for almost 15 years.. my father is purely jaronian.. i have just come up kasi with this ‘a place of no return’ stuff when one of my classmate opened me this title.. jaro is indeed a nice place.. no place like home, aka nga.. hehe!!
tama!!! ate alva(gknhs gud)
i really miss my hometown i like to hang out and chill with my friends, family.. i hope on 2011 me and my husband have a vacation and take same time off from work. i really like those picture,
hehe.. ill be waiting for your vacation.. hehe..
wala ba dyan iba na mkkta sa jaro???????????????????
bkit hnd mo pinakita ung new public market…… ur so unfair.gus2 ko pa nman un mkita…..wag ung lahat ng view kina mayor…ibanman..
anyway marami….
1.MT.KANKAHANAY-4000 ft high above sea level,rich in flora and fauna(Wild plant and animals not allowed for hunting)
2.Warm people
3.exotic food (but i condemn with this)
4.Virgin forest(san pedro)
5.Falls, nature spring,rivers
6.kung gusto mo pa,,colorful history of the place itself
and whole lot more….discover mo nlang….
ito pa,, mga ancestral houses
magulo parin ang palengke dun,kc 2 parin at dun parin napunta yung mga tao sa lumang palengke.
i consider jaro as my second home.been there five times 1982,1986.1989,1991 and most recently in 2004(during fiesta)i had the best times of my life there i wish i could go there often………i miss the fresh air ung mga fresh na seafood at anything na ginataan especially langka also ung ilog ewan ko lang kung malinis pa rin di ko maintindihan bakit ang mga tao umaalis punta ng manila ang sarap ng buhay don.sana in the future sa jaro na lang ako titira……fond memories talaga lalo na ung year 1986 month of may halos lahat ng sayawan dinadayo namin ladies piso ang tawag don pag gusto mo makisayaw bayad ka ng piso o kung special request group of 12 tigpipiso din………
jaro is a great place… about the old market stuff.. the mayor kasi is into too much politicking… he doesnt want to maximize the use of the new market coz it was a project of the good former mayor bom.. hehehe…
gusto ko dalaw jan sa jaro coz my RMG bf assinged there..
nice pics.. surprised to see that your GF’s ancestral house is a stone’s throw away from our house…
Jaro? No place like home, as what a lot of people have already said. Just seeing those pictures will surely make one nostalgic.
See you peeps around. Ü
hi guys good and thanks to see those pictures ..i’m totally homesick here.
hi guys thanks for those pictures na homesick tuloy ako.. hu hu hu
Hi hatanan nga mga taga-jaro, medyo hirayo na masyado an akon batch, 1977 from notre dame of jaro, (mga bata pa kamo) , but i still want to post a message here. Una nalipay ako nga may-ada iru-istorya han mga igkasi ko bisaya labi na nga mga taga-jaro. (English naman kita) I have very good memories of Jaro; i spent practically all my teenage years in jaro and i graduated in notre dame. Even when i was already in college i still spent my vacation in Jaro trading together with my cousins. The picture of the river brings so much fond memories, that’s where i learned to swim. Jaro to me is equivalent to happy fiestas in september, flores de mayo at the end of May, market day every sunday and countless “barakasyon” during summertime. I always long to go back there and meet old friends, maybe next year if i can have a leave. . . – kumusta to my friends arlene, marlene, carmen, mende and rhigo
dako it problemahon hit jaro in term of environment factor……
1 it kabukiran ,,nagtikang tikang na kakalbo…(walng ginagawa un mga local opisyal in regard with this)
2.an salog guti nla tubig….agi hit kadamo nga destruction nga nahitabo ngan waray paghunong pagpinan nguha hin bras ngan bato…
3..an pira-on waray maintenance,,di na masara it tubig,,,
damo pa gad ini eda kun makadi kamo jaro,,kia nla nyo kun ano ba gud..txn
hallo sa mga taga Jaro,specailly sa batch 1991 sa Notre Dame,hi to Marilyn Pontejos and Gerlie Dula,miss kna kayo mga Day,pagkatapos la han graduation naton ha NDJ waray na kita pag kiri kirita….
thanks to all of you,,, god bless.
Baga diri man pirmi ginbibisita ini na website hit tag-iya… hehehe.
Mas ok ha probinsya kaysa city ” My Home Town ” matagal na akong nandito sa Luzon..
anu kaya ang lasa noon ? anyway sometimes soon..Me and my daughter and husband..are going there to stays for good. and so…welcome us 
but i sure know what is going on back in my hometown..through my parents and families.. we got cellphones now Guys..so lets use it.. anyway some of those pics..i don’t remember those places now..although its sure back in province…and about food there? wow yes I love ” DAGMAAY ” na hinatukan.karasa nyan..lahat ng food..pero sorry di pa po ako nakakakain ng ” kabog ”
thanks
may ada la ako suggestion kon magkaka urusa kita.damo it tourist spot ha aton
sugad hit waterfalls ,bukid,salog or river mga natural na makikita han tao.amo
unta ito an aton ig concertrate para dayuhon hin mga taga iba nga nation ngan
makakabulig pa kita hin mga pobre na magtitinda han ira mga produkto. ha san javier ,san agustin,ugyaw,daro .dmo dida it makikita ngan madadayo hit mga foreigner nga adventurer.riko it aton bungto kon may ada la tao nga maupay magdara.iton aton salog puede kita maghimo para hiton mahilg mag boating pareho hit surfing didayo gihap ito.
amo gud,,eg mintinar la kon ano mayda ha jaro,,,ngan banyan para di maka sakod it mga pirisyoso,,,,,
Surfing would be impossible Noel… we’re in the middle of Leyte. Even a river cruise would also be a little bit unlikely kay shallow man it at mga salog. There was this Hot Springs far out that I remember… Went there once. Harayo but the trip and the place itself was worth it.
Regarding politics. Let’s see.
I prefer not to meddle with it. Bahala na ito hira.
Ecotourism will be…
hi…good day..i am a 5th year BS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING student from EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY. As a requirement for our course, we are required to make a feasibility study…we’ve chosen the topic about biogas and the RTC farm is the best candidate for our feasibility study…there, we are sure to find sufficient source of pig manure which is a very important ingredient in making biogas..now we are in the process of making our digester design…now we are making researches and making ways also to contact the RTC farm..if ever you know the contact number or the e_mail address of the farm…we will be very thankfull to to have it…here’s my e_add….p_k_m_ann_jay@yahoo.com.ph..thank you and more power..
sana ipinakita mo ung magagandang project ng dating mayor na si bom kasi narinig ko mas marami yata siyang nagawa non. ay nadulas ok lang? i’m serious
sana ipinakita mo rin ang magagandang project ni mayor bom noon. balita ko kasi madami syang nagawa. yong hospital na sinasabi ni mayor rtc nagawa rin ba nya?
@jayson
you might consider going to Jaro yourself for this “study” of yours. Talking about your study here wont do you any good. People seldom visit this site.
@bebot
please, no politics.
man Nilo salamat han levi’s 505 bisan huot….coy
Hasus, aanhi manla kamo. Notre Dame batch 84 ako. Excited na ako umoli Feb16-18, i missed linauya n ginataan nga barul ngan dagmay. see you there.
mahidlaw balit it mga pagkaon dida ha aton.labina an pako nga hinatuykan ngan han budo nga sinugba.pati an bunog nga tinoom he he.dd ha europe waray hito nga pagkaon.
gus2 ko rin, makapasyal dyan sa kc taga baranggay likod ang mother ko at huling nakapunta me dyan ay 1980′s pa yata un. pero naalala ko pa rin ung ilog, malinis pa rin kaya sya ngaun? cguro 2011 makapasyal me dyan gus2 ko rin makita ulit ung dating bahay ng mga grandparents ko dyan sa brgy. likod….thanx
maganda ba ang jaro
kalaw ay` law ay` sa imo pinakitakita mo ay kalain…
ako nga pala c rjay canabe galing sa granja national high school\
muzta sa mga clasm8 ku jan…
yan lang gisilin ko sa imo
mga kababayan mi na pili na kamo na mamomuno hit aton bongto.upaya naman 8 pag butos nga dere mag sayop!marisyo na deda iton paro patron ngan hit santa crusan yana nga mayo.
oist mr. rogel parihas tayo ah ng st.ah,taga don din ako sa jaro
mlaki ang potential ng jaro in tourism industry,,,,,,,
oist mr.bebot kun sumiring ka nla nga milliones an nakuripot imu booooooom,,,,,,,agreed 8 ngatnan nga taga jaro,,,,,,,peace
i mean brgy.3 san francisco st..di ako….
sori guys wa ako maka atend ng alumni,huhuhuhuhuhu
sa gknhs
damo a niyo 8 picture: maka libang dd ha deserto, labi na hiton mga bag o na project ha jaro.
Hello,
I am compiling a family history book on the Salvatierra Family, and searching for descendants of this family, including those families that have intermarried such as, Ortega, Horca, Romualdez, etc.
My great-grandfather was Catalino Salvatierra born in 1888, Jaro, Leyte; also, his father, Eulalio Salvatierra, also born in Jaro. Our ancestors were catholic missionaries from Spain. There’s are also Nicholas Salvatierra and Miguel Salvatierra whose descendants I would like to contact regarding this family. Thanks so much,
Susan A. Craven
muzta dda ha aton,nakada ako han yana afril 5 days ako! baga maresyo man adto kay cge an kampanya han mga candidato.ma tigda eni pag mingaw kon matapos 8 eleksyon ngan hin-o daw la 8 mag daog.bom-lando o lando-bom ????
CONGRATS”pre lando at pre rego!
Taga Jaro liwat ako, kon hin-o nakakakilala ha akon batch 78 GKBHS ako piro, undergraduate ako piro duha akon nakad an kabatch ko aadi hiya ha NJ USA Gwen Ragrag ngan Emelina Lizarundo Dalomias ha manila man hiya mabakasyo ako yana nga tuig see you there…
Josie
bangin batch 76″ ka! ky nauna hi gwen ha amon batch 77 kami, pamilnga la dda ha US 8 iba mo nga classmate, ky dd ha urope sasarapon 8 iba tatabugon ko ngad2 ha granja!!!!
Hi everybody,wanna only to know kung kailan ang alumni ng year 1980-81 (GKBHS sana comming pa lang…
Hi Jaronian tanong lang batch ako sa GKBHS year 1980-1981 may balita ba kayo kung kailan ang alumni classmate ko sila Myrna Horca ,Win Annöver hope so.
hahahahahahah wala pang future sa ngayon yung jaro,,,, hahahaha pati kataas taasan ng bundok may nag eeligal logging then kaingin kitang kita naman yung resulta ang mga ganitong maling gawin kahit nasa malayo ka,,,,sayang ganda pa naman yung mountain range nayun,,,,huhuhuhu pati yung ilog walang kabuhay-buhay…and then i do believe na marami pang species ang makikita dyan sa bundok,,,,,like trasier etc. yes mga species(tru may nahuling mga tarsier dyan) …hahahah d aaksyon ang gobyerno dyan dahil sila mismo ang nangu2na sa maling gawain at pati yung ibang mga pulis dyan,,hahahah taman wag magalit
(greenpeace)
to all salugnon please do help our undying mountain range…(amandiwing) and the cabayongan river(& other river) malaki na yung pagbabago nito,,,halos wala ng tubig na umaagos dito, then nag iba na din yung landscape nito…..not only to all salugnon but also you….
(greenpeace)
huwag nyo naman abusuhin yung mga hayop dyan,, they believes to be instinct (ibid, halo, ba-o, pugo, banog,sawa,rat(cloud rat),kabog and so much more)
pati din sa mga pusa at aso na ginagawa niyung pulotan,,(for example an mga taga makopa,sto. nino,likod, kalinawan and others are known as the cat and dog eaters. )
it mga tiyo hit misay ngan ido deri ito gin lalabog hahahahah kun bis diin-diin la…….hahahahy mga tawo mga emoral
(greenpeace)
hoooy pagkamata kmu hit kamatuoran!!!!!!!