Quick, what’s the top food pasalubong you’d bring if you’re on vacation in, or a friend is coming from, Cebu? The title of this post is a spoiler, but maybe you have something else in mind (let us know through the comment section below). Here’s our top four gifts for pasalubong from Cebu:
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Ahhh . . . Cebu. When you say Cebu what comes to your mind? Sinulog? Lechon Cebu? Otap? Sutokil? Lapu-lapu and Magellan’s Cross? The Edge Coaster? Badian Island? Mactan Island? The nice beaches? We could spend the whole day sharing what we remember most about Cebu. But you probably don’t realize that the world-famous Dancing
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Revisiting Magellan’s Cross, Mactan Shrine and Basilica del Sto. Nino
We don’t appreciate something until it’s gone, the cliche goes. Sappy, yes, but this drives home the point that we often take for granted places of historical importance that are right in our backyard. Take, for instance, Magellan’s Cross, Mactan Shrine and the Basilica del Sto. Niño. I spent four years in Cebu City, yet
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UP Cebu
It’s always better to write down one’s thoughts while traveling or basking in the sights, sounds and flavor of a particular Philippine destination, which is the whole point of this blog. This is difficult at this stage because all the posts, except two or three, are written looking back. This post is not one of
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Shangri-La, Mactan
“Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, “Shangri-La” is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia—a permanently
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Plantation Bay, Mactan Island
I’ve heard about Plantation Bay, but I didn’t know what’s inside it. It was only when we went there that I learned about its man-made waterways. According to the Plantation Bay website: “Set in 11.4 hectares of secluded grounds yet only 30 minutes from downtown Cebu City, Plantation Bay offers one of the largest privately-owned
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Sinulog (Cebu City)
There’s a party — a city-wide street party — unfolding this day in Cebu City. Not today, I mean, but during the time when I originally wrote this article in January 16, 2006, back when I discovered blogging. Looking back, it’s quite unfortunate that in more than four years of staying in Cebu, I imbibed
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Sutokil, Mactan Island
If “sutokil” sounds foreign to you, chances are, you’re not from Cebu or haven’t toured Cebu. I’m using Cebu to refer to Cebu province — there’s a Cebu City and a Cebu province, the first being a component city of the latter (unlike Quezon City, which is not a part of Quezon province).
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