Cebu

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Arrived in Cebu and was pleasantly surprised. Much more my cup o tea than Manila. I was really interested in the history of the place so had a nosey round Fort Santiago, and Magellans cross Monument - apparently containing fragments of the original cross that Magellan used.
Decided to start talking witht the locals, but remembered that Pinoys don't understand a Lancashire accent. I decided to experiment and talk like John Wayne to see if I was understood. Unbelievably it worked!!
I then tried to speak the Tagalog I've been learning over the past couple of years, only to realise that in Cebu they speak Cebuano!!!!
Still, at least I tried.
I highly recommend visitors trying to speak the lingo - the locals love that your making the effort and taxi drivers realise that you haven't just disembarked the plane!

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Photos

Fort Santiago
Spanish Guns