Blogs from Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 18

Dear all, Can you believe it...we are now half way through our trip! We have spent the past six months travelling through Asia...Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. I love Asia and I am glad that we spent a good chunk of time here but I am now ready to move on. Also these are all countries that I have been lucky enough to visit before but in the next segment of travelling I am visiting plenty of new places. In about ten days we are heading to Palau in Micronesia and I am very excited about that! I think that things are going to get even more different and exotic! For anyone who hasn't been lucky enough to travel or is thinking about it..it really is an individual experience and it is hard to sum ... read more

08.01.2009 Cebu airport Vi er nå på vei fra Filippinene til Thailand. Vi har så langt i dag kjørt hotellets taxi til havna på Bohol og deretter ferje inn til Cebu. Ferja var ikke noe å skryte av, en haug av en ferje. Fra havna til flyplassen i Cebu ble det nok en taxitur. Vi må nå vente nesten 4 timer før flyet tar oss videre til bangkok via Manila. Vi er ikke fremme før midnatt lokal tid. Taxituren gjennom Cebu var en opplevelse. Det var mye slum og fattigdom! Trur ikke det er en by jeg vil ønske å tilbringe noe av ferien min i. Må også få med at denne fattigdommen fører med seg endel tigging. Når vi i dag skulle reise fra Bohol var det endel barn som svømte under brygga. De ville ... read more

02.01.2008 Vi har nå kommet oss ut på Øya Sumilon og hotellet Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort som ligger utenfor Cebu. Dette er en liten øy på 24 mål og kun et hotell. Hotellet/øya har kun 14 rom, en restaurant og et par golfbiler... Glemte en ting, har hørt det også er en strandbar her :) Det er ca. 27 grader her men ingen sol. Langtidsvarselen sier noe om at sola skal være fraværende de neste dagene. Fortsetter dette været så har mr. Schildger en plan B, den går ut på å ta fly over til Vietnamn, Kambodsja eller Thailand da han mener sola befinner seg der:) Det er uansett deilig å bli her noen dager for å slappe av da man blir utrulig sliten av en sånn lang flyreise. Marit ... read more

I, together with my wife and two kids just came home here in Cebu from our 1 week vacation in Silay City Negros Occidental. Me and my family spend our Christmas in my birthplace every Christmas. It was a very tiring travel because we traveling sitting in the Ceres Bus for almost 7 hours. It is always a happy vacation because I always see my parents, brothers and sisters every Christmas. This is also the time that we get together and reunite. Our trip is always exciting because we travel at night. It is always a night trip that we choose because we arrive there in the morning and vice versa. My birthpalce Silay City in Negros Occidental is a good place to spend Christmas Vacation. I included some pictures when we roam arround the Plaza ... read more

After our noon flight from Puerto Princesa to Cebu city, we headed to the north of Cebu island by bus, a three hour trip that brought us to the little port of Hagnaya where the ferry to Bantayan Island leaves. A lunch consisting of barbequed chicken and San Miguel gave us the energy needed for the one and a half hour boat trip to Santa Fe on Bantanyan Island. Immediately after arrival brochures off all kinds were stuffed in our faces, displaying accomodation ranging from 4 star resorts for unaffordable prices to beach bungalows that were more in line with our budget. Some Norwegian I talked to on the boat had already given me the thumbs up about Budyong beach, so when the the guy charged with dragging tourists to this place, we hopped on the ... read more