Back at it again with another travel guide here on #KateeOTD. For the past few weeks I've been non-stop editing with the Cebu Vlogs (click
here to watch one of them), and so I finally took a break and decided to write this just for you. 1st things 1st, it is NOT my 1st time in Cebu. However, the last time I went there was 7 years ago back in 2012, way before I started blogging. I was 18 years old at the time, yet I could hardly remember anything that we did (except for getting drunk with my sisters in a KTV, accidentally murdering a couple of starfishes, and quickly climbing up the boat because I saw a sea snake during our island hopping). Also, this time I did most of the itinerary so I could say that it still is like a 'beginner's' perspective. Besides, Cebu has changed so much in the past 7 years; a lot of the places we visited wasn't operating yet the last time I was there.
Well enough gibber gabbering, you came here for one reason and one reason only (maybe, I'm not really sure but I'm assuming). You're here to get a 101 on what to do when you're in Cebu. To make it easier and more informative, I took the liberty of separating it in 2 segments:
1. Knowing the basics
Oh and don't worry, I'm linking everything that helped me form our whole trip. From tour agencies, to main websites and guidelines. And since I'm such a nice person, you can even view/download our whole itinerary
here. Hope it helps! Now let's begin with this Cebu Beginner Guide!
ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN TO! I've been seeing so much photos and vlogs about The Dessert Museum since they opened in February 10, 2018. I'm a sucker for both sweet treats and instagrammable places, so you could imagine my eagerness to make it there one day. And I did. We had a day to spare last April 25th when I went to the Philippines with my mom and sister; immediately, I asked them if they would be fine visiting this cute museum. I mean, who could resist? There were 8 sweet fun-filled rooms in total and 6 of them offered treats (payment for treats are already included in the entrance fee). They often have promotional offers and discounts; we didn't book in advance so we took the "walk-in" rate for PHP 699/person. It's actually quite cheap in my opinion.
Obviously I vlogged the whole thing so keep scrolling to watch and enjoy some more of our photos!
Lately I've felt my blogging career growing. Not drastically, but a little bit more progress than most so far. And because of that constant growth, I am starting to love blogging even more! I've mentioned a few times ago that one of my favorite parts of being a blogger is meeting new people who also shares the same passion as I do, despite the different niches. Last April 25, 2018, me and my sister went to the Philippines to take care of some wedding issues. Though, we had one day to spare in which we decided to meet up with a Philippine-based blogger: Myrrazen. She is such a humble and sweet girl, one who genuinely smiles at all times! I loved meeting her, from the moment I saw her face-to-face waiting for us in front of Cotton On, followed by our "this is the 1st time I've met you but you're already my sister" hug!
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Ohh Manila..... Last December 22, 2017, my family and I went to the Philippines to spend our Christmas vacation with our relatives. It's been 15 years since we last celebrated Christmas there so my parents really insisted on making it happen this time. I didn't vlog and blog about the Christmas celebration itself because I guess, I just wanted to keep it personal. We did have a few days exploring the city and that's what I've decided to share with you! Keep scrolling and/or watch my Manila vlog to see more of our escapade. *muah*
The last part of the whole Palawan getaway is finally here. We left El Nido early in the morning and had a 6 hour drive back to Puerto Princesa. Our itinerary for the last day was a city tour around Puerto Princesa and we arrived at our 1st destination around half past 12 in the afternoon. Our flight back to Manila was in a few hours so we had to make every minute count! Our scheduling was kinda cramped but we didn't let it get to us. We tried doing as much of the tour as we could. Keep scrolling to read more of what we did and where we went during the city tour. Also, show some love on my Palawan vlogs! Love yah!
"See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me...". My favorite part of our Palawan trip is finally here on the blog! Being one with the ocean always feels like it's my true calling in life. If you've been here a while, you'd know that most of my travel vlogs/blog posts are mostly at the beach. I've already swam at beaches in Boracay and Thailand, but none of them were as blue and clear as El Nido's. If ever you go to El Nido, you'd see that there are 4 different Island Hopping tours to choose from. We took 'Tour A' which was mostly made up of lagoons. Keep scrolling to see more of what we did and which islands/lagoons we ended up going to! Also, show some love on my vlog!
It's my first time to go to the Philippines for just a weekend. Like, I didn't even think I'd ever do that. For this case I had one sole reason: to go to Sophia's 18th birthday. Background? Well, she's my boyfriend's cousin whom we really got along with before she settled in the Philippines. She was more or less our little sister. During my debut on 2012, her and her sister Sandra were apart of my "candles" (18 special ladies who'd say their wishes and soppy messages during debuts). I didn't get to go to Sandra's debut in the Philippines because of some school issues, so I promised I'd go during Sophia's! And now was that time. I only remembered two and a half weeks before so everything was pretty rushed. There was no plan at all, just that I had to attend her birthday! So I filed my leave, bought a ticket and met up with my Adrian who was already in Philippines a day before I came. That wasn't the only thing I did during my weekends.....
We were on the road again, a 4 to 5 hour drive from Olongapo back to Cavite. As expected, we were all having body aches all over; mine was mainly the arms and the back. Anyhow, it was our 2nd last day before heading back to Macau and by this time we were just glad that we got to do both Tagaytay and Inflatable Island. Brian was gonna come back with us so we spent our last evening with his friends, which are probably the coolest people I've ever met in Philippines ever.
We woke up the next day kinda tipsy... or at least I was. My stomach was hurdling and I needed coffee and food fast! Adrian was dead though, if it wasn't for his cousin passing by, he would've probably never stood up from bed. When Brian's parents came home from church we had a quick lunch nearby at Giligan's located in District Dasmarinas. The food wasn't that good and the service was terrible, but, we did managed to get lemonades.
OMG! Totally forgot to post this! My bad :P I can't believe it's been more than a month already since our lovely getaway to Boracay.... I miss it so bad! Anyway, June 10th was our last hurrah since we were leaving quite early the next day for the airport. Despite being dead tired from all our water activities the day before, we went on to do some even more fun activities; but this time, on land!
After all those tiring water activities, we got to do some sight seeing in the island hopping we booked :) Our 1st destination was Crystal Cove. Every inch of this island was just picture-worthy, it was so beautiful! The irony is that their main attraction were the 2 caves (Cove 1&2), but I was quite scared to go there because of the possible snake contact. We only ended up going down to Cove 1, in which, I didn't move from where I was standing!
Didn't really get to do outfit posts while we were in Boracay... Everywhere had lots of people and the sun sets really early in the Philippines. That's basically the only thing we failed to do while we were there. But anyways, I tried saving at least 2 looks and this is the 1st one!
We woke up at 6:00 in the morning the next day so that we could blog because there's just too much people around 8:00. While we were taking pictures and enjoying our "taho", a guy named Stewart came up to us and offered us some pretty sweet deals regarding the activities we did. We've been scanning since the night before and only him gave us really cheap prices so we arranged to meet with him after we had breakfast at our hotel.
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