Barangay Lataban was located at the mountain of the Municipality of Liloan.

It was name in the year fore 1950s by our elderly brothers together with our old fore brothers. Its got its name from the word “LATAB” it refers to the greasy liquid usually coming from the creek which is up to the present this is still existing.Lataban has a total land area of 720 hectares with their means of livelihoods as farming, gathering firewood, animal raises, engage in a small business.It has a land area of 720 hectares with rocky, hilly and mountainous surfaces.

One of these mountainous surfaces are the very well known “Lataban Hills”. Going there is not easy you have to make efforts, and hiking is the best way to reach the top of the mountain.

Fare :Sm lacion to Liloan P 7. 00

Bahak to Lataban P 20.00

(Back and forth P 54.00)

So, for those people who are now planning to go and climb the very top of the mountain be sure to bring all of these like, water, foods, and if you want bring tents for your own shelter. Because truely in our own experiences there’s s no store around so you should provide your own things for survival. Because when you reach the top of the mountain, you will exactly feel what we feel going there without bringing those.The hunger and thirst in your mouth will absolutely strike in your body.

The best time to visit Lataban hills is exactly 4:30 to 5:30. Why? because you’ll able to witness the beautiful sunset. While enjoying the views out there, you can make bonfire if you want because that place is very cold at night. If you want sound trip bring a via Bluetooth speaker because there’s no electric power in the hills.

Seeing those unbelievable sights that our mother earth gives us, we should take our responsibility as man living in this world. Preserve mother earth for the future generations. Hopefully, Lataban Hills will become famous and known for the very well developed mountain spots in the Philippines. So what are you waiting for come and visit Lataban Hills and experience the beauty of nature.

Lataban has so many delicacies, and one of those is the finest ‘Pinaypay’ that is always available in ‘Brecia’ s Store’ for only 5 pesos. It is called ‘Pinaypay’ because it is typically shaped like a fan when spread out. The person behind, who cooks this kind of delicacies is very known in Lataban because, aside from Pinaypay they also cook puto which is a very best tandem for sikwati . This store is located near at Lucio P. Tanjay Gym. It is very affordable for those people or travelers who craves for a delicious food. It is a banana coated with flour that is mixed by water. Latabanons oftenly called it ‘Pinaypay‘.

The steps in making ‘Pinaypay’ is very easy to do. This are the following processes.

1. First, prepare all the ingredients. Namely: Oil, Bananas, Flour, and White sugar.2.Peel the skin of the banana and then slice it. After slicing spread it out so that it will look like a fan.3.Mix the water and the flour to make it sticky.4.Put the sliced banana to the mixed water and flour.5.Put the oil to the frying pan.Bring the oil to a boil.6.Then,put the sliced and coated banana to the frying pan. Let it cooked for minutes.7.After frying, transfer the fried bananas to a bowl, and coat it with sugar.8. As final procedure, we put the fried banana to the leaves of banana, in order to make it more appealing.ENJOY EATING THE LATABANON’S FINEST.

For buying those ingredients. For the banana, we cost 30 pesos. For the sugar we cost 14 pesos. For the flour we cost 10 pesos. For the Oil we cost 20 pesos. In all, we only cost 74 pesos. In that little amount we can make 5 to 10 pieces. After eating that finest ‘Pinaypay’ you will surely forget your name. That’s how delicious it is.

Cooking this kind of food is really easy and the ingredients needed are very convenient and affordable to buy. If I were you, instead of buying expensive food that will cost thousands of money that can only satisfy your cravings. This delicacy will surely fit to your taste. What are waiting for come and visit Barangay Lataban and taste our Latabanons Finest “Pinaypay”.

THAT’S ALL… THANK YOU!!!.

People have different ways on how to distress. It could be with family and relatives, with friends, with strangers or to be into a new and comfortable place. Me? I would like to be relieved with nature. But why? Simply because when I’m surrounded with nature, I can feel its natural way of healing. In addition, this is the cheapest way to unwind. There are wondrous things we can see in our environment. Different forms of natural or man made creation awaits.

Since I lived in a preserved mountainous barangay of Lataban, Liloan, Cebu. I took the advantage of discovering its wonders. Aside from the famous Lataban Hills, there are still other hills that also offers a relaxing and comforting view. It’s called “kub-kawa”. “Kub” or “kulob” means flipped. “Kawa” means “pan”. Upon seeing, you can probably tell the form of the hills looks like a flipped pan.How to get there?From Sm City Cebu , you ride a jeepney going to Liloan. You can use a technological navigation or GPS to be guided or you can ask the driver to dropped you in Eskina Bahak. Ask a motorcycle to send you to Barangay Lataban and dropped you to the gymnasium. Sadly you won’t be able to use any navigation app going there because of poor signal. But the locals are so kind, so no need to worry. Take a more or less hour trek going to the site by asking the locals to guide you towards the top.

Fare:From SM Cebu to Eskina Bahak, Liloan – P18.00

From Eskina Bahak, Liloan to Lataban- P20.00

Once you arrive on the site your surely be mesmerised. You’ll get to see a 90° view of the city.

Certainly,the tiredness you’ll feel from the trek will be vanished. Instead you’ll be overwhelmed. Feel free to lay on the hut or meditate while grasping the breathtaking beauty of Kub-kawa.

You could wait until 5’0 clock or so in the morning or afternoon to be able to see the sunrise and sunset.

While waiting , take hundreds or even thousands of instagrammable photos with no regrets. It’s really captivating.

You could bring your friends family or love ones here. With some foods with you, take the opportunity to set a picnic. You’ll enjoy the food even better but be sure to take your trash with you. Luckily, I’ve had a chance to do all of these. Won’t you want to have the same experience as mine? Do the same and wander the wonders of nature. The satisfaction you’ll have is priceless. May it be physically, emotionally, mentally, socially and spiritually.