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Albay Reference

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Albay is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon

 

Legazpi City – capital of Albay province

 

Bikol is the primary language spoken in Albay

 

History :

 

Albay and its surrounding areas were known as Ibalon
when Juan de Salcedo and 120 soldiers explored it in 1573.
Sawangan, a small settlement by a mangrove swamp,
became a town called Albay bay (which means “by the bay”) in 1616.
The town was first renamed Albay, then Legazpi, as Albay went on to refer to the province.

 

Economy :

 

Agriculture is the main industry in Albay, which produces such crops as coconut, rice, sugar, and abacá.
Handicrafts is the major source of rural income.
Bicol’s largest industrial sites are in Albay:
Tiwi and Manito boast geothermal energy plants,
Camalig has the Goodfound Cement Factory,
Daraga has its Isarog Pulp and Paper Company,
Legazpi City has Bicol Hair, and Legaspi Oil Company and two other large coconut oil milling plants,
making Albay top foreign currency earner this part of Luzon.

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Majestic Mount Mayon in Albay Philippines

The perfect place for me, even though thypoon always pass by. And Experience natural disaster,but what i like the place is the nature beauty. the air are so fresh, and when you look around all you can see is rice field and coconut tree. Albayano’s main source of living is handicraft, farming, and raising animals. it is really a countryside life. But it is also popular because of their own pride Mt. Mayon. It is a female Mountain could by the albayano’s as ‘daragang magayon’ (Beautiful lady). See

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 perfect shape of Mt. Mayon 

this picture, it was call majestic because of having a perfect cone.

How To get There :

There are two ways to reach Albay , by land and by air

By Land :

Take the bus – there are hundreds of bus travel back and forth from manila to any point of bicol region. The terminals are located at the Araneta Center in Cubao Quezon City, in Pasay City -Near Taft MRT Station and in Ermita,
Manila near the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

By Air

You can reached Albay by plane through the Legazpi airport.
It is served by Philippine Airlines, flying daily manila – Legazpi and vice versa.
The approach to Legazpi airport commands a bird’s eye view of the majestic Mayon Volcano-Albay’s pride.

I’l give you some tips take the seat nearest the window on the forward section of the aircraft
the wings can get in the way of your view.

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when  the smoke is going down…

 


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the  beautiful monster of Albay


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Mt. Mayon’s lowland


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