Blogs from Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Asia
April 12th 2012
Acquired airline tickets today for 4-18-12 to Cebu City by way of Tokyo. More to come...... read more
April 1st 2012
Ok. Vi ankom Denpasar flyplass ganske sent. Måtte kjøpe visum on arrival. Det står en bankomat ved siden av luka, men den tar bare mastercard. Har du ikke et slikt kort, ja da må du faktisk ut av immigrasjon (som du egentlig skal ha visum til) for å finne en ATM som tar visakort. Very clever! Og disse visum-folka er så vant til at folk betaler i dollar, så da Karina spurte hva beløpet ble i deres valuta ble de faktisk litt forundret. Vår valuta? hmm..øhh...Nåvel, Sigurd fikk hentet penger og betalt. Ut for å finne taxi. Vi kjente med en gang at dette er et sted som kun handler om en ting: penger! Du er nødt for å vite hva prisene er, ellers blir du lurt. Heldigvis spurte vi litt omkring og fant en taxi ... read more
Sinulog 2012 Baseline Street Party: Wet, Wild and Crazy
Published: January 24th 2012Asia » Philippines » Cebu » Cebu City
January 24th 2012
Baseline Party was indeed the best party I have ever been to so far. It was the wildest and craziest party ever. To those who didn’t go to Sinulog…. Where were you? You’ve just missed the biggest event in the Philippines. The crowd was fun and everyone was friendly. Strangers keep on putting face paint all over your body and the beer was overflowing. People kept throwing beer, hard drinks, and water to the crowd. The party started at 12 noon and ended up at 2 in the morning. The crowd was mostly composed of adults ages 18 to 25 which are mostly Filipinos from Manila and Cebu. There were few foreigners partying at Baseline since it is not much promoted worldwide. The street party event was like the Philippine’s Version of Tomorrowland. I and my ... read more
Cebu Philippine - 2012 Chinese New Year Trip
Published: May 7th 2012Asia » Philippines » Cebu » Cebu City
January 24th 2012
Jan 24th The second day in Cebu city. Cebu city is really not much to be seen.... Saw an ad about Zipline, and decided to try it out, the slow day needs a bit adventure to boost it up !! This Zipline located on the top of mountain... the view up there is just breathtakingly beautiful, I can see the macatan island where I stayed, a lot of small remote islands... the whole city view...beautiful... Took a taxi there .. cost 350 Pesos from SM mall... the taxi driver is very cunning here... finding every excuses to charge you more!!! but anyway, after all it's totally worth it when I got there and saw the view... I tried twice 400 meters zip lines, once in sitting position, another in superman position... kind of scary at the ... read more
January 18th 2012
My year of adventures started with a very popular festival celebrated in Cebu City, Cebu. For the month of January, most Filipinos local to the Visayas region pay tribute to the Santo Niño, the baby Jesus. Different provinces have their own versions for their devotions but Sinulog is known to be the biggest and most visited. Every year, Sinulog draws in millions of visitors for a weekend of culture, food, festivities (and alcohol!) After hearing about this for years, some friends and I decided to finally experience it! It was a perfect break from the busy city. We flew in Friday night (just an hour away from Manila by plane) and went straight to where the celebrations were! Crossroads is a popular strip of bars and restaurants where the locals and visitors (mostly visitors, I think!) ... read more
January 8th 2012
Go back to the past and history of the Philippines when you go to Cebu. The beauty of the city can be grasped by looking back on its past. Every year the United States of America celebrates thanksgiving day every November. It's a long holiday for every American companies, as an employee of a BPO company we are lucky enough to join in the fun and celebration. My colleague and I planned to enjoy the Queen City of the South, Cebu City. It’s a favorite tourist destination because of the Cross that was planted by Portuguese explorer Magellan. The blood compact or Sandugo between Rajah Humabon and Magellan also took place in Cebu in 1521. If history and adventure is your choice then you will surely enjoy the scenery in the city. Four of our ... read more
September 23rd 2011
What a mission to leave the Nuts Huts! I had the choice of climbing a couple of hundred steps then the 15minute walk to the road with my bags or taking the boat across the river for 10pesos and walking the 1.5km into Loboc and taking the bus from there. I chose the boat and the 1.5km walk as that meant i could stop in Loboc and buy some of the delicious sponge/coconut hot sugar cakes that i discovered the other day when i visited and in the end it always comes down to the food! I was then able to easily catch the bus going to Tagbilaran, although it was abit squashed on the bus it was only for 40mins so it wasnt too bad, the driver wasnt crazy like most Philippino drivers and ... read more
March 1st 2011
...for letting us make our flight! Here's the breakdown: 6 am - pick up on two motorbikes 6:15 am - flat tire on Ronald's motorbike ------- 30 minute waiting time by the side of the road --------- 6:45 am - back on the bikes 7:45 am - arrival at Roxas "bus" terminal to decide to pay: 1,000 for the van to leave right then, 200 each for the van to leave at 8 am with other passengers. We opted for the latter and were picking up people until 8:33 10:45 am - bus terminal in Puerto Princesa to hire a trike to the airport (100 total, 20 more than what we were offered two days ago...) 11:05 am - airport. We run in, I show our itinerary to the woman at the counter and she's says ... read more
February 23rd 2011
Today we walked to the downtown area of Cebu on a quest to find Pier 4 (they say "pier cuatro"). We had bought our ferry tickets from SuperCat and wanted to see if it was a walkable distance for the morning. The downtown area reminded us of Manila even more than what we'd already seen so we decided to head back to a safer neighborhood. My laundry wasn't ready, but Ronald's was, so we picked that up and then went to buy our plane tickets from Cebu Pacific. Turns out they charge you a fee on the internet and on the phone for their services but in the office they don't. Strange, I thought. Anyways, our trip will be first to the island of Bohol where I can go diving and we can snorkel and enjoy ... read more
February 22nd 2011
Today we had four things on our agenda: 1. buy a ferry ticket to Bohol 2. find out about SCUBA opportunities here 3. do laundry 4. buy a SIM card for Ronald's 3G We succeeded only in the last two. Laundry was 30 pesos per kilo and she counted out the items and put them in a basket before giving us our receipt (you could pay before or after) with instructions to come back tomorrow at 18:00 to pick them up. We then went to the Robinson's Cybergate mall to find that it was basically full of only restaurants -- there were only 3 places that sold electronics. After playing around for a while, Ronald got the SIM working at one of the shops, the only one that had them available actually. After this we went ... read more
