CEBU WEEKEND

We had a blast in Cebu! But Joaquin had the most fun!

As promised, here are pictures!


He loved the plane ride! Was not scared at all!


Loved it so much that his feet were up and he was noisiest kid in the plane!

We headed to one of the Sutukil restaurants by Mactan Shrine for brunch. Didn't enjoy it so much. Food was pretty expensive and was not as good. Our Dampa here in Manila is A LOT BETTER. Should have read this before going there. Really wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.

We arrived at Cebu Marine before noon and they allowed us to check-in early (Big Yaaayy!) We loved the place! It was indeed quaint and super peaceful!!! The landscaped garden was beautiful!

I felt like we were the only ones there!




We finally saw a few guests (mostly Japanese and Europeans. Kami lang Pinoy!) around dinner time. Food was relatively good but a little pricey (or maybe I'm just kuripot, hehe!). A meal per person would probably cost PHP400.

We woke up very early Saturday morning so we can make the most out of the day. We hung out at the pool most of the time as it was super low tide.


Trying to get a tan?


Mama, is this my swimming pool?


He insisted that it was.


Playing with Papa



Sun and Fun with Mama!


Woot woot!!!


Someone's learning to love the water...




Headed to the City Saturday afternoon and stayed at Regal Business Park Hotel which was right across Ayala Center. We only needed a clean and decent place to sleep as we were going out with V's friend anyway. For Php1,800 a night, NOT BAD at all! Room and bathroom was clean, service was good, staff were friendly! The room came with buffet breakfast (I know! Nagulat din ako!) but the choices were very limited. But still. At Php1,800 a night, pwede na!


Our room at the Regal Business Park Hotel

We ate Cebu Lechon which made me think of my Dad because he was the one who introduced us to this



We headed North of Cebu (shockingly, only 15-20mins away from the city) Sunday morning to the town of Liloan where V's friend lived. We went to a Sunday food market to get lunch



And yes, we ate more lechon and I even bought a kilo to take home with me to Manila. Drool!

After a gastronomic lunch of lechon, kilawin na sea cucumber (first time to try this and its good!), roast chicken, dininding, inihwan na tulingan and uber sweet mangoes for dessert, we napped.

In the afternoon, we headed to the Liloan lighthouse called Bagacay Point Light.







Joaquin and his new BFF, Anton (Anton is a year and a half older than Joaqun but Joaquin is soo much bigger and taller!)

All in all, it was a pretty great trip. The only thing I didn't like was how our flight heading back to Manila got delayed. From 10:40pm to 12:20am! Joaquin and I slept in the plane going back while V couldn't get some shut eye because of the turbulence. Hehe!

OFF TO CEBU!

Hubby, Joaquin and I are off to (hopefully) sunny Cebu in a few hours for some much-needed and well-deserved R&R.

Staying at Cebu Marine Resort (website could use a lot of work) in Mactan which came highly recommended by my boss who said the place was quaint and that food is good and reasonably priced. She's from Cebu and pretty picky when it comes to places so I super trust her.

Big thanks to Uncle/Ninong F for footing the bill. Yaaaay!

It's going to be Joaquin's first plane ride so I am pretty anxious to see if he will like it or not.

Will eat Cebu lechon, will eat cebu lechon, will eat cebu lechon!

So excited :) Will post pics and tell stories when I get back!