Philippines Cebu/10 water travels

Destinations: Philippines Cebu MOM beat Loofah Island bantayan island town of mint

Time: September 28, 2007 October 8, 2007

Peer: trio

Cost: RMB3, 000/person

Preparation phase:

Advance tickets: ticket for two months in Cebu Pacific Airlines (http://www.cebupacificair.com/), Hong Kong-Cebu travel tax HKD713.12 element.

Departure time: Hong Kong-Cebu Cebu/00: 50: 15-21

Visa: through the travel agency RMB300 yuan/person

Currency: US $ 200 (US dollars in the China Merchants Bank swap with ID cards and bank cards, exchange rate 7.52); $ 500; credit card a

Tickets: buying in Shekou, Shenzhen-Hong Kong airport ticket RMB150 yuan/person (votes in 27, when the late departure)

Other: LP-South-East Asia article a

D1: September 28 Hong Kong-Cebu (CEBU) Cebu/lounge

27 October 8: 20PM-9: 40PM Shekou Hong Kong disembarkation Hall after check-in and baggage to check-in procedures, through security doors on the left corner after rebate, refundable tax HKD120 element.

28 may 00: 50AM-3: 30AM Cebu airport, in the early hours of arrival at the airport, currency exchange counter for HKD100 5.5.

Traffic

Airport Cebu DownTown P700/minibuses (14/car)

DownTown-Villa De Mercedes (UpTown) P100/taxi

(Actually, the airport directly to their own taxis for the selected destination airport-Cebu City P200/car)

Accommodation: Villa De Mercedes P745/triple room (economy room, air conditioning, no television, no hot water)

Add: 366 Orchid St., Capitol Site, Cebu Tel: 2533320

Villa De Mercedes to LP recommended hotel, accommodation in spacious, easy Cebu itinerary in two check-in, guests, and its housing describes single-on the "Cleanest Cebu ' s Pension House", don't know why is called "Pension House", is the hotel also has a welfare housing?

Itinerary

Arrived at the hotel time to 5 am, simple to clean it up, 9 o'clock is air wake and later in Cebu in the morning almost all the time, almost better than air-raid siren alarm clock also on time.

For the first day without any itinerary, wake up and down the stairs after a wash and find eating, LP on recommended auto Grill restaurant Joven ' s away from our hotel, located in the Ostrov Rumball Avenue (Pres Osmena Blvd, also known as Jones Boulevard), according to LP describes here is the city with good buffet, lunch P145/person, but we feel that smell, but relative to the price, you really compare affordable.

Dori Jones along for about 500 meters, Osvaldo Rumball ring, near the Bureau, Robinson Department Store (Robinson ' s Dept), Watson 's, Maria's Chinese fast food and fast food outlets and so on. Jolibee

A day in the lounge in the past, in Robinson ' s Dept, opposite a small Exchange store for 1000 $, exchange rate, higher than the airport 5.72 rate; visited should belong to Cebu poorer neighborhoods and cockfights (Sunday there will be a cock fighting game); in ICE Castte ate fish famous HALO-HALO (P59 recommended), eating ice in a booth next to exchange money (HKD5.75, USD44.5 is exchange rate a good one), dinner at the roadside a barbeque stalls, eat shrimp, smoked meat, beef soup, oysters, etc., cost P600

Costs

Airport-DownTown van (P700/14 people) P150/trio

P100 DownTown-Villa De Mercedes taxi

Accommodation Villa De Mercedes P745

Lunch Joven ' s Grill P340

HALO-HALO P59

Dinner-barbecue P600

Other (fruit, water, snacks, etc.) P262.75 (in relation to the P90/P35/KG, grapefruit)

D2: September 29, Cebu-MAYA-MOM beat Loofah Island (Malapascua Island)

MOM beats Loofah is located in the northern tip of Cebu Island: Island, with its golden beaches and famous with long tail shark, the island's symbol is the long tail shark, the island's only village Logon village

Cebu North bus staion definite class bus bound for MAYA (P60/person), MAYA to MOM beat after luffa ferry full

Airport (P50/person), need to go, you will need to pay more.

Itinerary

Morning 8: 30 taxi to bus station (North Bus Terminal), playing table P80, drivers received P100 said no change does not change.

Cebu/car does not need to buy the tickets at the station, directly on the bus in the car payments, P60/person to MAYA. Car seat is very narrow, usually national bus where the second person to three individuals, fat people then compares the pain.

Car about 4.5 hours to MAYA, car encounters four Switzerland to handsome, seven people and Boatman on the good people at P150/sail to MOM beat Loofah Island, later discovered that this price is to high.

When you have reached the island is 3 pm, rejected in the shore waiting to lead the way for the locals, mess around on the island, see the recommended Ging-Ging ' s Flower Garden that had not already too late in the evening is really not expensive taste good.

In the next Ging-Ging ' s is Borggren P400 Cottages, single room, prices sufficiently attractive, but away from the beach a little farther, and worry about mosquitoes.

Its front is Cocobana Beach Resort, its location should be the best in the entire island, but the high price we balked (P1800/standard room), the last in a Chinese tourists find Blue roses, Cocobana Carols is located on the edge of the reef, whence the surface of the sea of oversized balcony let's see took, price P1200/standard room included two early, immediately decided to stay.

Evening stroll in the island, and in the decoration have extremely rich ambience of La Isla Bonita Restaurant sat.

Island in the night 8: 00 there is a small square sowing into the Disco music, many children in the music of dance, this should also be their way of entertainment.

Note: all of the hotel on the island are no fresh water wash, to prepare before you

Costs

Villa De Mercedes-North Bus Termina taxi P100 (P80 fare + P20 no change)

The North Bus TerminaMaya bus P180 (P60/person)

MayaMalapascua Island boat P450 (P150/person)

Dinner Ging-Ging ' s Flower Garden P330

Accommodation Blue Carols Resort P1200/standard room

Other: water, snacks, P90

D3: September 30, mother beats wandering luffa island

From the beginning, the waves on the island is never stop, day some murky, lost interest in them, at the hands of local people to rent a motorcycle around the island (P100/hour), a very beautiful island scenery, its best beaches are not in our House at the beach, but the almost and hotels into a Bay, diagonal, where water quality is very beautiful, even without the Sun, its visibility is also high, transparent sea, Sham Shui Po and shallows of strong color sense of depth.

The Islanders most by fishing, a fisherman, see their family status is extremely poor, still warm will they cooked fish to eat us. Chat know their ten children, father is ill in hospital, the second daughter was very beautiful, dressed to the nines also exposed a hole. Not lament island living is not easy.

Also a motorcycle in Ging-Ging ' s ate lunch, afternoon with the hotel the rain washed her hair, although the water is very clean, but better than of salty water.

In the hotel have been doing business in China Australia man Mike, dictionary, chat chat very enthusiastically, evening in Mike recommended Sunplash Bar meals, this is the entire trip more expensive meal (P945), here's a billiards table and "for the sake of your country drink drinking game", see Germany were the sounds of the Chinese people is the first in the countdown.

Costs:

Rental motorcycle P200/2 hours

Lunch Ging-Ging ' s P280

Dinner Sunplash Bar P945

Accommodation Blue Carols Resort P1200

Pure water P55

D4: 1 October MOM beat Loofah Island bantayan Island (Bantayan Island)

Bantayan town: learned bantayan island there is a stretch of beach was not damaged and there is a charming small town in Spain, but it failed to experience the charm, Spain has suffered a Philippines most bad day.

Stroke:

Wandering in the morning, the wind was still no stop signs, stroll around the edge discussion to not leave the island, on the shore a on Korea lovers in Korea with the boatmen of bargaining, bargaining only handsome guy in repeat words: I have no money. Let's chortling.

Decided to leave with them, quickly return to the hotel check-out, and pack up, go back to the beach and found that the ship had just left the boat people saw that we followed with a conscience a u-turn back on board after Korea tell us the price on the P80/person, could not help but admire hisOf bargaining skills, knows that I have no money is the world's applicable bargaining standard language.

Bus station in MAYA, consulting to go bantayan need to sit back to Cebu's car to the BOGU (P15/person), then take a local motorcycle (P15/person) to Hagnaya Terminal.

However, back to Cebu's departure, my $ 100 madaha wrong as 100 peso for a ticket (dollars and pesos to separate, the two of us are in a foreign currency, not to pay attention to could give wrong), good at finding timely, with him to the back, and then handed him a face value of coins P500 buy tickets, the ticket sales have been slow change, we urge to make him change his back my P320. I think he is back to Cebu price received money, so we only speak with him to the BOGU, he also lost P30 to me. With his theory, he should say to the BOGU is P50/person, before we got it wrong. Fight in the car, we have N long perseverance to quarrel with him, he is very reluctant to change us, but eventually took P50/three. Summary of the lesson is: who must alternate various denominations of coins against each other to collect the money does not change.

Get off at the BOGU, go three-wheeled motorcycle, P15/person, when arriving at the Terminal at 2: 00, buy-to-5: 00 p.m. tickets (P134.4/person, economy class), it's still early, at the pier had grilled fish, chat to pass the time.

Go to the waiting time, and the P5/human Terminal Fee, by boat for 2 hours, arriving at the Santa Fe Terminal.

Disembark at the day has been completely dark, out of the terminal will have numerous motorcycle flocked to, let us unprepared to despair by rushed into the side of a household, have not been able to escape their entanglement, and finally to P50 prices the same girls speak to Sugar Beach Resort, LP on here is a sister to smile for you cooking any you want to eat dishes, then arrived found the beach which was silent, and no point light, totally invisible to the surrounding environment, and with that girl talk go to Fairview Lodge, however motorcycle horizons, we cannot help but some worried because in addition to the girl, motorcycling in itself is a male, somehow, carriages, hanging from a male, finally saw a well-lit place, where we both cried out of the girl's face look not very pretty, has been to our P150 fares, in our insistence that ultimately received P100.

Get off at place Ogdong Cave caves (TEL438-0165), it has been described as "LP a vulgar resort", there is an underground freshwater pools, the water is very clear.

The outside looks here light flux, went in but full of quiet, in the heart of the small bamboo buildings like building decorated in gardens, underground crawling great hermit crabs, staff tells us this crab is inedible. The price of the single's cheapest price for the room, then talk to P1440 P900 to live, according to the reception our seemingly Manager describes the boss is a Chinese, in its restaurant we ate this line the most authentic Chinese Fried and fried rice.

Costs:

Fare (mother Pat Loofah-MAYA) P240 (P80/person)

Bus fare (MAYA-BOGU) P50 (P15/person, P5-ticketing did not change)

Motorcycle (BOGU-HAGNAYA) P45 (P15/person)

Tickets (HANGNAYA-SANTA FE) P419 (ticket P134.4/person + Terminal FeeP5/person)

Motorcycle (SANTA FE-OGDONG CAVE) P100

Accommodation (OGDONG CAVE) P900

Dinner (OGDONG CAVE restaurant) P248

Other (grilled fish, mineral water, etc) P114

D5: 10 month 2 day shift bantayan Island (Bantayan Island)-Cebu City

Stroke:

Get up early, to not waste "vulgar resort" resource, in the holiday village in a small circle, the scenery is good, the distance is Paradise Beach, but it looks like the beach and not clean, –out first day after recall in Cebu is a hotel of (Pensionne La Florentina TEL 231 3318), then the small courtyard is very attractive, so called to reservation, was told that housing is full.

From the hotel to go out, take a rickshaw, hit the car child it is sixteen, P40 to SANTA FE market, stop a lot of three-wheeled motorcycle to ban prestatyn town, P20/people, about half an hour or so, after a full yellow flowers on both sides of the road, prestatyn town reached class, gives us the feeling that this is something Asia countries ordinary small town, did not feel their Spain style, maybe we went to the wrong time, it has been introduced in each of 3-4 month there will be a wild WEEK, may then HOLY will naturally have different customs.

In the town square and an apparently very old church go in a circle, take the motor back to the pier, boat leaving.

There is a direct return HAGNAYA terminal shuttle, Cebu/P50/person, in the car next to the METRO North (similar to Metro, membership card, we borrowed the queued buy single membership card buy

Things) to buy some snacks, sit on the outside, sitting and eating, a 50-year old man driving a car parked in our side, it looks very much like Chinese, directly with him speak Chinese, he is confused, then ask our English is not to ride. So take a local rideshare, man has brought us to the Villa De Mercedes nearby streets just gone, the day before to ban tha ti road depressed. Maria's eat Chinese fast food in the evening, the evening still live in Villa De Mercedes. And inadvertently in Hotel found in the vicinity of a barbecue bar, live band sings all the nostalgic oldies, listen to the night party.

Costs

Rickshaw fare (OGDONG CAVE-SANTA FE MARKET) P40

Motorcycle (SANTA FEBANTAYAN) P60 (P20/person)

Breakfast (ban prestatyn town roadside diner) P128

Motorcycle (BANTAYANSANTA FE) P60 (P20/person)

Tickets (SANTA FE-HAGNAYA) P419 (ticket P134.4/person + Terminal FeeP5/person)

Bus fares (HAGNAYA-CEBU) P150 (P50/person)

Accommodation (Villa De Mercedes) P850 (standard room, with TV, air conditioning, hot water)

Dinner (CHOWCHIGN) P265

Other (snacks, bubble bars at their own expense) P105

D6: October 3, Cebu City shopping mall

No special travel arrangements, and fall asleep to get air defence alarm, street hawkers selling snacks have known us several Akira wallowing in Chinese, see we will warmly greet.

After breakfast, we went to the Church of the Holy Childhood (San Agustin Chruch), not far from the Cathedral is the Carbon Market, ate every call that is not the name of the fruit, also bought some small arts and crafts, and then a taxi to go to the SM Mall Shopping, night in SM-like place where dinner food Street.

Costs

Breakfast Jolinbee P234

Taxi (Osmena Blvd-Holy Childhood Church) P53

Taxi (divine infant Church-SM) P65

Taxi (SM-Villa De Mercedes) P90

Dinner with their resolve

D7: October 4, Cebu-Peppermint (BOHOL)

The peer of GG, went to a Hong Kong opened diving training company of diving permit, we then set off to the Mint.

After breakfast the taxi to Pier 1, bought an unlimited time of journey ticket (P580/who only buy single-layer, P360/person), due to prior consultation with the ship, there are more than two hours before departure, CHECK IN after in the waiting room of a coffee drink waiting and simultaneously calling booked Pensionne La Florentina of 7 rooms. Boat which will take place at 2: 00 pm, about 2 hours to arrive in Tagbilaran terminals of tourists Center encounters from Guangzhou Shyu and bi couples (absolute is the great harvest, to help us plan the trip in the Mint, or we two lazy may be spent in sleep), four-person ride with the motorcycle, van driver, and surrounded by a minibus on good prices take us to the P250 ALONA beach.

ALONA beach is full of tourists, most Chinese tourists.

In the mother company outing took Loofah, more young people, while in the Mint, the most common is to families and couples, their development may be followed by more mature earlier. Among the many Waterfront Hotel, we are like a super quiet courtyard of the family hotel (unfortunately I lost note hotel name that piece of paper, hotel location in Lost Horizon side, very easy to recognize, landlord Lady wearing a pair of glasses, manners, youth should be a beauty. Home made of tables and chairs are tire, very funny, strange is such a nice courtyard has not lived, four people to rent the Center House, put the stuff back P1450, went to the village looking for food, supermarket in the village at the edge of the small restaurant for dinner. Several people have said that the restaurant Mango Shake is quite good, and I drink because a few too many, really sick, so it is not played.

Evening stroll on the beach, there is a bar singer was the scene, sit down and listen to for a while, with Cebu City level than the far, it should be is the village of people singing at random, but many had some cordial, was the tree from time to time drift of droppings affects mood, go back to sleep.

In this intermediate, Xiong and Pitt has contacted the second day of snorkeling and Dolphin boat, we just need to get up early to enjoy. (No showers on the island, as well as processing of freshwater, than MOM beat Loofah water can make people stand up)

Report: peer of Bristol finish of sailing

CEBU -->TAGBILARANTAGBILARAN --> CEBU

(1) 6:00 AM(1) 7:15 AM

(2) 9:30 AM(2) 11:50 AM

(3) 2:00 PM(3) 4:20

PM

(4) 6:20 PM(4) 5:30 PM

Costs:

Breakfast (Ice Castte) P140

Taxi (Robinson ' s DeptPier 1) P65

Round trip ticket (Cebu-Tagbilaran) P1160 (P580/person)

Coffee (waiting room) P130

Fare (port-ALONA Beach) P250/car (4 people, actually you can take 10 people)

Dinner (the entrance of the restaurant, don't remember name) P600 (4 people)

Accommodation (a quiet courtyard of the hotel) P1450/two rooms (4 people)

Other (water, snacks, bar etc) P220

D8: October 5, mint and see dolphins, snorkeling

Since the unprecedented rise early Cebu, since 5: 30 to get up by boat (P1600/boat, 6 people, snorkeling mirror P100/Deputy), ship line half an hour, the entire human being sleepy, suddenly heard the shouts of the boatmen, ran down his fingers looking myopia eyes do not see anything.

Finally someone excited means East means the West tell n sound after the disembarkation chord near place saw the mysterious marine life fin, excitement. Large group of dolphins in the sea over, sometimes a step out of the water, a graceful arc, about half an hour later gradually dissipated. The fisherman is allocated as the bow to the Balicasag Island dive. Small island, the beach covered with broken Shan bead, FOB near underwater scenery is very beautiful, colorful tropical fish, species of coral and Sandy has tempting blue starfish level distribution, is afraid of water, even when wearing lifejackets nor dare to look dark sea cliff side wandering about. Intermediate ate lunch on the island (remember the island to bring dry food), and a ring around the island, entered a private beach, the island's best beaches and crystal clear sea water, someone tell us your P100, think not value, return the original road.

Afternoon play a bit of water, water boatmen to take us to see a nearby island, one of the island surface flat, no point, its very simple at the coastal water, the ship is unable to dock, it was rented a boat into the water for swimming.

But also because of the water suddenly lighter, ring the island surface display green luster, as if to small islands wore a collar, very strange.

3 pm or so back to ALONA Beach, they go up, I sat in the hotel courtyard strange small chair reading, also very pleasant.

Evening at the entrance of the best selling chicken place bought a chicken from starvation, P140, super sweet. As usual, stroll on the beach at night, always wanted to enjoy the beach MASSAGE (General P200-300), because people are not interested in and go.

Costs

Chartering P1600/6 people + snorkeling equipment P100/Deputy

Chicken P140/only

Accommodation P1450/2 rooms

Other (beverage) P50

D9: October 6, mint day trips Cebu

Get up early, landlord Lady help looking for a car, car, P1700/day (taxi), drivers routes away Blood Compact Site, Baclyon Church, beside a private breeding place saw glasses monkey, without tickets, a coin at the door, you can press will allocate amount.

The world's smallest monkey was extremely small, it's much bigger eyes is disproportionate, read the related souvenirs, feel lovely, abandon the purchase.

Car suspension by suspension bridge to the chocolate hills (Chocolate Hill, tickets P20/person), because it's still early, chocolate entrance stuttering lunch, climb not high on a Hill you can see the surrounding hills and small bread-like, you still have some green of the mountains, is not the most dense chocolate, but also mellow cute.

The mountain has private photographic points, with various national tourist photos portraying the most fun is riding a broom flying chocolate hills, really like it.

Chocolate mountains down 4 points to get to the Terminal, travel until 4 o'clock the ship left, direct taxis arrived at predetermined Pensionne La Florentina (Acacia Str.), room no live before Villa De Mercedes, but also quite spacious, surprised us scheduled prior to not always booked room, now living in the entire hotel was empty, cannot help depressed why we live in a hotel, which is empty, the benefit is that we can freely enjoy downstairs small yard.

The hotel is very near, AYALA Mall walking yet five minutes away, the night after dinner at AYALA, bought groceries, Bristol and Xiong due to back, procurement, we went to the pub, live band let music madman herrings and intoxicating.

Costs:

Fare (Mint 1) P1700/car (4 people)

Lunch (chocolate mountain gate restaurant) P230

Return Terminal Fee P23/2 person

Taxi (Pier1 hotel) P70

Accommodation (Pensionne La Florentina) P750/room

Other (water, snacks, fruits, etc.) P182

Dinner with their resolve

D9: Cebu, 7 October

Lounge

Sleep to wake up naturally, Xiong ' PI to take earlier flights had left, take a Jeepney to the Carbon Market, Jeepney is Cebu's main means of transport, their body on the start and end locations, get on the P6/person wandering in the market, and purchase a N crafts, because a lot of shops on Sundays and do not open the door, our unexpected, companion to the things it down there, the PAC will be large pots, table lamps, a move back.

Afternoon at the AYALA shopping mango stem, Jeepney ride again in the evening back to the previous dwelling blocks of the bar, found the band when it is resting, depressed in the neighborhood eats barbeque back.

At the roadside, Jeepney, similarly, the growth of a car in local United States people think we are in the local student of English (local many people learning English, Korea is said to be preparing to study abroad, Cebu/low tuition fees, but we do on their pronunciation with great doubt), it is said that we were tourists, a little surprised, because he does not believe that we can already take a Jeepney freely.

Pride has been greatly satisfied.

Costs:

Breakfast (superior) P74

Lunch (pizza) P198

Dinner (BBQ stalls) P135

HALO-HALO (superior) P77 (as the delicious Ice Castte)

Jeepney P24

Other (buy crafts etc) P580

D10: October 8, Cebu, Shenzhen

Still doing nothing, try a McDonald 's, it really has its characteristics, in addition to meet local need rice sold, there is a kind of two-face is quite delicious rice cakes in Hamburg.

Afternoon and take a Jeepney to Carbon Market, buy the peer wants to guitar and night in a room sold AYALA Italian meal in the restaurant, back to the hotel pick up something, and the courtyard sit for half an hour before not leaving, taxis P200 to the airport, departure tax P550, guitar need to buy a box pack up and take your partner P120.

The aircraft landed at 12: 00 the Hong Kong Airport, last bus has started, the taxi to the Huanggang $ 280, cannot help but miss Cebu cheap transportation.

Costs:

McDonald's P110 (chicken rice burger meal)

Jeepney P24

Halo-halo(Ice Castte) P104

Dinner P200

Taxi (Cebu-airport) P200

Departure tax P550

Other (gift) 160