This will only be the first Beyond Nagcarlan adventure that I will post so expect more to come.
Recently, I had an extraordinary waterfalls experience in a town founded by Don Luis and his Wife Doña Ana, the "Little Baguio of Laguna" as they call it, Luisiana (Luis Y Ana).
During the 17th century, there was an area of land in Laguna known as Terreno de Nasonog (Lupaín ng Nasonog
in Tagalog). In 1678, Terreno de Nasúnog was divided into three parts:
Nasúnog de Lucban, Nasonog de Cavinti, and Nasúnog de Majayjay.
Nasonog de Majayjay later became the town of Luisiana. It was only on
April 3, 1854 that ecclesiastical independence was granted to Nasonog
by the Governor-General (the Marqués de Novaliches)
with the corresponding approval from the Archbishop of Manila, having
Don Marcos Bartolomé as its first interim parish priest. Because of the
role of Don Luis Bernárdo and his wife Doña Ana, the town was named
'Luis y Ana', later changed to 'Luisiana' (Source: Wikipedia)
