South
of the bustling crowded and fast pace City of Manila, Philippines,
is an island called Panay, where you will find the Province
of Aklan. About an hour, to an hour and an half, flight via
Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific or Air Philippines to its
capital town of Kalibo.
It is also
about half a day's William, Gothong and Aboitiz Super Ferry
ride from Manila's South Harbor where the ferry will bring you
to it's town port of Dumaguit, about a 20 minute drive east
of Kalibo.
Aklan is
bounded by the Sulu Sea on the northwest, by the Sibuyan Sea
on the east and northeast, by the province of Antique on the
west and by the province of Capiz on the south. Aklan is the
oldest province in the Philippines, organized in 1213 by settler
from Borneo as the Minuro it Akean to include what is now Capiz.