Enamored with the idea of setting foot in the oldest street in the oldest city of the Philippines, tourists flock to Colon Street in Cebu to see what have become of the historic thoroughfare. What greets them, at times to their dismay, is its urban decay: decades-old buildings, decrepit and sallowed by the elements, and…
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Is swimming with whale sharks is on your bucket list? Consider visiting the quiet town of Oslob, the next time you’re in the Queen City of the South. Never mind the traffic and long way back to Cebu City—it’s worth the trouble, anyway. According to a Cebu-based tour agency, whale shark watching in the town…
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Mactan Island is a sprawling island paradise in Lapu Lapu City, Cebu that calls to mind vestiges of pre-colonial Philippine history. It was the site of the historic battle of Mactan, where the the island’s native chieftain, Lapu Lapu and Portuguese-Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan came head to head. Today, the island is now peppered with…
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Updated February 21, 2019 This review will be no nonsense and quick, as I didn’t do much at Islands Stay Hotels Mactan, Cebu. I only stayed there for a night, as I was meant to go to Moalboal the next day. I landed in Cebu in the evening via an Air Asia flight from…
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