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Monday, November 23, 2015

Luisiana: A town of Pandan, a Giant Waterfall called Hulugan and a Cafe named Ustingan

From now on, I'll be posting adventures from Nagcarlan and my other adventures from beyond my hometown. This will now be "The Man of Stills: Nagcarlan and Beyond".

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)