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(above) Cebu church, Baclayon - The 400-year- old Baclayon Church is made of stone and has a museum within its premises.
gigantic 25-foot python, and took more pictures at the 400-year-old Baclayon Church Museum, the site where
metal statues depict the chieftain Datu Sikatuna making a ‘blood compact’ with Spanish explorer Legazpi, before finally hitting the souvenir shops on the way to the port. Kapoy!
The fourth day was mostly a mall-and- market day. We knew about the delicious lechon (roasted pig) this province is famed for, and we managed to hunt down a specialty restaurant, CnT Restaurant, just outside SM Cebu.
True enough, the tasty meat did not
disappoint us. Couple this with efficient service and affordable prices, and our search was well worth it. If only lechon was a more healthy cuisine!
After a quick tour of SM, we headed
to Taboan Market, known for selling the lowest-priced dried, salted danggit, pusit and other seafood, as well as pasalubong (souvenir) food such as dried mangoes and otap (puff pastry). Our overwhelming load of boxes and bags were a testimony to the fact that we had came to the right place!
Our flight home was after lunch on our fifth day. Though we had packed in so much during our stay here, it seemed as if we had scarcely scratched Cebu’s surface.
We barely had a chance to interact with the people, sample much of Cebu’s cuisine, be part of the colourful festivals, not to mention dive down to its world- renowned corals at Balicasag, an island off Bohol, which was recently being named one of the three best dive sites in the world!
This only meant one thing. Cebu – we will be back! EV
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Lapu-Lapu shrine - The 20-meter bronze statue is erected in honour of Lapu-Lapu a native chieftain who defeated and killed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.
Bohol 1 loboc river - A buffet lunch while Cebu - Cebu is famed for its pristine white sandy sightseeing on a floating restaurant on Loboc beaches, aqua sea and blue sky.
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