a first with mama.....

i have always been very passionate with traveling, if i have a whole day of relaxation it is a whole day in a couch, watching my favorite travel channel, "Discovery Travel and Living,"

....and how i wish i could be in Samatha Brown's shoes traveling and at the same time getting paid for it, but then my life wasn't planned and designed that way, i have to work hard and save for my travels.....and i just did

my sissy, my cousin Miya have always been my travel buddies, visiting local places. and just recently i have a new buddy my mom, mama dora, see the power of influencing people around you, i would say it was my first biggest splurge in travel, i paid for my own roundtrip ticket, shared with ma in cab rides and dinners and of course our 3-days hotel accommodation, how's that? and bet it was very fulfilling that you are spending your own hard earned cash for something you are passionate of......

on the other hand what make's it more exciting is that i get to plan and research for our itinerary, wee i'm having another business idea in all these.....

Cebu heritage escapade with mama, we left for Cebu City for two reasons; first to surprise my sister on her 25th birthday and second to take a breather and travel......me and mama wants to travel the world but before we take out of the country trips, we must first travel around the philippines and we just started....

an afternoon coffee at Holiday Plaza

leave for Cebu City via davao city thru Cebu Pacific Airlines.....arrived in Cebu City by 10:15 A.M, we first checked-in at Holiday Plaza, Ramos St. Cebu City, i know of the hotel through my research of travel blogs and the like

Lunch at Gerry's Grill

lunch at Gerry's Grill, Ayala terraces, well it's not an authentic Cebuano food hub yet, at that time all we want is to eat.......we feasted and i FEASTED really on Pancit Molo Soup, Bulalo, Grilled Squid, Sashimi, Adobong Kangkong, BBQ leimpo, Calamares, Crab Rice and Adobo Rice, before you react on our gluttony, we had lunch with Tito Leo, my Ma'be, and Lola Auring, i admit it's quiet too much for a group of 5, we are indeed very full after...after lunch we take a siesta in our hotel, we waited for my sister until dinner time....

 after our dinner at Ocean Garden....sis 25th birthday

dinner time

first cebu dinner at Ocean Garden, Lahug City, this is where my sister wants to have dinner, so be it, it's her birthday anyway, though i what something more authentic Cebuano Cuisine.....make a guess, that i ended my 3-days trip not able to get to taste such infamous Cebuano pride.......maybe its a sign, i'll be back..

2nd Day

Start the day with a hotel's complimentary breakfast, wow love it so much, the food taste just like the way we had it at home.....yabang ba.....love the choices of cold cuts and pastries.

After breakfast its time to go.....explore the city and first on my list....anyway the list that made, huhu, i left it at home so asked my ate nene to text me my list, Fort San Pedro 8:00 A.M, haha we were the first visitor for the day, it's just a walking distance from Cebu Port, as we enter, we're greeted by their wonderful staff who even gratefully offer to take our pictures, it's a smaller version of Fort Santiago, going around it won't take long, above its wall is a walkway that centuries ago it was used as watch towers now, both ends has its Butterfly conservation area.......in their information area one get a glimpse of Cebu city's history.........a short taxi ride from Fort San Pedro is the Magellan Cross, it's a must for me, because every photos about Cebu City is seldom seen without the Magellan Cross, it's like you haven't been  to CEbu without visiting the Magellan Cross, in our short taxi ride to it, our manong driver offered to take us around the whole day up to Lapu-Lapu City which we accepted....so that we don't have a hard time looking for a ride,  in Lapu-Lapu city we went to visit Magellan Shrine and have a very fishy lunch at SUTOKIL (Sugba, Tola and Kilaw), after a hearty meal we went to haggle for pasalubong, the accessories that cost you a hundred bucks in malls can be bought at 10 pcs/ 100, wow.....after pasalubong shopping we went to Alegre Guitar Factory, Mama bought one for our lil bro.....after a very tiring we head back to our hotel, Had dinner later at Abuhan Dos famous for their Sizzling Pochero.
3rd Day
Start the day with a breakfast at Abuhan Uno, visit Casa Gorordo and Heritage Park....along the way we passed by the Yap-San Diego Museum