Around Panay Island Day 9 (Travelling to Bacolod City)

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Day 9

I took RORO in Dumangas as instructed by Charvi. This is an alternative way to reached Bacolod from Iloilo. For a cyclist, you can reach the port without passing Iloilo City if you are cycling from Kalibo via Capiz. The fare is cheaper, road and view going to the port are nice. I informed Sarge about my estimated arrival and he picked me at the port to drop their home since it’s been quite a long time since I visited their home in one of my Sophie Business trips.
After I dropped my bag, I went to SM Bacolod to find an optical store to replace my broken eyeglass. For someone with 350/400 eye grade, the salesclerk said the promo of 1,000 is not applicable to me. Sounds misleading but there’s always what we called please asked for more details. I paid 2,000-2,500 I forgot already since I wrote it late and unfortunately that said eyeglass as of writing now broken. Though they are still trying to do upgrade selling I firmly said NO. No more budget I said to the salesclerk, just need to replace it now since I am biking.
I walked around inside the mall and bought some souvenir shirts since I am also running out of clean clothes. There’s also a lot of exhibits and food bazaar inside in relation to festivals.


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