Philippine Travel Notes

This hotel opened last year (May 2017?), and I never thought I would be able to see its rooms, much less stay in one, even for just while. Why? Kasi, I live "a walk away"! But voila! I just checked-out this morning after a 4-night stay! And I was able to confirm and affirm my observation of years ago (in Japan), that a room in any of their hotels, always looks and feels like all others at various places. That's the most aliw part! Why This? Why did I have to stay at this hotel that's only about 1.5km away from home? Ahay, I had 7 friends who came to roam Metro Cebu for a much needed B&L (not R&R daw)! They wanted a "medium-end hotel near a mall", so I chose this for them. Only to end up with them insisting I also get a room, para sama-sama kami 'day & night' forever! Eh I am hard-to-get hehehe, and I also wanted to see this hotel at bayad nila. GoRa! My Room This was how my room looked like upon entry. Door at right i...

It's my bus, our bus, your bus, their bus, everybody's bus! My oh my bus! I really thought I already did a story about this public transport facility from the Mactan Cebu Airport to the city and back. It turns out, I've just been mentioning this conveyance in my stories, but never a full story about it. Sorry po, tao lang! Great and thanks, one of you my dear readers asked. So here I go with a story on my way to the airport! I walked from Sugbutel to the Radisson Blu / SM City area as this parking area is just beside them. This big wide parking lot is the "main" (start/end) station of the MyBus Service. That big fancy-looking building at the back is Bayfront Hotel . So if you're staying at any hotel near this area, MyBus is for you! In fact, since SM City is easily accessible by direct or connecting jeep routes, this place is very easy to reach. I know people (passengers or airline/airport employees) who take cabs only to/from this place, from/to t...