July 19, 2019
I just took the van from Caticlan to Kalibo for P100. It was almost a 2-hour ride. I had lunch at Jollibee Kalibo and then take a tour of the nearby Kalibo Church, Museum and plaza. The museum entrance fee is only P50 and the display were beautiful, specially the paintings. I rented a tricycle to take me to the Capitol Building (Kalibo is the capital of Aklan), City Hall, Kalibo Freedom Park, and Rizal Monument.
Kalibo Municipal Hall, Aklan Province
The Municipality of Kalibo is huge. Whenever I visit a new town or city, I always go straight to the heart of it – the main Roman Catholic church. In Kalibo it is the St John the Baptist Cathedral Parish. It has a single belltower with seemingly Doric-inspired columns in the façade. Unfortunately, it’s closed when I visited so I wasn’t able to take a picture of the interior.
Next, I visited the Aklan Museum which is housed in a building built in 1882. I’ll create a separate blog post for the Aklan Museum because it contains a huge collection. I next visited the Kalibo Pastrana Park where a monument to Jose Rizal and other heroes are located. Nearby is the Kalibo Public Library and Police Station.
I rode a tricycle and asked to be taken to the Aklan Freedom Shrine, the Kalibo Municipal Hall and the Aklan Provincial Capitol. Kalibo is the capital of the Province of Aklan. I took my lunch at Jollibee Kalibo.
Here’s more information about Kalibo, Aklan from PhilAtlas:
Kalibo is a coastal municipality in the province of Aklan. It serves as the provincial capital.
The municipality has a land area of 50.75 square kilometers or 19.59 square miles which constitutes 2.79% of Aklan's total area. Its population as determined by the 2015 Census was 80,605. This represented 14.02% of the total population of Aklan province, or 1.07% of the overall population of the Western Visayas region. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 1,588 inhabitants per square kilometer or 4,115 inhabitants per square mile.
You may also visit the Official Website of the Municipality of Kalibo and the Aklan Provincial Website.
Downtown Kalibo, Aklan
Aklan Filipino Bakery in Downtown Kalibo
St John the Baptist Parish Church, Kalibo, Aklan. Roman Catholic Churches are the heart and center of old Spanish-era towns.
Aklan Museum in downtown Kalibo.
Jollibee Kalibo, Aklan
#VibrantKalibo
Kalibo Pastrana Park in front of the Kalibo Cathedral
Jose Rizal Monument in Kalibo Pastrana Park, Aklan Province
Other Philippine Heroes honored at the Kalibo Pastrana Park
Tricycles in Kalibo, Aklan have wider seats than tricycles here in Pasig City
Kalibo Municipal Library and the Kalibo Police Station
I wonder if this is the new Kalibo Municipal Hall because it’s being constructed right besides the current Municipal Hall.
Aklan Freedom Shrine dedicated to the martyrs of Kalibo
#VibrantKalibo archway
Kalibo is also the capital of Aklan Province. The design of the Aklan Provincial Capitol is in the Greek style with Corinthian columns.
Kalibo Terminal Eastern Side. This is where the jeepneys and tricyles to other parts of Aklan are plying from. I rode a tricycle here to the town of New Washington.
