Blogs from Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 16

Hi this is my first blog in a long while but then again this is my first adventure as Carlos. Cebu and the islands called the philippines could be justafiably paradise. the weather is perfect the faces are friendly and the food exotic.... read more

Well here we are with only four days left.... We are currently in Cebu City in the Philippines.. but this isn't going to be a long post just yet. Just a short one with some of our culinary adventures and weird things that we've encountered. In a few days I'll post a looonnnnnnnnnng and final post to tell everyone about the last let of the trip! Here we go.. lets start off with just some odd observations I've made: Toilets: Toilet seats in India and Nepal were ALWAYS broken, so in the off chance that you're in a place (your hotel that you know is cleaned daily) where you can actually sit down, you nearly fall into the toilet every time. On the contrary, toilet seats in the Philippines have proven to be nonexistent most of ... read more

Cebu to Ilioilo (Panay) and Iloilo to Puerto Princesa (Palwan)...all by ferry! You are probably thinking why would you get 2 ferries taking a total of nearly 40 hours when you can get such cheap flights nowadays! Little did I know that May Day celebrations meant that the cost of flights went up dramatically and considering i am on a small budget after being away for nearly 8 months i couldn't afford the 8000 pesos that were being quoted. I could have waited in Cebu until 8th May but that was a week and i didn't fancy being holed up in Cebu city so decided to explore other options which there was only one! I bought a ticket taking me from Cebu to Iloilo on the overnight ferry leaving at 7pm arriving at 8am the next ... read more

Thanks to Manong Manuel for buying our tickets back to Cebu. Our Ferry was scheduled to leave Tagbilaran City at 5:30 PM. Just an FYI, there’s a sort of Korean invasion going on in the Philippines right now, from Korean soap operas, Korean singers, Korean actors to Korean Tourists, everywhere I go, there they are - lots of them at the Tagbilaran pier. I definitely don’t have anything against it because they help boost the Philippine tourism and Korean Kiddies are the cutest! (next to my nephews/nieces and my little cousins.hehe). We were just contemplating, it seems that half of South Korea is already in the Philippines (^^)/ Annyong ha shimnikka! *V sign* The 2 hours Ferry ride from Tagbilaran to Cebu seemed like foreveeeerrrr! We arrived in a half lighted Cebu as most of the ... read more

Finishing blog the following week recapping. Well, it is now Monday again and I have to really take the time to remember everything I did within the last few days. Time flies faster the speed of light once you cross a certain time in your life you know the quarter century old mark? Yes that’s where it suddenly goes 0-950 mph in .5 seconds and then you stop to reflect after the fact that it’s too late. That is why I definitely take each day more seriously conjoined with not taking myself too seriously. Who should take themselves too seriously? Just do your job well, don’t hurt anyone around you and have fun. Being interns here at Bigfoot, part of our job is to be prepared to shoot even if it’s last minute and last Wednesday ... read more