Blogs from Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 2

Rano ma moj stary spolunoclaznik nepotesil informaciou. Vraj som chrapal a on nemohol spat. Nuz riziko dormu. Ale i tak nechapem naco leze stary chren do dormu. Som myslel, ze stary paprdovia z australie sem chodia na mlade filipinky. Vonku je dost zamracene, no i tak si berem motorku. Na radu domaceho idem z ubytka dolava na pumpu. Tu zistene, ze to je asi najdrahsia pumpa na ostrove (54p vs 49p co som neskor nasol). V nadrzi boli este 2palicky. Za 100p mi to vysvietilo naplno. Z pumpy nazad do mesta. V najvacsej pekarnicke v meste kupujem na ranajky par kolacikov. Su tu aj stoli, takze v pohode sa tu da posediet. Obsluha moc mila nebola. Smer santiago beach, po pobrezi okolo pristavu puertobello. Na more prakticky ziadny vyhlad az na maly kratky usek. Slo sa ... read more

Pocas letu nic co by stalo za zmienku. V singapure pristavame o hodinu skorej. Hned najdeny zachod a z fontanky pred nim docapovana voda. Ostavam na terminali 2, padam na sedacky a snazim sa zaspat. To sa mi moc nedari, tak len podriemkavam. Asi po hodine ma rusi hurhaj. Zacali pristavat indovia. Fakt vsade samy ind, od cestujucich az po obsluhu. Nuz pobratie sa teda k obrazovke s odletmi. Musim zmenit terminal, smer c.1 Uplne strasne moc ma vytacaju cestujuci s kuframi co tahaju za sebu. Totalne sa nahovno za nimi ide. Letisko ozaj pekne. Na podlahe vsade koberec, paradne odpocinkove miesta s mini jazierkami. Mam na vyber, ist peso abo vlakom. Berem druhu moznost. Vlacik bez obsluhy ma vyhadzuje asi po 3min na terminali 1. Tu je o nieco chladnejsie ako na 2 a miesto ... read more

After a couple of nights in Manilla our next goal was one of the top 10 must do activities in The Philippines. The MoalBoal sardine run was described as a world unique experience to see vast shoals of sardines in an easily accessible location. It sounded like a Tourist Brochure advertisement which often let you down however in this case it was extremely accurate. An hour long flight from Manilla, a 2 hour bus ride and a 10 minute tricycle ride had us outside the beach side room we had booked. Our balcony overlooked a very tatty beach covered in dog crap and a host of various local boats blotting the view. Not a good start we thought. We needed snorkels to accompany the masks we had bought in Singapore so wandered down the alley that ... read more

Ich erreichte Cebu City mit der Fähre aus Bohol. Das Terminal platze aus allen Nähten, da sehr viele Menschen zum Festival wollten. Das Festival nannte sich Sinulog und ich hatte bereits in der letzten Woche Schulkinder dafür üben sehen. Auf der Fähre lief seit Ewigkeiten mal wieder der Fernseher, ein sehr trauriger Film. Ich heulte wie eine Schlosshund und schniefte mit meiner unbekannten Sitznachbarin um die Wette. In Cebu City konnte ich vor Menschen kaum laufen. Mit meinem dicken Rucksack presste ich mich durch die Massen auf den Straßen und umklammerte meine Wertsachen. Weit und breit fuhr kein Jeepny, Taxi oder sonst was. Ich hatte mir mal wieder ein Bett über Couchsurfing organisiert und noch einen weiten Weg aus der Stadt vor mir. Die Menschen um mich herum hielten Puppen in die Luft und schrien laut: ... read more

I've been travelling abroad at least twice a year in the past few years but have not traveled much in my own country lately so I thought I'd change that this year. Three Philippine islands were voted to be in the top 10 most beautiful islands in the world by Conde Nast and other travel magazines but I have yet to see those places! Boracay was number one, Palawan as top two, and Cebu in top 5. Cebu was never really on my list a few years ago so I was surprised when I saw it in Conde Nast's list as the top 5. With the arrival of social media I've been seeing lot's of photos and videos of Cebu that made me want to go. When I was younger I thought it was just another ... read more