When in Cebu,  you might heard of the word Larsian.  It is one of Cebu’s popular eating havens. Located along a nameless road adjacent to Don Gil Garcia street near the Fuente Osmeña in Cebu City. It is a place for barbecue lovers. Larsian is a collection of stalls which virtually serve the same thing, grilled meats and seafood.  Since it has many stalls, competition is really tight. Upon entering the said place, several vendors would scream at you just to get your attention and convince you to eat at their stall. You would become like a celebrity for a short while where vendors are like fans screaming for your attention.

Pick what you want…

Puso - rice wrapped in coco leaves and boiled.

When eating in here, you will just be given a plate covered in plastic, and there are no spoons & forks to use.   You will be given plastic cellophanes which you can use to cover your bare hands!

Eating at larsian is MUST-try when you are in Cebu City just don’t expect too much on the ambiance. It’s smoky and it’s really noisy, you will be hearing vendors convincing customers to pick their stalls.

Royal Concourse

One of the popular dining establishments in Cebu City known for best value for  money is Royal Concourse.  It is know as the unlimited Crispy Pata Buffet. You can enjoy a variety of dishes from dimsum (siomai), eggnoodles (pancit), seafood choices of clams and mussels and hot-piping Bulalo (Cebuno called it pochero) for a very cheap price of 200php.  

Crispy Pata Plate – ubos lagi

Buffet area.  Presentation…okay lang but for 200php, who cares,  the food taste good naman.

Again…200php with dessert. Super sulit

Royal Concourse is located at Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City, Cebu 6000 Philippines with Tel No. 032-3465345

Sutukil

Sutukil is a portmanteau of the three ways fish are cooked in eateries near the Mactan Shrine.  Su is for sugba or grilled, tu is for tula or prepared into a soup and kil is for kilaw or turned into a raw fish salad.  Since we arrived Mactan a little bit early we weren’t in the mood to eat heavy breakfast that is why we didn’t tried the sutukil . Nevertheless, we tried the restaurant’s other menu like;

  Sizzling squid

Ensaladang Seaweed

We also ordered few pieces of pork bbq.  As usual no photo. Naubos kasi kagad. 6 bottled water and 6 cups of rice.

 You might ask….how much will you spend for a good meal in sutukil? At least P500 pesos or more if you come in as a group . It’s a bit pricey eating here. You should also keep in mind that the price of the seafood is different from the cost you pay for cooking it.

For our meal that day, we paid around 1000php plus. Mahal di ba?

Taboan  Market

 Dried fish found in Tabo-an (Taboan) Public Market

A kilo of danggit that time was around 480php and a kilo of pusit was 420php. If you will be buying to bring it home as pasalubong, need not to worry if you’ll travel by plane, they use sealer machine, so your plastic bag is super sealed, fishy smell no more

Shamrock

Basta Otap Shamrock…true!

Shamrock is the tastiest otap I ever tasted.  Gladly there is a Shamrock store near Crown Regency. Kaya we were able to buy 2 boxes of these goodies. I also love their rosquillos and hojaldres.

La fortuna bakery

This bakeshop is known for different varieties of tikoy, from plain white tikoy, tikoy  ube, to the one with sesame seeds, that come in six dices per package. We had a quick bite of these small square cuts of two different kinds of tikoy.  It’s good though I must say, the place was not that organize kasi, one side is an eatery, the other side naman is like a grocery with bookstore then the other side is bakeshop naman….hang gulo noh hahaha. Nevertheless, their tikoy is a must try.

So with all thse, what am I missing…hmmm lechon.  Too bad, when we went to CNT, wala ng lechon…naubusan kami. Super sikat ang lechon nila ha.  :-)

So that’s it pancit.  Will do the our singapore adventure! Stay tuned

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Now, as i was saying in my last entry,  after our whale watching activity,  we hop on our rented taxi and went straight away Sumilon Island .

To get there,  we headed to Sumilon’s Port (about 5mins drive from the the resort where we had our whale watching activity) At the port, we were led to the lounge and served cold welcome drinks.

Afte minutes and minutes and minutes  of waiting, the boat arrived

There is a boat transfer schedule. I wish they will post this information on their site, so their guest would know or atleast, fix their itinerary. It’s a waste of time if you miss your ride  and need to wait long for the next pick-up. By the way, we miss our boat ride and waited an hour for the next ride.  :(

If a guest request for a special trip. they charge 1000php.

Sumilon Island is 125 kilometers away from Cebu City and almost 20 kilometers to Dumaguete City. If you are coming from Dumaguete and plan to go to Sumilon, it will take you around 30-45mins boat ride. The island area is 24 hectares which is surrounded by crystal clear waters with 39-hectare of marine sanctuary.

The 15mins boat ride.

When we arrived, we were greeted by the lovely sand bar.

Thanks to RC. I grab this photo from him.

The day tour during the weekdays is 1500php and 2000php during weekends. The package includes;

• Set lunch
• Boat transfers (Bancogon – Sumilon – Bancogon)
• Island activities (kayaking, trekking, snorkeling)
• Use of swimming facilities

So after lunch, we did the activities the island offers.

Kayaking.

Walking Trek

The Infinity pool

lovely rock formation and the breathtaking clear water (Thanks again to RC for photo)

We would like to go snorkeling sana kaso, the waves are big that time and it won’t be safe so we just enjoyed their jacuzzi That’s my nephew posing sa jacuzzi

My niece posing  :-)

We headed back to the sand bar for a swim. That’s Hubz and I. Syempre pose din kami.

my family…goofing around

Our day at Sumilon Bluewater has been relaxing. I love the place.  The price was a bit pricey but the experience was really nice.  Would definitely comeback and stay for day or two to experience the nightlife in Sumilon.

Next….food in Cebu

To get to Oslob coming from the town proper, you have to ride a Bus or a car. It was a long ride to get there,  it will take 3 hours travel time approximately, depending on the traffic. And it is also advisable to travel early in the morning for better spot and to avoid large crowds in the whale shark watching. The place really is not that difficult to find due to large trampolines and banners along the road.

As I’ve said in my last entry, we hired Manong Jet to bring us to Oslob.  He fetch us around 5am. We were 4 dults with 2 kids.  Pwede na rin. Kasya na rin sa car.

After 2.5hrs, we arrived. The Whale Watching Operators in Oslob are  color-coded.   We go for the Blue Operator  (Aaron Resort) because it’s what I usually read on blogs.

Here are the fees for Whale Watching:

whale watching – P200
snorkeling fee – P50
life vest – P50
camera fee – P100
Resort Fee (shower/changing room/parking) – P50

Since we brought our own life vest and snorkeling gear, they didn’t charge us 100php. Then no one asked us to pay 100php for camera fee. We just payed the Resort Fee, and whale watching fee of 200php.

 To start, you have to attend an orientation first before going into the water.

 Then after attending the orientation, We were instructed to go to our boat . A few minutes, we were at the  watching area.

It’s not hard to spot a butanding,  there are boatman throwing food to whale sharks  and they were just chasing

I was just too excited, I jump over even though the wave was really big.

Hello Mr. Giant

Here is another one

Bye bye Mr. Giant

It was a really different experience having an up close encounter with the butanding. But I know, our presence and the feeding that the boatman are doing  to the butanding is altering the natural process of the ecosystem and our presence near them is giving them stress that they might die.  The tourist officers and the fishernmen are trying their best to implement strict procedure in the whale watching activities and I do hope, tourist will also give their own share in respecting these little giants.

To get to Oslob by Bus;

From Cebu City ride a bus going to Oslob at the Bus South terminal. Tell the conductor to drop you at Tan-wan.  Fare is at 156Php.

You wont be lost as I’ve said there are lots of resort offering this activity.  :-)

After our Whale watching activity…we went here….

 On my next update….

So we decided to wake up around 4am to take the bus going to Oslob.

Great… we have a plan for our 2nd day…but the next morning….

We  got up at around 7am….WHAT!!!??

We can’t go to Oslob…it’s so so late. So we have to change our plan. After having breakfast and prepared ourselves we decided to go to the beach. Hubz suggested Portofino Beach.

Portofino Resort by the way is an easy and affordable getaway for Cebuanos and travellers in Cebu. It is located in Mactan Island – the nearest place in metropolitan Cebu City where one can enjoy clear waters and white sand beaches

We went to the nearest jollibee for breakfast. Husband kinda interviewed the guard  at jollibee  in how to get to our destination.  Then after a few minutes, there was a cab waiting for us. Si manong guard pala and tumawag and instructed the driver to bring us to Portofino. Ang bait ni manong guard. We grab take-out food for lunch in Portofino, off we to beach with Manong Jet, the driver’s name.  He said,. it would be a 45mins to get there. Manong Jet is mabait. While he was driving,  we asked him things about Cebu. We even asked him if he can bring us to Oslob the next day. It was okay with him…Yes…makakapag whale watching din. We agreed to pay him 300Php for his driving service to Portofino.

In Portofino, there is an area where you could go snorkeling.  Super clear water.

That hubz (left) and me (right) doing our favorite thing when in the beach…snorkeling

On the other side of the resort is the beach.

Not unlike the snokeling area were there are less people, here there were a lot.

marami activities sa Portofino like ziplining

You can also do aquanaut where in you can walk under water and you can swim with the fish, you can  do paragliding, Jet Ski, ride with their banana boat swimming of course.

You can also use the facilities in the  beach area from 6am to 5 pm only.

gazebos with 2 tables and 12 chairs for 1,700 pesos
Shade Sails with 2 tables and 12 chairs for 1,400 pesos
Tents with 2 tables and 12 chairs (first come first save basis) for 1,400 pesos
Table set with 1 table and 6 chairs (first come first save basis) 350 pesos

Extra table 140 pesos
Extra Chair 35 pesos

If you have plan for an overnight in Portofino Beach Resort they have rooms to use from 2 pm to 12 noon. I checked the prices and it ranges from 3,000  to 3,800.

So we were there until 4Pm. We called Manong Jet ulit para hatid kami sa SM Cebu. :-)

We bought our Cebu souvenir shirts at SM (Island souvenir) then by the time we got hungry, we decided to go to CNT lechon, which malapit ang sa SM. Sobrang excited na ko kasi, sabi nila, it’s one of the best lechon in town. When we got there, I was disappointed kasi ubos na yung lechon….boooh…wuahh. So we went back to SM,we had our dinner.

After the dinner, and extra shopping (again) we decided to go back sa hotel for our Sky Adventure.  I posted days ago my rant about the photos we had while doing the adventure. I emailed then and they did, answered na they will inform their head about my comments regarding their service. They haven’t emailed me back pero atleast, I informed them about it.

Moving on…sharing few photos for that adventure….

Among the many photos they they took (and pose we did) , we only bought 3 phoros. 1 photo of my nephew and the other photo of my niece. Syempre, we wanted the kids, to have their memories. Then we bought this group shot.

So yeah…right  this shot cost 230Php.  Oh well..

So how was my  SkyWalk adventure well…My knees almost buckled but  managed to remain calm except for a few panic attacks.  I was that paranoid that I was going to fall. I also did a pose were I have to stand at the edge of the steel flooring, gosh…nanginginig ako but I did the pose, yun nga lang wala akong mashare the photo. You know why….

I promise, will comeback here and will do this again.  Para magkaroon ng maganda photo hehehe.

As I’ve said, we are not allowed to take photo within the preparation premises and the actual activity area so after the Sky Walk and exiting the area, Hubs and I took the opportunity to pose.

Buti pa tong shot na ito…maganda…hmp!

Our 2nd day was fun.  I enjoyed our beach trip, SM trip and syempre, I somehow conquerd my fear in SkyWalk Adventure.

Oh by the way, If your going to Cebu, you might want to get Manong Jet (Nanay Taxi) as a driver. He also do, City tour.  I highly recommend him. His taxi is in good condition. He is mabait and honest. My SIL gave him  money as a tip but he refuses to get it kasi it was a big amount daw.  Here is his contact number 09157979323

Up Next…our Oslob Trip

Cebu City is the oldest city in the Philippines and is hailed as the Queen City of the South. The city itself, though not very large in size, holds a lot of historical memories that dated even to the time of the Spaniards.  Kaya when we did the Cebu city tour, it seems like we are travelling back in time

Mactan Shrine

The Lapu-Lapu Shrine is inside a plaza commonly known as the Magellan Shrine park that commemorates the events of the Battle of Mactan. Thousands of foreign and local tourists visit the park every year. The park includes the Magellan Shrine and a covered structure that houses a huge mural painting of the Battle of Mactan and a commemorative marker

The Lapu-Lapu Shrine is a 20-meter bronze statue located in the Mactan Shrine park in Punta Engaño, Mactan Island, Cebu. The statue was erected to honor Rajah Lapu-Lapu, the native chieftain of Mactan Island who defeated Ferdinand Magellan during the historic Battle of Mactan in 1521.

Magellan Shrine is 30 meters high and serve as a large memorial tower of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

There was an event a day before we arrived.  April 27, they commemorate the Battle of Mactans according to wikipedia, The Battle of Mactan  fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of  Mactan Island, defeated Spanish forces under the command of Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.

There were also lots tiangge  that time. I don’t know if it’s a regular here or dahil may event nga sila.

Fort San Pedro

Fort San Pedro is a defensive military structure built a few days after the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the Spanish conquistador, who in 1565 built the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines – 44 years after Ferdinand Magellan’s “discovery” of the Philippines”

Entrance to the Fort. There’s a cheap P30 entrance fee.

Upon entering you will be greeted with the historical information about the place

Here are some few photos of Fort San Pedro

My niece and nephew goofing around.

An illustration how the fort may have looked like in 1565.

Magellan’s Cross

 Magellan’s Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 21, 1521

Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino

Heritage of Cebu Monument

The monument depicts events in Cebu history from the time of Rajah Humabon to the beatification of Cebuano martyr Pedro Calungsod

Museo Sugbo  (Formerly Cebu Provincial Jail)

Artifacts, history, memorabilias, earthenwares and preserved documents and letters are the main attraction of the Museo Sugbo.

There is an entrance fee, 30Php for adults, 10Php for students and 75Php for foreigners.

There are lots to see in this museo.  I enjoyed my stay here. As I’ve said, you get to see lots of things and It’s airconditioned.

Here are few of my favorites.

The Golden Tara of Agusan

Millet (Kabog)

Currency used during the Japanese occupation in WW II.

Autobots Transform!!!! hehehe

Actually this is an old letter press machine

Taoist Temple

Dragon on the roof

Tops at Mt. Busay

Mt Busay makes a mighty backdrop for Cebu City, but the best view is from the mountain itself, which is where you’ll find Tops Lookout. Better known simply as ‘Tops’, viewing deck provides spectacular views, especially at sunrise or sunset. There are snack stalls up here, which sell beer if you are so inclined.

It has an entrance of 100 pesos.

Our Cebu City tour lasted for 8hrs. We were really tired but we enjoyed the tour. So to wrap up or tour that day, we did a jumpshot.

Ngek nauna yata ako hehehe. Oh well….

Up next…more cebu post

Pero napapayag pa rin ako…why???

Because I love to travel and because we got a free voucher for a 2 night stay in Crown Regency Cebu. Oh di ba….free accomodation. Who wouln’t be tempted di ba?

So ayun na nga, we booked a flight to Cebu via Zest Air which was really cheaper than Cebpac. It was also my first time to try Zest Air. Zest Air by the way was Asian Spirit before. So I was a bit terrified to take the flight hahaha.

If you plan to get  Zest-Air, you should be early at the airport because, they don’t have online check-in sa website nila. Kaya expect long  queues and mabagal na service.

Our flight was 4.05am. Ang aga noh? Ganun kami ka excited pumunta ng Cebu. hehehe.

Our flight was on time, It was still dark when we left Manila.  Oh the take-off by the way was okay naman.

I said I was sleepy di ba, pero hindi rin ako nakatulog while on the plane so I checked the plane’s restroom. It was clean but there were no hand soap or and sanitizer.  I am not sure sa cebpac if they have….haven’t really checked their restroom. Next time pag nag cebpac ako, will check that out.  Anyway,  I ordered a bottle of juice at syempre ang brand ay zest-o.

This dalandan juice bottle cost 60php. So alam na….where the name Zest-Air came from

We landed Mactan Airport aftr an hour.  If you’ll ask me how was the aircraft touchdown….it was a rough and bumpy. Yaiks….scared na ko sa pag uwi namin, hehehhe

This is inside Macan Airport. I love their airport. Very Clean

We really don’t have an itinerary. Bahala na si Batman sabi ko sa kanila hehehe.

 I was advice by my officemate na we should try Cebu City tour.  There are lots of taxi offering this daw. So upon exiting, the airport, we were  looking for those taxi.  Masyado pa yatang maaga kaya wala kaming makita. May mga lumalapit pero ang mahal ng offer nila. My officemate said, the whole day tour will cost around 1500-2000 for a taxi.

Buti na lang, a few days before, I researched (okay nag research ako kahit papaano) and found a name na kilala at tinatawagan when wanting to tour Cebu.   Si Manong Danny Noy. I called him around 6am. Nagising ko pa yata sya, hehehe. After an hour, a black starex picked us up at the airport and we started our City tour. Yebah!!!

 By the way, Mang Noy was giving this ride for 3k (8 hours) but my ever good in haggling husband bargained and got the ride for 2500php.  Ayos!!!

Here is Danny Noy’s contact number;  +639061534659 or +639224633757

Next Update….our cebu city tour.

It was like this kasi…

On our 2nd night sa Cebu, we opted to go try the Sky walk experience. Actually I don’t want sana kasi, I admit natatakot ako hahaha. But syempre, Cebu trip wont be complete if I wont try any Sky adventure ride di ba?  Besides, walang reason para nd ko cya ma try since sa Crown Regency Cebu nga kami nag stay where sa 38th floor ng hotel na yun yung location ng sky adventure rides.

So yun nga, after going to the beach in the morning that day, we went to our hotel for the Sky walk. We arrived our hotel pass 9 na ata. Then we went to the registration area to pay for the Sky Walk adventure. It cost 550php including na yung entrance dyan. If you dont want to try any rides, you just want to get inside the viewing area it will cost you 250php naman.

Sa lahat ng Sky rides nila, ito lang yata ang less fear factor. The lady from the cashier said, around 11 pa kami, since madaming tao. It’s okay with us, para we could rest a bit. Tiring din kasi mag beach.

So after an hour,we decided to go up for our Skywalk

Riders are not allowed to take photos, when you are inside the preparation area na. I understand that, maybe because for safety reasons and I do understand na they have their official photographer. Each photo when printed cost 230Php. So okay lang.

Then we tried nga the Sky walk. The walk runs 15-20mins. It was sure scary but fun naman. While doing the walk, we have a safery officer guiding us and their official photographer. 

After the walk, we where given certificates. So happy that somehow, I slightly conquered my fear. I was too excited to have my photo.  However, I was dismay upon seeing our photos. Most are blurred and out of focus. argh!!

I intended to buy the photos sana kahit mahal kaso how can you love the photo when it’s out of  focus or blurred. Kainis talaga. 

I went to their website http://www.skyexperienceadventure.com/ and send a complained about it.  Here is my email…

We tried the skywalk this Sunday evening. It was scary but fun however my family and I were disappointed with our photos. Some are blurred and out of focus. My solo naman, yung backdrop na citylights are blurred. Bad trip. Instead of buying the photo, we opted not to kasi sayang ang pera kung ganun quality of pics lang ang bibilhin namin. Imagine, you spend money on the experience then you’ll spend money on a photo na hindi naman maganda ang pagkaka shot. I just wish you get good photographers. The memory was wasted.

Pababayaan ko na sana kaso, we spend bucks to be in Cebu. Hay kakadepress talaga.

Anyway, it was last Saturday when we decided to bring them to Leslie’s Tagaytay for lunch.

When we arrived, the place was jampacked! So we waited as we are customer no. 2.

SV from Holland, JC from Aus, J, Me and J…si hubs and photographer hehehe. All smiles kahit gutom na!

While waiting, beside us is a store selling pasalubong. Tempted na nga ko to buy ube sa sobrang gutom. Buti na lang saglit lang kami naghintay.

After a few minutes, my officemate’s name was called for us to be seated.

See how full Leslie’s resto is….

When in Tagaytay one shouldn’t miss dropping by Leslie’s Restaurant located on the outskirts of Tagaytay.   The best reason is not only the great view, but because of their famous and delicious bulalo, not only is the the soup perfectly made, but you get such a big portion of the meat, and the bone marrow, yum…yum! 

And did I mention, that with Leslie’s, they provide unlimited refills of the yummy soup!  Their Bulalo experience would never be complete though without mixing a special dip for it; soy or fish sauce, calamansi and chillies.

We also had siningang sa miso as requested by JC, he had sinigang the other night  from different resto and he loved with it. 

Whenever, we have guest from other offices outside the Philippines, we always had pork sisig. Palagi nilang itong nagugustuhan. Since, the two of them already tried sisig from giligans, they compared na mas masarap ang sisig ng giligans than the one we had in Leslie’s

 indeed they are right. Mas masarap yung sisig sa giligans and dencio’s.

We also have laing but I cannot find the photo. Anyway, I asked SV if he likes it…according to him, it tasted like tabacco daw, hehehe.

Lunch that time was enjoyable not only because of the good company, good food but also the great view.

The view is just breathtaking, with the cool wind blowing, the sun shining down, while eating lunch, it’s truly a magnificent experience. The only thing missing that time was the cool Tagaytay weather; we were sweating after our meal at Leslie’s.

After eating, guests usually come out and take pictures with Taal Volcano.  Leslie’s has a really great spot for taking pictures.  

The guy behind us pla is 6’7″ tall. hehehe

It’s Friday!!!wooh!!!

What is your plans for the weekend? Hubz and I (with my niece,  SIL and BIL) will be going to Cebu.  See yah!  Happy Weekend everyone!

I am not really much off a fan of papaitan.  I have never imagine, that I will cook this in my kitchen until one day the husband said. Luto ka papaitan…with a grim face…I answered – welll okay will try.

I love dinuguan but not this dish, It has a distinct smell kasi and I really find it mapait (kaya nga papaitan)…arte lang hahaha.

Anyway, it was 2 weeks ago when I finally tried my first papaitan cooking adventure. Madali lang pala and since I did the cooking, I adjusted the bitterness level.

I was good and yes I think I am starting to love this dish, 

Do you love papaitan?

Oh you might want to try cooking this, I posted the recipe here.

Batangas is near to Manila. So it’s a famous place to escape the busy Manila. It is just a three-hour drive through open tollways and smooth highways. Laiya is a good place to go for people who want simple summer beach fun.

I’ve been hearing about La Luz Beach resort in Laiya.  When I checked their site, the accommodation was okay but we were on a tight budget and we felt that it would be too much (spell MAHAL) if we decide to book in that resort. kasi, you have to pay additional 1,100php per person  for a food package for an overnight stay. Additionally, we also have to pay for the accommodation, fuel and other expenses.

Husband did his own research and came across another La Luz…La Luz Labas, hahaha.  It’s a cluster of Nipa Huts (cottages) which was outside of La Luz Beach Resort’s property. He discovered that it was managed by a lady named Aling Ely. Husband gave me the number and I contacted Aling Ely.  I made a 2d/1 night reservation. Aling Ely gave  4k per cottage with air-conditioned room with 1 queen bed with extra mattress. The cottage comes with its own restroom with shower. So I reserved two cottages for my family and in-laws. Aling Ely was kind and very accommodating. She answered every query. So we’re done with the accommodation. 

It was April 7 when we headed to Laiya. We left Manila around 6am and arrived the place around 9.30am.  Ang sarap mag byahe that time, walang traffic.

It’s not that difficult to find the place. Just follow La Luz Beach Resort’s direction, You will pass by La Luz Labas first before the entrance of La Luz Beach Resort or if you are not sure, you can call Aling Ely (contact number given below)  if your near the place na, so she can give you the exact direction.  You can also ask and look for Aling Ely. She’s a well-known person in the area.

 As I’ve said, Aling Ely’s cottage is just beside La Luz and I’ve research over the net that La Luz Beach Resort guarded their property and did not allow non-guests to pass through during peak season.  It’s true nga, we saw people walking infront of their resort at sinisita nga ng guard ng Laiya, kakatwa di ba?  So, kami ni Hubz, was lucky kasi hindi kami nasita. We swim our way from our cottage to the shoreline of La luz. 

Another shot ng Laluz, from our cottage.

We had a loft type cottage by the way, downstairs naman was reserve para sa mga in-laws ko. Mas malamig sa place namin.

Peak season and thus there are a lot of people. Loud karaoke music generally stops at about 10pm but people don’t stop making noise around you. Hindi naman kami nahirap matulog kasi we were so tired because of the whole day swimming. 

Here is a shot of my happy family. Ang kalat di ba?

My twin cute pamankin, enjoying the sand.

There are lots of fisherman offering their boat. I’ve heard 1500php for 10 people. The boatman will bring you to a part where you can do snorkeling.

The lovely sea. So calm. Very relaxing.

That’s me..enjoying the water.

It was an enjoyable stay, however, I do not advise staying in the area if you’re looking for a peaceful and quiet retreat away from the city. As I’ve said above, there are huts that are too close to each other so expect noise and loud music from your neighbors.

If you’re interested, Aling Ely can be reached through 09206192060.

My husband and I will be going  to the Visayas next week. Abangan….it more fun in the Philippines!

How’s your summer going so far?