How to go there Magellan's cross is located beside the church of Basilica del sto nino. Passed the street in front of the church, to the right is where it's located. What to See Preparing for our itinerary, I was getting confused with Magellan's cross and Magellan's Shrine. The two are actually different places. I was warned by people who went their that the place smells like pee, :lol: but luckily my super smell didn't catch that foul odor. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"
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How to go there From our hotel in Mactan Island, we commuted to get to Basilica del Sto Nino. From there, we walked to Fort San Pedro which is just a block away from the church. What to See If Cebu has a sort-of Quiapo church version, they also have the intramuros version, through Fort San Pedro. These places are different in looks though. Again, it's very much like Manila. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Inside Fort San Pedro"][/caption] If you have time to
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After our trip at Bohol, we went back to Cebu again through a ferry to continue our six days Bohol-Cebu trip. on house we took the jeepney number 21B going to Maribago highway. From Maribago Highway, we then took another jeepney to go to Basilica del Sto. Niño church. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Front of Basilica del Sto. Niño "][/caption] What to See The day we went to see the church was Sunday afternoon, there were already tons of church goers there, which
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After Bohol, We took SuperCat's 10:30 am trip going back to Cebu. We had no plan on where to stay there, but we definitely want somewhere near Cebu Beach Club since we'll be doing the underwater sea walk in that resort. We asked our taxi driver if he could recommend us some resorts near there that are cheap, but he pretty much brought us to all the hotels in Cebu that are expensive. After a few more searches, a local recommended us the newly built Hotel Seaview Pension house. ooms also
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Your leading flag carrier in the Philippines, Cebu Pacific celebrates over 40 million passengers flown with a P999 ‘Go Lite’ seat sale to any domestic destination starting now until January 24, 2010, for travel beginning March 1 to 31, 2010. Due to this milestone, all our domestic destinations are up for grabs for the ‘Go Lite’ seat sale fare of P999. This includes Kalibo (Boracay), Cotabato, Calbayog, Tagbilaran (Bohol), Catarman, and Busuanga (Coron). Thank you every Juan for your s
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After several attempts to catch the hot air balloon fiesta at Subic. I finally got the info for the event this 2010. The event is celebrating it's 15th year at the AFP grounds in Clark Freeport, Pampanga. There will be award ceremonies, and different attractions such as kite flying, paragliding, skydiving and of course the hot air balloons itself. There is an entrance fee to the event, which is P150 per person, and if you want to ride the balloon (which I'm thinking of doing), the fee
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Here is our actual itinerary in Bohol, accomplished last August 20 to Aug 22 '09.  This was yet another boyfriend-girlfriend trip so I was kind of expecting it to be a bit pricey, but, I was relieved to find out that other people who had been there has spend more than us, and there were like 5 of them :) Bohol is an expensive place to visit anyways, so I feel like our itinerary here can be justified. Aside from the essential tour expenses, I also included tips, donations and food trips t
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Here are the things to do in Bohol, based on our actual itinerary. The following list is in order of how our trip went for the three day tour. :D DAY 1 1. See the blood compact site rch [Tagbilaran, Bohol] This over 400 years old church was beaten by San Agustin as the oldest church in the country. 3. See the world's largest python in captivity [Tagbilaran, Bohol] At only 12 years of age, 'Prony' the giant python weights over 300 kilos and growing. 4. Stroll at the Loboc Bridge and
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