Whoa! Summer of 1997 and we went off to this beautiful place located in the Visayas region and guess what? We cruised via Super Ferry 12 (inter-island ship) and this I can say one of the best trips I’ve ever had in my life…really! It’s a company planning session actually, spiced with leisure and a travel-time of 16 hours isn’t enough. There are so many things to enjoy in the ship while battling the motion sickness; the swimming pool, karaoke bar, discotheque, arcade games and mostly, the Jacuzzi.
This was the time I realized I was so blessed of many things in life when I saw those passengers in the lower deck of the ship. The big difference is like heaven and earth to compare…and I can say I was one of those lucky in heaven. We left the city at 8 pm and arrived Cebu at 4 in the afternoon the next day. We were transported to our hotel and then we prepared ourselves for the usual stuff we do as we visit places … bar hopping! We went to a discotheque named Balls and most of us got drunk. The next day people were separated to explore places. The others went to the beach and the other group decided to visit historical places like shrines, churches and food shops. I went with the latter one.
Chicken barbeque! They perfectly marinated these fowls after being slaughtered I think, and it goes well with rice wrapped in banana leaves as they call it “puso”. We marveled the street foods and then later we went to the shrine called Magellan’s Cross. As the history tells itself, this Portuguese guy discovered the Philippines as he landed in Cebu year 1521, erected a cross as I imagined him uttering “Eureka! We found ignorant dudes who will perfectly believe we are heaven sent!” We also visited some famous church and places and bought some souvenirs as present to our friends and families in Manila. Here you can enjoy products like dried mangoes, dried squid, dried fish, guitars and good singers as well. Sorry but the last one isn’t for sale, they’re for hire.
We also visited some newly developed shopping malls and there was this time we found ourselves standing in awe watching and observing the locals…damn they’re all beautiful! Since we all believed that this is where the Spaniards settled first during their occupation, we also concluded that they made a good blood distribution to the people that made this quite an ugly-free city. Ok I maybe exaggerating or missed the odd-looking citizens but to be honest, even the barbecue girls and boys are gorgeous to consider! (trust me on this). Cebu is a very clean and friendly city in the Philippines and worth visiting. They have fantastic beaches and so as the angelic-looking people!
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