When I think of “great beaches”, It is always Boracay,
Bohol, Palawan and Cebu which comes into my mind. This summer, my destination
is Cebu!!! I heard that there are lots of fun and exciting things to do in Cebu
and most specially, there are plenty of mouth watering foods to try there.
Just to
share our experience, we don’t have prepared itinerary upon going there and the
disadvantages are:
1.
We didn’t maximize our time there on our first
day. We were expecting that upon arrival to the hotel, there will be travel
agencies that would offer tours just like in Palawan. Unfortunately, there was
none. So we decided to go on our own via cab.
2.
We spent much time in deciding where to go first
and how. On the spot researching was hassle.
3.
There was the possibility of exceeding to
allotted budget. Since, we didn’t have a prepared itinerary. Our system here was
“go with the flow”. Anywhere we think we can go without the awareness of how
much we would spend. Another thing was the transportation budget would double.
Like what happened to us. We arrived at 8am in the morning in Mactan then rode
a cab going to the hotel in Cebu City. Our taxi bill costs P 260 plus, so we
gave P 350. Then later on, we went back to Lahug for Food Trip searching.
Anyway, that was just a sort of learning, the
most important is, overall, we really did enjoy the whole trip!
Here is our Itinerary:
First day:
Arrival at
Mactan Airport
Duty Free
Shopping
Arrival to
Crown Regency
Food Trip at
The walk, Asia Town I.T Park Lahug, Cebu City
Malling
Swimming at
Crown Regency
Sky walk Experience
Day 2:
Crown
Regency breakfast Buffet
Beach
hopping
Mactan
and Cebu City Tour
Food trip at night
Day 3
Crown
Regency Breakfast Buffet
Departure
from Mactan, Cebu
Thursday, April 11, 2013
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All you can eat Dimsum at P750 is available from 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Daily Operating hours:
Lunch 11:00 am – 2:30 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Lunch 11:00 am – 2:30 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
We arrived at the Passion at 5:35 PM and so we were assisted to the waiting area outside of the restaurant. There is a wide area with seats and Resorts World Magazine available. We were given a Menu in advance so we were able to choose our orders.
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| Waiting Area |
Passion Restaurant Wide entrance
There was a kiddie party In one of the VIP Room when we went there that’s why we saw Mickey and Mini at the entrance.
Bold chicken / duck hanged in the kitchen visible in a wide glass outside the resto.
They served us complimentary nuts and tea.
We ordered Chef’s recommended Passion Vegetable Hot Salad (P 288)
We initially ordered Roasted Crispy Duck in Plum Sauce for our main course, however, ducks were not available for almost a month. And so, we changed it to Malaysian Style Hainan’s Chicken (P 488)
Hainan’s Rice (P100)
Almond Jelly with Mix Fruits for desert (P 208) (No picture)
New Port Sunset Shake (P 180)
Good thing we didn’t order much because we were too full already and we were not able to eat them all. There are more Chinese food choices aside from these. Shanghai dumplings, abalone, bird’s nest and many more. Passion has 400 seating capacity perfect for any big event. They also have seven VIP rooms for small group, family or friends get-together.
Service
Passion staffs are very accommodating. They have a fast serving time upon guest's arrival. They see to it that there is an assigned person that will look over to every customer's table.
Prices are subject to additional service charge.
Having a Resorts World membership card entitled us with a 10% discount on our bill J.
For inquiries/reservations, you can call them up at (+632) 908 8875.
Before we started eating, we had fun garnishing our own plate by using all the available food on our table.
Here is mine.
And this is his
HAPPY EATING!!!
---BE SASSY ---BE ZEALOUS---
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm is under the Bureau of Corection, Department of Justice. Iwahig Prison is the subject of an award winning documentary film “out of Bonds” way back 2005 by a French Director Alexandre Lebergne.
Iwahig is an open air penal colony with 38,000 hectars. Prisoners of Iwahig are those long term prisoners who passed the probationary period. They were allowed to become fishermen, farmers and wardens. They are self-managed and self-supporting. They organized their community and find their living inside Iwahig Penal Farm.
I was amazed with how life of second chance would be more peaceful and free for the prisoners of Iwahig Penal Farm where discipline, integrity and freedom are smoothly implemented.
"Biangguan man ay paraiso rin sa patakarang maka Diyos at makatao"
Getting inside the community will take you to a bumpy and dusty road. There is no entrance fee to be paid here. The only thing is that, you will need to either commute or rent a van or tricycle going here which I already mentioned in my previous post.
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| Greenery with the view of mountain |
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| Sports Court and School |
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| Row of Nipa Hut where prisoners and Staffs dwell |
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| Souvenir Shop Upon arriving in Recreation Hall, some of "kosa" (term use to refer to co-inmate) fetched us from the van and guided us going up to the recreation hall with umbrella. They are very accommodating and friendly. |
Here is the front view of Iwahig recreation Hall. The structure is very hispanic.
If Cebu have the youtube celebrity dancing inmates, Iwahig have it too! These three gentlemen rendered a dance number while we are buying souvenirs!
There are handcrafted souvenirs that you can buy here. They were personally created by the inmates.
Most of these are carved items! I bought this coin purse made from coconut shell painted with embossed blue flower and faded gold plated bracelet with heart shaped padlock.
There are key chains too! The legendary pasalubong for everyone! Haha!
So cool! These great creations are the symbol of the inmate's creativity, hardwork, productivity and a proof that every wrong decision or act in the past can be corrected. Chances are for those people who repented and who faced the consequences of their wrong deeds. Life is too short, do not wait to regret because we can make it right today.
---BE SASSY ---BE ZEALOUS---
Monday, January 07, 2013
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The first time I went here, I did not noticed that Olivarez Plaza is a City Market Place located at the heart of tagaytay near rotonda. I thought it’s just a “Park. The second time we went here, we got a chance to explore the whole place. It has rows of stalls. Each stall has a store name and unique address. Addresses are derived from tagalong plant/ tree names like balimbing, alatiris, guyabano etc. Everything you need is in here. There are also tiangge here where you can buy cheap Bags, footwear, cloths, towels and toiletries. For your personal and home needs, there is also UNO super market (air-conditioned department store). For services, there are laundry stall, payment center, Altering stall, picture studio, spa, etc. For tourists, you can also buy pasalubong here.
There is also a very large Ukay – ukay here. It’s a large pavilion for about a basketball court size.
See the swimming pool – cool!
See the swimming pool – cool!
It is neither crowded nor hot. This going to be a relax shopping ever!!! My mom bought some slippers, shirts a big shopping bag, wallets and towel for amber.
Along the department store, there are doors. I was curious what is it so we decided to walk and we saw an open door with staff in Filipiniana uniform.(A room boy)
Surprisingly, we found out that it is a hotel room, we walked more and found that at the end of the way it was the Tagaytay Country Hotel. So…there is a hotel within the Olivarez Plaza…hmmm!! That’s cool! Very accessible. If only we knew it before we checked in, we may choose this hotel to stay. Anyway, there is always a next time.
Here is agoda link for hotel rates: Tagaytay Country Club Hotel Rates
Here is agoda link for hotel rates: Tagaytay Country Club Hotel Rates
The good thing about this hotel is that it is located at the heart of tagaytay where all of the things you will be needing is just around you. Fast-food, drugstore,
Market place, mall…everything! And also, its just minutes away from different famous destinations of tagaytay such as Picnic grove, Palace in the sky, Residence Inn, Taal Volcano,Mahogany Market and many more….
Their accommodation is very flexible. From a luxurious room to economy room for the whole family are available.
They have a landscape in front of the hotel. Truly a relaxing place to drink your hot coffee in a breezy atmosphere while sitting is a tiffany chair.
BE SASSY * BE ZEALOUS
Sunday, December 30, 2012
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Valentina is almost half as large as “Lolong”, the official largest crocodile in captivity as recorded in Guinness book of record. Lolong is 20 feet, 3 inches long captured in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines on September 3, 2011. Lolong is named after Ernesto "Lolong" Goloran Cañete, one of the veteran crocodile hunters from the Palawan Crocodile and Wildlife Reservation Center who led the hunt.
Crocodile Farm Palawan is preserving wild life such as these crocodiles. They are nurturing these kinds of animals with the proper habitat and balance food and environment. They are concern with the conservation of rarely found and endangered species. Crocodile Farm Palawan helps the natural repopulation of animals, especially crocodiles.
Upon entering the Crocodile farm, you will see a museum-like area where a huge skeletal bone crocodile measuring 17 feet long is displayed.
Here is the hatching house where baby crocodiles are being taking care of. Their ages are from 1 year old to 6 years old. They have limited movements because crocodiles are more aggressive during night time than daytime.
The next area is for adult crocodile’s ages 30 years old to 35 years old. We needed to step into an elevated view or else we’ll go out of the Farm with missing body parts.
Meet Mac-Mac , he is the second biggest Crocodile in the Philippines. He is named after the town of Macaracas after it was captured in the river of Macaracas Palawan. He is 16 feet long at the age of 16 years old. He is the biggest salt water crocodile in Palawan. He is eating either pork or chicken meat.
Aside from the crocodiles, we have met Ellah, a banana eating bear cat or “musang”. In english, it is called toddycat while musang is a malay term. It Is a nocturnal mammal called civet.
It seems Ellah is trained! Whenever there are guests, she goes down from the ceiling and mingles with them. She knows how to pose! We paid an amount to for Ella to ride on the back for picture taking. Nice Ellah! Good Job!
Crocodile Farm Palawan is not only for crocodiles! It is also a Nature Park too. Actually, this is my second time to see this place. Three years ago, I was able to explore the whole place where they are preserving the wild life. The nature park seems to be a virgin forest. There are giraffe, bearcats, Ostrich and different kinds of birds such as Kalaw and many more.
Souvenir shop outside
LOCATION AND HOW TO GET THERE:
Souvenir shop outside
Palawan Crocodile Farm or the Philippine Wildlife Resource and Conservation Center is located in National Road, Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Five minutes travel time from City proper and get-off in Irawan Crocodile Farm.
More to enjoy in Palawan!
Palawan | 3/ 2 Days Do-It-Yourself ITINERARY
Palawan | Cheaper way to explore Puerto Princesa
Palawan | City Tour at Puerto Princesa
Palawan | Iwahig Penal Farm
Palawan | Get wild at Crocodile farm, Puerto Princesa
Palawan | Booking a Permit for Underground River Tour
Palawan | Underground River Tour
Palawan | Mitra's Ranch
Palawan | Baker's Hill: The Baker’s Artistic Haven
Palawan | Bunuatan Weaving Center: Preserving Filipino’s hard work and culture
Palawan | Plaza Cuartel: A piece of history
Palawan | Souvenir Shop: Hand-crafts and native delicacies as Pasalubong!
Palawan | Firefly Watching
Palawan | Honda Bay: Palawan snorkeling and Island Hoping
---BE SASSY --- BE ZEALOUS ---
Saturday, December 22, 2012
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