Cebu

It was Cebu from May 17-20 with Bebert and college friends. It turns out I've known my college blockmates for 15 years now. Gasp. We never realized time had zoomed past us since we met as freshmen. Blissfully thin freshmen. Now we're, well, still blissful sometimes I guess. Thin? Fresh? Let's move on. From Mactan Airport we hopped into a van until we reached Maya Port after 3 hours, then took a 30-minute boat ride. At last we were at Malapascua Island. It was beautiful and quiet. Our pricey room at the resort was a bit of a disappointment though - no ref, awfully creaky beds, salty and hard water from the tap, and no TV. The boys nearly lost it. Ha? Walang TV? Yes, life can be tragic.

Took this at around 5:00 pm when the tide was low - notice the patches of green. The local kids ran around and caught all kinds of sea creatures. They showed us fish called "tagu-tago", sea urchins, fish that looked like a seahorse and a snake, and many others. Bebert had a ball scrutinizing them; I meant the sea creatures, not the kids.

This was how the beach looked in the morning. Ain't she pretty? This was the same spot where the green patch was in the previous photo. The water was very clear, clean, and blue. Boracay's sand is still finer though compared to Malapascua's.

Sat on this nice, comfortable, red orange sofa at Shangri-La Mactan. I loved the color. Did we check in there? Someday we hope to. We settled for beverages that were priced like some dinner buffets in Manila. You can't imagine how oh so slowly we sipped them.

These happy, sunny flowers were Shangri-La's centerpiece at the lobby. Boy are they so...yellow.