http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Philippines , Cebu , Mactan Island en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:03:10 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:03:10 +0000 Mactan Island wow what a great place. It was so nice and fun. Went to the beach at Porto Fino. It was a blast. Lot of locals and they loved me. Great sencery nice people. Actually about the second day i was getting bored then i found this great place. The Jungle Restaurant and Entertainmet in Maribago. Wow what a place. Its owned by a American and hes just a blast. Very friendly staff and tre http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-426707.html These photos were taken on the 23rd of May 2006.We did a one day tour of Mactan Island Cebu City before heading to Bohol for 3 days. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-405149.html Spent a few days on Mactan Island not my favourite place so far in the Philippines Very expensive beach resorts which are isolated from any contact with local people. At least the weather was good about the only thing which was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-382516.html Itrsquos more then half way through my internship here at Bigfoot and things seem to be slowly getting underway. Well I have to admit as of this point into this week I canrsquot really recall much of last week in chronological order as my previous blog. So as I write my story which seems to be an endless supply of impulsive and random moments that have accumulated over the years I con http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-378035.html Itrsquos been a week already since I was on Mindanao and already going into my fifth week here in Cebu for my internship. This past week was pretty relaxed to start off with had a couple meetings with the Fashion TV department regarding shooting and also with concepts. We finally had a shoot last Thursday inside sound stage one with one of the fashion interns from India and I also did a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-374266.html Today is Thursday nearly three weeks into my internship here in Cebu This week has been relatively quiet as wersquore still coming up with concepts and ideas to produce with the inter photographers to capture with the limited budget we are given. On Monday we did the usual so itrsquos wasnrsquot too productive however on Tuesday we got together with the producers of Fashion TV Asia an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-370908.html Philippine Adventure 2 The temperature in my room is humid strictly humid with the just the fan on if I were to put on the air conditioner it gets too cold. There is no particular number the Celsius or degrees needs to be when you feel sticky regardless. Irsquom starring at my computer writing my fifth installment of being here o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-369294.html Olango Island Sunday morning I met up with a few people to take a boat trip over to an island not too far from Mactan by the named Olango. One of the students here had invited me to join his group for the day and since it was my first weekend here I wanted to make the most of it in every which way possible witho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-368436.html Today is Monday January 26th and itrsquos been a full week since Irsquove arrived into the Philippines from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. Irsquove met people from all over the world hailing from countries such as England Iran Pakistan Nigeria Scotland Ireland Hong Kong India Sweden even quite a few from the states. Bigfoot Studios is also affiliated and partnered with Clever Lear http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-368381.html HeiDa er vi fremme i Cebu og vi har kommet oss p hotellet som ligger p Mactan. Har vrt en tur utenfor hotllets gjerder og det var ikke koselig Trur ikke man skal bevege seg ut der etter mrkets frembrudd. Det er kanskje en grunn til at det gr vakt p hotellets strand utstyrt med pumpehagleDet blir nok ikke noen utfart utenfor portene her fr vi skal hjem p lrdaagHotellet er bra med stort http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-365948.html 08.01.2009 Cebu airportVi er n p vei fra Filippinene til Thailand. Vi har s langt i dag kjrt hotellets taxi til havna p Bohol og deretter ferje inn til Cebu. Ferja var ikke noe skryte av en haug av en ferje. Fra havna til flyplassen i Cebu ble det nok en taxitur. Vi m n vente nesten 4 timer fr flyet tar oss videre til bangkok via Manila. Vi er ikke fremme fr midnatt lokal tid. Taxiture http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-361341.html So the bus to Iloilo was a bumpy but interesting experience When we finally arrived we jumped in the cloest taxi we could find and headed to our hotel The Fine Rock. First impressions of Iloilo were dissapointing we had expected a nice town centre but couldn't find a town centre anywhere it seemed to be just roads roads and more roads. Not to worry we were looking forward to the nice hotel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-352633.html Wonderful Mactan Island after one year away from my first trip is a come back for me. This time i stay for 3 days 2 nights. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-312980.html After a long and tiring flight to las Islas Pilipinas I left Apple in Manila and took a flight to cebu. The flight was delayed just what I needed after travelling for 24 hours already...Finally got to the pension house and had a nosey at the Historically and Internationally significant Mactan Island. This is the place where Ferdinand Magellan remember him from history lessons the portuguese http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-227289.html The last stop of our trip is Mactan Island. On our 3rd day we checked out at LS 2 pension house and proceeded to Mandaue City to catch a glimpse of the Chapel of the Last Supper. We didnrsquot had the chance to come near to it because during that time a mass was being held and the location of the Last Supper carvings are inside the church. We just took a picture from afar and then off we went t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-203226.html Leaving Malapascua meant we had 1 final ferry scam to encounter but more worrying was actually the act of getting on and off the boat. Boarding and disembarking the ferry were interesting balance exercises complicated by carrying a 15kg backpack. Boarding involved climbing a narrow plank that moved up and down as the tide rose and fell. Disembarking required crossing to another boat then des http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-189173.html Mactan island is the next island i will visit after Boracay island.... so come enjoy the beautiful island http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-186811.html So I am going to post old pics for now from my travels around the Philippines starting with my Holy week trip with my friend Ellie to the province of Cebu where another good friend Chanda is from.Original plan was to spend the long holiday in Boracay but since we were there last year for Holy week and then again for New Year's Eve we decided to venture into 'alien' territory and packed our bag http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-121968.html These are pictures of the interior of my apartment here in Cebu. Check out the jacuzzi tub...sweet and the closeups of the art work on my closets and bed...pretty scary. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-55300.html I was just a baby when I went to the Phillipines. Of Course I don't remember it but my mother said I enjoyed it very much and that I ran a lot around the beach in my little swim bottoms. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-53498.html