Some things just don’t end up like you want it to be. After 2 good days in Manila, the plan for the 3rd day was to check out the malls near the area and check out Makati. Time to pack up, leave our home for 2 days, Park Villa Aprtelle, and head for Divisoria first. (This post will contain very minimal pictures due to the sequence of events that happened.) From Examiner Street, … [Read more...]
Manila Ocean Park and Star City
After a long day touring around spots in Manila, we were not done yet. Our next stop is one of the newest and coolest attractions in Manila, the Manila Ocean Park. Manila Ocean Park is the first Oceanarium in the Philippines, located behind the Quirino Grandstand at the Rizal Park in Manila. It was just about time that the Philippines have its own Oceanarium. Philippines is the center of marine … [Read more...]
Eleventh Stop: Thrilla in Manila (Day 2)
The second day of our Manila trip was scheduled as the roam-around-all-you-want-all-you-can-as-your-feet-does-not-complain day based on our on-location-not-so-cleverly-planned itinerary. So were we excited? For the "tour", Hell yeah! For the projected long walk, not really. Edcel was uberly excited, he woke up ahead of the alarm clock and had to drag me out of bed. As mentioned, we did not have … [Read more...]
Eleventh Stop: Thrilla in Manila (Day 1)
Our next destination is a place where most people wants to be in before and it could still remain true today. It's the main financial, commercial and educational center of the Philippines. We're going to, Manila.Manila (Tagalog: Maynila; pronounced /maɪˈnilaʔ/ in Tagalog, /məˈnɪlə/ mə-NIL-ə in English), officially the City of Manila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the sixteen cities … [Read more...]
The Year That Was: 2010 in Review
The year 2010 started really well for both of us, travel-wise. It was the first full year of fun and travel. From eating my first yogurt, to our first airplane ride, first time being out of the Visayas Region, first time to watch a movie from a movie cinema outside any cinemas from Cebu, seeing a walkator, getting almost ripped off 2,000 PHP from a kalesa driver, to meeting Sheena's relatives in … [Read more...]
Tenth Stop: Playin’ in La Playa (Badian, Cebu)
I've always loved going South of Cebu. I do love the North too but most of the places I have visited lately was in the Southern tip of and I know what it has to offer. Blues, greens, whites, yellows and oranges. When Sheena told me that they will have a get-together with her wavemates from the BPO she works for in Badian, Cebu, a big smile grew slowly on my face. I have been to Moalboal and … [Read more...]
Best Cebu Blogs 2010 Awarding Night
Blogging has been part of my life for roughly 4 years and counting . It runs through my veins. As a blogger, one of the major things that you want is to get readers and be recognized. Last year, when self-nomination was not yet the "in" thing, I became part of the top 10 Best Cebu Blogs of 2009. I was ecstatic to the point of wetting my pants! Then, I decided to start this blog together with … [Read more...]
Foodtrip: Dessert Factory (The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu)
After featuring our stops and sidetrips and getting quite a number of comments and followings on our travels, we are adding a new "trip" on the site. There is one more thing that we love to do aside from travelling, that is eating. In every trips and stops that we go to, we get to taste different food that makes our tastebuds go "boom!", but the problem is, me and Sheena just lacks adjectives to … [Read more...]
Sidetrip: Need for Speed in Kartzone (Mabolo)
Well, we spent mother's day in Cebu Wetland Resort, now it was time to celebrate my father's "day", his birthday. You surely can't bring your fathers on a picnic, so I knew the best place to spend the afternoon and I was pretty sure that my siblings, cousins and my father will enjoy it.Off we went to karting in Kartzone Mabolo. Kartzone is located in F Cabahug St., Ayala Access Road, Mabolo,Cebu … [Read more...]
Sidetrip: Cebu Wetland Resort
This is a late post about our hook fishing adventure at Cebu Wetland Resort last May. We were there for a double celebration --- our 18th monthsary and Mother's Day. Edcel invited his mother to join us and Edcel's sisters tagged along. Getting There: Cebu Wetland Resort is the only inland resort in the heart of Cebu City. Cebu Wetland Resort also gives you a different feel of a highly urbanized … [Read more...]