First Time Traveler - Cebu DAY 2

Hay naku. Day 2 was a bit stressful. Lawrence introduced us to this place that sells Ngohiong, it's like lumpia pero hindi. He mentioned that it's the most famous place where people literally line up to buy the said dish. I just forgot the name of the place where it's situated but I remember it's somewhere in front of Gaisano Main (or mall maybe). We then worked our way to the oldest churches around the city. One of them was the Cosmopolitan Church, which I'm not even sure if I got the name right.

The Cosmopolitan Church... or Basilica... I'm not sure

Then a few blocks from this church is the Sto. Niño church, the oldest church in Cebu. If you look at the facade, damn, it's pretty old. But when you go inside, almost everything's a it tweaked already perhaps just to make sure it's still standing strong. If I'm not mistaken, this was the church that burned down; however, one Sto. Niño statue stood strong untouched.

The Church and Convent of Sto. Niño

Then a few meters away (which was just outside the church) was the famous Magellan's cross. It's one of the landmarks that Cebu is known for so I had my picture taken in the said place.


After tedious hours of walking and stuff, we decided to hit SM, the biggest mall in Cebu. And indeed, it was nothing like SM Davao. It's too big that I just got so amazed at all the stalls and stores around which I never saw in Davao. I had another grande cup from Starbucks and fortunately, they were able to get my name right this time.

Here's a few pics of the mugs they had the time we came there

Also, they have iMAX already. The first film they featured was AVATAR by James Cameron. The 2nd one was Inception. I really wanted to watch Inception that time but I guess it was too expensive the watch the movie so the 3 of us just decided to play bowling again.

Php400 for 3D movies, Php350 for regular 2D movies

Yeah, still I lost against Lawrence. I can't deny this is his thing. Seth just sat there busy taking our pictures.

Yup! that's me bowling!

Although it was too hot, we then decided to hit the Taoist temple, situated inside a subdivision (I heard this subdivision houses rich people... hmmmm). The place is known for it's temple (DUH!!) and it's Chinese-like ambiance. It's a bit tiring touring the place because it's connected by steep staircases and stuff. But when you get to the top, the breezy feeling's something to look forward to. We stayed there for quite awhile to rest. The only problem with the place is transportation. Since it's a subdivision, it's either you call a cab, make it wait or walk your way down 'til you reach the gates so you can hail yourself a cab. Fortunately, halfway through walking, an empty cab passed our way. We decided to go home first to take a rest. This was one of the longest days I've ever had in my entire life...



Day 2 - to be continued....

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