Blogs from Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 26

I have finally made it to the other coast of Cebu and am on the beach YAY! Unfortunately, there are still no pictures available, but I'm sure soon enough I will be able to find some place that will convert my images onto CD. After being in Cebu City for about 3 days in a place I suspect was a whore house, I met up with a friend, whom I met in Nepal, and headed out to Moalboal. It was an incredible bus ride- it's been a while since I've been on a bus that has gone faster than 30km/hr. The roads were paved and the scenery spectacular. Loads of coconut, banana, durian, jack fruit, rose apple, and mango trees everywhere. They even have bread fruit here! Tomorrow at 9am I start my PADI course YAY! ... read more

my mom is a full-blooded cebuana while my father is a full-blooded tagalog, so that makes me a half cebuana-half tagalog.......... i am so proud of my mom's hometown, cebu and i would love to live here if given a chance............. cebu is known as the queen city of the south................... living here is like having both worlds (that's why i'd love to live here).................. cebu is now a modern metropolis that leads the south in commerce and industry and at the same time famous to an array of historical finds, white sand beaches and dive sites......................... it is also known for it's colorful fiesta called "sinulog" (they celebrated sinulog just last jan 14-17)............... sinulog is a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the santo niño (more info on sinulog) cebu is also ... read more

Today as my taxi drove past the cinema, I noticed a banner ad for the movie “Man on Fire” with Denzel Washington. About 10 years back, I read a book by A.J.Quinnell called “Man on Fire” (1980) about a shot at redemption of an ex-dog of war, mercenary. Common plot but I am always drawn to this kind of stories. The book is an excellent read, though. I truly got excited at the prospect of watching this film, half hoping that it did not stray much from the novel by A.J.Quinnell, of which I am a fan. Anyway, today we were scheduled to watch “Feng Shui”, a local horror flick. Everybody that suggested that we see this movie got ear bashed by me after. I must admit I partly enjoyed it and cracked me up like ... read more

After siquijor, we spent a day in cebu city (my second time to be in the city). we boarded the oceanjet in larena, siquijor at 6am.. we reached cebu city port after 4 hours.. there was a stop over in the port of tagbilaran, bohol to pick up passengers. my uncle who was based in consolacion, cebu fetched us from the port. he served as our tour guide for the day. first, we dropped by at the sto. nino shrine and the magellan's cross. after which, we proceeded to the fort san pedro. after lunch, my uncle brought us to the Taoist Temple where we modeled before the camera. merienda time was spent in ayala mall. travel in cebu would not be complete if one failed to try the food in "sutukil", so we had our ... read more

Looking Back: Bantayan Island - Dec. 1996. After Christmas of 1996, my friends and I planned an out of town trip. This was to be the first of the many trips we'll be having. Our first stop was Cebu City, we stayed at my uncle's place. My cousins were our tour guide. the first few days we visited, the Taoist Temple in Beverly Hills; Magellan's Cross across the Sto. Nino Shrine; a beach in Mactan. The food is inexpensive and local cuisine was superb. We took a fast ferry, Oceanjet 2 of Socor Shipping Lines to Sta. Fe, Bantayan. It is an island north of Cebu mainland. The fare was 300pesos/person and we left the port of Cebu at 5:30am. It was about 3 hours fast ferry ride. When we got to Sta. Fe, there ... read more