Cebu Day 1

I thought we left all of the crazy traffic and crazy MarioKart driving back in Manila. Wrong! It is here in Cebu too. I am assuming that is just the way it is here in the PI. No one stays in their lanes, signals are almost non existent, and horns are abundant. I am telling you, MARIO KART with humans and real cars...with us in them!

Ok, Cebu is gorgeous. How did we end up in Cebu? Long story short, the plans we had to Boracay were never really made, pair that with Chinese New Year and vacation season (we knew NONE of this) made the plans veer to Cebu. Cebu is located in Visayas, just 400 miles or so south of Manila. It is a lot cleaner than Manila and very touristy. It almost looks like the east's Caribbean because of the many people that visit for recreation, resorts and beaches.

We arrived last night around 10:30 and had a few drinks at the bar and a midnight dinner. Then off to bed we went. The suites here are totes awesome.

We started off today by having a very nice breakfast in a partial indoor outdoor restaurant here at the Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa. Then we made it out to the private beach area where the sun seemed as if it were only a mile away. It was so hot and I swear I was turning into dinner. I was definitely cooking. Paul stayed at the pool. He was pretty sure we would last a second on the beach because of the heat. He was right.

Pooltime! The pool area is very nice and we hung out here the most. Bud and Michael joined us a little later and caught some rays as well. Joyce was dark in about 5 minutes, I turned pink, Paul tanned a bit, Bud was pretty tan in 10 minutes and Michael luckily did not have much change. He was careful after that horse ride when he turned into a lobster.

After the pool we took 2 taxis to SM Mall in Cebu City. Nice, but something we have seen many times before. We finished up our souvenir shopping and t-shirt shopping here. We also grabbed some lunch too.

The evening was wrapped up with tapas, happy hour on the water and a more time at the bar in the "pink lobby". Night all. I need to book a room in Manila now for our last night's in the PI.