Blogs from Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 4

Last April 9, 2016, Saturday, nothing much to do after graveyard shift breakfast. I decided to make a quick whole day trip to the southern town of Cebu, Santander. Santander is the closest town if you want to cross from Dumaguete to Cebu. It's just an hour ride by pumpboat at 45 pesos from the town of Sibulan, a municipality that is part of Metro Dumaguete. Santander is a fourth class municipality compose of ten barangays. This town has loads to offer for budget tourists who wants to enjoy a 5-star non-commercialized and less touristy environment. 1. Arrived around 9am at Brgy. Liloan port. The port is smaller that accommodates pumpboat and other small vessels. The water is of blue-green clear, kids are swimming and few locals on their fishing activity. 2. Walked from Liloan port ... read more

Walk ten minutes from my coastal home in MAANDA, LEYTE, LEYTE, PHILIPPINES, and you will discover this pristine CULASI BEACH located just alongside a rock-strewn mountain. Not many come to this place often for it is a secluded place and still unknown to most people. But my family and a couple of friends in my home place have noticed its splendor lately. Its scenic environment captures my attention making me wonder and come closer to it. Its fresh-looking white sand contrasts the blue-colored deep ocean welcoming the viewers as they begin to hop in. Each time I come home from a head bogging experience of a stressful school life to spend my vacation, I find comfort and solace in the serene surrounding of this immaculate coastline. Away from the noise and bustle of the city, I ... read more

For our wedding anniversary we wanted something idyllic and relaxing, we wanted a small island with a nice beach. Not just any beach though, we'd set our minds on the Philippines. In the end we settled on the picturesque island of Malapascua and our timing was not half bad. To get to the island of Malapascua we had to travel to one of the most northern towns of Cebu; Maya, and catch a boat to our destination of Malapascua. Usually there are big yellow coaches with air con taking people to Maya but I think we may have just missed one, hence being piled into a small minivan. During our 4 hour ride to Maya we got talking to a group of Filipinos who were heading to a town an hour outside of Maya for a ... read more

I left swedish ground over 13 month ago to travel across the world and see the turtles in Bali, skydiving over mountains in new Zealand and see the beaches in Australia. It was a 4 months trip with 2 Swedish friends. We thought we were super easy going with low standards in Bali. We didn't care where we slept as long as it were clean, have AC and a nice bed and we almost always went to the cheapest restaurants, we stayed away from local street food, we didn't want to be sick. One of the girls dropped of after a month in Bali but we continued cruising New Zealand and the East coast of Australia, even couchsurfed a bit if we found a nice host. When the 4 months came to an end I just ... read more

First night in the Philippines and at my CouchSurf host Klaudia, came to her cute little apartment in Cebu city had a beer and a chat with her before it was time for bed. Woke up the next day alone in the apartment and had my own key, no trust issues here. I had no real idea where I was but lonley planet said that uptown should be a cool place so after asking around and getting asked at least a dozen times why I'm traveling alone and "where's your boyfriend?" Well we have a long distance relationship since he lives in the future. I didn't want to be a typical tourist and take a cab to the city, not that I seen any other tourist than me but still. So I jumped in a jeepney ... read more