Why We Love Small Town Philippines 🇵🇭

Today we're in Iriga City and showing you why we love small town Philippines!
Iriga city and the Bicol region in general isn't visited by foreign tourists and I've no idea why.
The nature is beautiful, people are friendly and food is delicious.
We spent the day exploring Iriga city, eating local food in the markets, and just seeing what the provinces are like in The Philippines 🇵🇭
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Camera Used: Sony FDR X3000
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0:00 Local Side Of Iriga City
1:37 Life By The Railway
3:20 Iriga Market Hunt
7:42 Pancit Bato
11:30 My Favourite Bicolano Food
17:00 Friendly Locals Of Iriga City
21:44 Rizal Park
23:43 I Became A Taho Seller
29:12 Iriga City Church
31:36 Refreshing 10 Pesos Drink
34:31 Filipino Bags Are A Joke
35:16 Night Time Food Market
#irigacity #bicol #philippines #camarinessur

[@EllisWR]

What's your favourite small town here in The Philippines? 🇵🇭 If you enjoyed please 'Like' the video it helps the channel grow 🙏

[@jboycaceres2871]

Go to Daraga Church in Albay, it's on a hilltop, and you can see the full beauty of Mayon volcano- if there are no clouds. LOL or go to Kawa-kawa Hills, in Ligao City, Albay. It's another hilltop attraction, and has the full view of Ligao City and many neighboring rural towns.

[@EllisWR]

@@jboycaceres2871 Stay tuned! We got unlucky with the clouds!!

[@piacash5216]

IF ME AND MY HUSBAND TRAVELS WE PREFER TO GO TO THE PLACE THAT ARE NOT TOURISTY, WE LIKE TO BLEND IN WITH THE LOCALS AND EAT WHERE ALL THE LOCALS EATS TO GET THE REAL EXPERIENCE….. WE Don’t GO TO THE FANCY PARTS EITHER WE ALWAYS GO TO THE BEATEN PATH…… 😂😅😂 HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY Your PHILIPPINES ADVENTURES KEEP SAFE AND GOD BLESS 👌✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍👍💕 FROM CALI 🇺🇸

[@EllisWR]

@@piacash5216 Your like us then!

[@ekomstv3961]

Bro go here in albay, let me show you around. Albay is also part of Bicol, you will see here the beauty of Mayon Volcano and its still flowing lava 😅

[@themediterraneanguy]

Filipinos are very kind, friendly and generous people. Proud to marry a Filipina girl, my life is much better now, salamat po

[@EllisWR]

🙏🇵🇭

[@nerycuba1385]

Thank you For show me my hometown I love my place

[@EllisWR]

Thanks for watching!

[@vincentborromeo78]

Thank you for Visiting our Hometown 🤍

[@mellisaprades4598]

Thank you so much for talking to us,we are in your vlog,so happy to be a part of it❤️❤️❤️ with my coteacher Ma'am Marion Minnie M Salazar

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much for being part of it god bless you 🙏

[@ArchieS-id8lf]

Indian mango, that's what the lady in the market was eating which is a different type of mango, eaten mostly when still green. It's small and not sweet, just crunchy. Taho is a popular quick breakfast or snack on the go.

[@EllisWR]

We have to try the green mango. I really like the Taho tbh

[@carlll420]

@@EllisWR mangga is mango in tagalog/bisaya

[@steveorbon8009]

thank you for showing my hometown Iriga city

[@EllisWR]

Thanks for supporting! We like Bicol!

[@jboycaceres2871]

Irigeño is a sub-variant of Rinconada Bicol, which in turn one of the languages in Bicol. Bicolano actually is composed of many languages and dialects, but you can just group them into 2- Central Bicolano (inland), and Coastal Bicolano. The other is the Northern variant is spoken in Catanduanes.

[@EllisWR]

Ahhh interesting stuff!

[@marikitliwayway6703]

The leaves used for laing are dried taro leaves. Taro is gabi in tagalog. If you like laing you would love Bicol Express. Although called Bicol Express this dish was invented in Manila in the 40s. There was a cooking contest that time and the winning entry was by a lady restaurateur from Santa Ana Manila. She came up with the name Bicol Express because at the time she was contemplating for a name a train bound for Bicol happened to pass by in front of her restaurant.

[@EllisWR]

Super interesting I love Bicol express!

[@miachristinealteza6805]

@EllisWR Thank you for including myself to your vlog! I was the service crew of Banok Litson-Sisig that you spoke to. 😁

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much 🙏 have amazing day

[@avejanebanez3565]

Iriga City, My hometown ❤

[@EllisWR]

Beautiful town 🙏❤️

[@mariafajardo8808]

Thank you for visiting my hometown ❤️

[@EllisWR]

Thanks for having us 🙏

[@roelperiabras6785]

Good to see my hometown. Squash and crab in coconut milk with rice is always good.

[@EllisWR]

The food in this region is so good genuinely.

[@armin_nicolas]

Wow such an explorer. Thats the good thing of staying longer to a place. Lots of time to explore the place and food as well. Keep on exploring the Bicol region of the Philippines.

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much my friend 🙏

[@piacash5216]

I LOVE 💕 YOUR VIDEOS GUYS VERY AUTHENTIC AND NO PRETENTIOUS, I LIKE THEY WAY YOU EAT AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT PICKY EATERS ✌️✌️👍👍👍👌💕 WATCHING FROM CALI ✌️👍👍

[@EllisWR]

Thanks your the best

[@cjtime2689]

Another free tour in iriga.... good experience a laid back city of iriga... see yah on your next video

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much!

[@totoybancaso2599]

Always hit the like button. Am actually from the neighboring town of Iriga City which is BAAO - birthplace of the first Filipino bishop. Watching from a Bicolano Filipino American in Texas USA 🇺🇸. Enjoy and keepsafe. Goodluck to your channel. Godbless.

[@EllisWR]

Hey super appreciate it! We were going to go to Baao! But we ended up at a different lake town instead you'll see soon! Have an amazing day mate

[@agventures6661]

Thank you for featuring Iriga City in your vlog. Hope you enjoyed your stay guys. Let us know next time you visit Iriga again 😊

[@EllisWR]

We enjoyed Iriga city!

[@andreamariajohnson8932]

Hello there! Such delicious Filipino dishes, I love it too. 😀 You forgot to pay for the third dish with rice. Have much fun. 😂 My favorite town was El Nido and Port Barton. Greetings from germany Andrea Maria 😀

[@EllisWR]

I asked them the price at the end I didn't even think about it what happened?! Have a great day Andrea thanks for watching!

[@andreamariajohnson8932]

@@EllisWR Thank you!

[@roywinkley2184]

Great vid 👌🏼 a contrast from the market to the plaza at the end

[@dianallamas7135]

Damn, those cicadas (the bugs that are making that boise in the trees) were just going off. Which means, it's so hot. They go nuts here too and we have had gnarly temps here in Canada. Now, laing is also one of my faves too. I believe that lady said, "Ma bubu-ot ang mga taga Iriga" ......yup, she definitely said that. I had to pause and rewind. Im not from the samw region but yeah, it loosely translates to "people from Iriga are bice/good" or what the othwr lady said too. I wish you guys can hitnup guimaras for an even more laid back vibe and the mangoes are just THAT MUCH MORE ridiculously delicious. It's a higher standard than normal Pinoy mangoes and even that is already delicious. Sago is btw just tapioca pearls. Happy trails

[@EllisWR]

I bet the mangos are so good, even normal Filipino mangos are delicious. Laing is my favourite Filipino Food

[@mellisaprades4598]

Yes po,that's what I said,irigueños are kind,and so are all bicolanos❤️

[@fermagnu1]

just passed by your blog.. i am also from iriga living here in metro manila. i frequently visit every year for our school reunion, and visit some relatives and friends. thank you for visiting our small city. people there are friendly and corteous. if you have more time you may visit some resorts (just near downtown) because the pools are from natural spring.

[@EllisWR]

Iriga is cool place! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@ezlialt1979]

I love your blogg. That is my birthplace. Really, iloveyour covered place. More power.

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@harmony5807]

those food look so good😋Very nice trip you guys! Bless you both ❤

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@roelperiabras6785]

Normally pancit bato is cooked in soup style with fish souce or shrimp souce if no meat. Bro, that looks delicious.

[@teambellezavlogs]

Trivia about mangoes.. it taste different depending on where it came from.. Guimaras mangoes Zambales mangoes Bataan mangoes Try them all.. thank you for loving our country🎉

[@EllisWR]

The mangos here are so so good

[@themediterraneanguy]

Bicol have their own language (Bicolano). It's very diverse in Philippines. Enjoy everyday to the fullest

[@EllisWR]

Yeah super interesting

[@jboycaceres2871]

Why are you making me cry....I'm missing my hometown...both Naga City and Iriga. Again I'm from Naga, Iriga is my late grandma's birthplace/ home. I will really go back home in September...Thank you for featuring Bicol.

[@EllisWR]

Thanks for watching wish you the best 🙏

[@piacash5216]

Why don’t you go home , if You Live in Manila is Not That Far …. ✌️

[@thorts]

Nice upload! I love little food courts like that. Cool little town!

[@EllisWR]

Legend ❤️

[@thorts]

​@EllisWR the people seem really friendly as well. Pork with crackle and Gravy mmmmm

[@carlll420]

Taho is a traditional morning snack, gives you that warm sweetness to kickstart your day. This is part of every filipino's childhood that grew up here, no matter rich or poor. It's usually sold between 8-10 am on the streets, some taho vendors walk around and carry it and some have bicycles with a sidecar (these are the vendors that usually cater to rich filipinos, they sell inside exclusive villages). You'll also be able to encounter cold taho on small stores/cafes/restaurants and some milkteas or beverages use taho as a flavor. There is also a strawberry taho which the place Baguio is popular for. Back in early 2000s the small cup of taho only cost 5 pesos, while the bigger one cost 10 pesos. One hack when buying one is handing out your own glass, most of the time, vendors add a litlle more hehe and always remember to ask for extra arnibal! (brown sugar liquid)

[@EllisWR]

Yes more sugar sounds well good! I quite like a taho

[@hercdeleon]

I am surprised you go to these places! You're not going to see the famous places the way you travel 😅 but good for you guys to highlight the various small towns and cities around the Philippines. By the way, you pronounced Filipino words like the "ginata-an" which is meant to be "coconut milk based.." from the root word "gata" meaning "coconut milk".

[@EllisWR]

Yeah famous places bore us there's already 99 videos everywhere! Thanks for the advice!

[@spicysummersvlog4834]

Wow! Welcome to my hometown, Iriga City! Enjoy your stay! 🤩

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much! Love your hometown 🇵🇭

[@Sara-os4fh]

Missed my hometown Iriga City

[@EllisWR]

Beautiful place

[@user-nv1zm3tl9d]

You guys are cool trying to blend in so hard and you guys are, God just proving we are got all similarities with something called heart ❤️ keep it that way, just be advised what’s out so much street food!!!! But god bless you guys more power to you to learned other cultures.

[@EllisWR]

🙏❤️

[@flightlieutenant6902]

New subscriber from Australia mate 😊👍🇦🇺 .

[@EllisWR]

Hey how we doing appreciate it! 🙏

[@thorts]

Hello from Bunbury! This is my favorite channel on KZbin!

[@user-zg5ks5jw8r]

Thanks mate for visiting my hometown, Im from San Nicolas, Iriga City. If you want LAING just visit me here in Liverpool and I will cook best bicol express in UK❤️👍👊

[@EllisWR]

Sounds amazing ahah we love Laing and Bicol express. Very spicy! The top foods in the Philippines, Bicol is the best

[@backontherighttrack.]

Great video. Just found you and subscribed.

[@EllisWR]

Really appreciate that!

[@zzzzzsleeping]

Before you eat the noodles - try it first, never put too much condiment until ...

[@EllisWR]

Thanks! I tried and I can only eat spicy!

[@JohnericLiwag-vc5di]

My home town maybe you see my father in blue tricycle terminal mutoda... From Abu Dhabi.

[@EllisWR]

Hey how's it goin!

[@raynaldoombao6878]

Ellis WR, you're just 1 step towards Legaspi city, Albay, home of World's famous Mayon volcano❤it's SPEWING volcanic debris at this moment🤣

[@EllisWR]

Yes stay tuned! We actually saw the lava!

[@rvmateo]

new subscriber here, welcome to philippines

[@EllisWR]

Hey thanks so much I appreciate it 🙏🇵🇭

[@jayjacinto7942]

New subs here. enjoy our beautiful country Mabuhay

[@EllisWR]

Really appreciate you 🙏🇵🇭

[@poggiloo]

24:49 triple thumbs up..!!!

[@EllisWR]

🙏

[@crojuregamingyt]

You passed near my Home :) hi from Switzerland

[@EllisWR]

Hey mate!

[@skyrider1417]

i miss that pansit bato very much

[@EllisWR]

Quite tasty

[@stonerduke]

Where were you in Gary's livestream? I was really looking forward to interacting with you! He mentioned that you had "man flu". Hope you're feeling better brother.

[@EllisWR]

Hahah hey mate yeah but I fell asleep with the livestream on sorry! Still feeling a little rough cheers.

[@stonerduke]

@@EllisWR I know first hand what man flu is like in S.E. Asia, I hope you get over it soon! It took 3 days out of my 30 day visa when I was in Vietnam last October.... It's a fucking pain in the arse....

[@EllisWR]

@@stonerduke ahah yeah the 35 degree heat doesn't help either! Appreciate it 🙏

[@stonerduke]

@@EllisWR yeah mate, temperature was around that in October. Just keep your water intake up and save the beers for in the late afternoon! I was stopping at every Circle K for a beer. Even had a traffic policeman pay it forward for my beer a few times! 😉

[@marlonpingol5641]

Welcome to the Phils.👍🙂

[@EllisWR]

Thanks my friend!

[@MOTORNIBIBZ]

my hometown ❤❤❤❤

[@EllisWR]

Lovely!!​

[@MOTORNIBIBZ]

a place whe i can understand thier dialect but a cant speak fluently their dialect but hopefully i can come back again on June

[@StanleyOlivar]

Fish/moringa/coconut milk = nutritious. ✅

[@EllisWR]

Amazing stuff

[@justmeamydasigan4939]

oh the one girl with umbrellas is my Sister Sister in law!

[@EllisWR]

Really! Share this with her!

[@justmeamydasigan4939]

@@EllisWR she already share this vid, on Her Fb page!👍🏻

[@EllisWR]

@@justmeamydasigan4939 Amazing thanks!

[@marichuarmodia2375]

Love Bicol Naga is a nice place and also is cheap as well

[@EllisWR]

Yeah it's super nice. Iriga is relaxing

[@ekomstv3961]

Bro go here in albay, let me show you around. Albay is also part of Bicol, you will see here the beauty of Mayon Volcano and its still flowing lava 😅

[@EllisWR]

Next time. Bro!

[@dlpro619]

In smaller towns English isn’t spoken as often so if people don’t respond to you its because they dont want to be embarrassed by speaking bad English. Happens in Manila also but usually in the barangays (poorer neighborhoods)

[@EllisWR]

Even where people supposedly speak English nobody understands anything we say in the Philippines ahaha. They must only understand Americans

[@bighand1530]

I see

[@roelperiabras6785]

There is always pork belly in laing.

[@kenraymondvillamonte5118]

those ladies are my high school teachers 30:31

[@EllisWR]

Ahhh wow

[@ianperlas8161]

It's called ba-nokylicious

[@EllisWR]

I see!

[@archsword2446]

always use your coins for those kind of stores they need it, fastfoods and covenient stores can easily get it from banks.

[@EllisWR]

Got it

[@highgearoffroad1819]

👍🏻

[@EllisWR]

🙏

[@PhoenixGrin]

One way of choosing a ripe mango is by smelling the sweetness of the fruit.

[@EllisWR]

Thanks for the tip! The mangos here are epic

[@hilbertgualberto3947]

I have not try yet the filipino restaurant in manchester.....maybe soon i go there to see how good it was....liverpool only jollibee filipino resto and not same taste as in the philippines.

[@EllisWR]

There's a Filipino restaurant in Manchester?! We've never eaten Jolibees we don't eat fast food!

[@hilbertgualberto3947]

@@EllisWR yes there are some few resto there. Thats my next target to visit soon. If u comeback here maybe i can join with youf food trip.... lol...

[@quellnash]

Its pancit bato loglog, granny said if you finish drinking the sting you must return the battle did you return it? Im curious?😅😆ellis?

[@EllisWR]

Course we returned it!

[@jazergamer8055]

That women you've been asked about the Iriga dialect is not from there.. They don't know about "Rinconada" Rinconada is one of bicolanos languages FYI: we bicolanos have a lot of dialects. Like: Bicol Tagalog, straight Bicol, Rinconada, Bicol Partido, Albayano, Sorsogonon and Visacol which is mixed of Visaya and Bicol.

[@EllisWR]

We like this region

[@davetv778]

Don't forget to try spicy ice cream in bicol

[@EllisWR]

Video on that coming soon we love spicy food

[@hilbertgualberto3947]

Yes taro means gabe in tagalog bro.

[@EllisWR]

Ahhh cheers for clearing that one up!

[@PhoenixGrin]

I intend to mention to you that The One and Only Phenomenal Superstar of the Philippine Movie Industry National Artist Mdm. Nora Aunor hails from Iriga City. Its good that the Old Man did it for me.

[@EllisWR]

We love iriga city nice little place

[@10198310]

my house is behind you near the store

[@ezlialt1979]

❤❤😂

[@EllisWR]

❤️

[@cesberryu.9193]

so sorry its language barrier , when it looks good eat it lol...herein my province majority can understand British accent

[@EllisWR]

Nowhere in the Philippines anybody understood our English accent aha only Americans I guess.

[@cesberryu.9193]

@@EllisWR my bad , Youre right They Get used to American English In everyday basis , me personally having hard time understanding Aussie , UK accent ha ha especially the Scottish ang Irish OMG so foreigh to me. …I would Say my province used more TagLish .

[@Keyonvu2609]

I guess Philippines people eat less vegetables than Vietnamese, right?

[@EllisWR]

Vietnam has the freshest tastiest food ever, probably why everyone looks great over there

[@Keyonvu2609]

@@EllisWR yeah, I think so. They put a lot vegetables and herbs in their soup. My Vietnamese friends always looks skinny and sometimes I though that they live without eating :)

[@AresZtar]

I clearly don’t get this trend, how do people do this? How are they even the same person????

[@EllisWR]

Wanna explain?

[@AresZtar]

@@EllisWR sorry, I left my comment unfinished in a different video and went and clicked this video, the thing is that I didn't know my unfinished comment was published here.

[@kjeremiahhanley]

Why did you edit out the young girl asking for money? Did you chase her?

[@EllisWR]

Probably cos she did our head in, don't wanna sit there and be harassed

[@kjeremiahhanley]

So, you walking around sticking your camera in other people's faces, interrupting their day so you can make money with a video (probably a couple month's pay in Iriga) that's fine, but when a young, hungry girl ask you for 50 cents to buy food that's harassment. @@EllisWR

[@EllisWR]

@@kjeremiahhanley Hahaha you people are fantastic. My videos make no money, especially when the audience is from countries like the Philippines... Why on earth would I want to film a child begging when I'm making a KZbin video trying food. Nobody wants to see that, and nobody should give money to kids either jeeeeesus.

[@kjeremiahhanley]

i got what kind of person you are; nevermind. @@EllisWR

[@marikitliwayway6703]

Bicol altho they have their own language (Bicolano) , they still speak Tagalog because the whole Bicol Region aka as Region 5 is just right under Region 4 or the Southern Tagalog Region. There are a total of 17 regions in the Philippines. With numbering starting from 1 the top (Northern Luzon Region) and increases as you go down the whole Philippines. That means the region numbers are biggest in the southern Mindanao region where the majority of the Muslims live.

[@EllisWR]

Ahhh thanks for explaining!