Hiya guys! Happy Sunday! Hope you’ve all had a great week!
For this
week on the blog, I fancied doing another wee ‘hashtag throwback’ photo post!
But, this time would be about going back to the Philippines for a visit in
2008. As I said in my first post, I’m a hapa - my wee mammy is from the Philippines. Every 5 or 6 years or so, we go over to visit her side of the family, and while
we are there we get to do touristy things (which I love, obviously) and go and
visit all these new places, some of which you will see in this post!
So, I’ll
just get started then…
We began the touristy stuff in Cebu City!
Jeepney.
The most
popular of public transportation vehicles in the Philippines!
I love travelling
on a jeepney!
Street art
in Cebu.
Visiting the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño (Sto. Niño church)!
Billboards
on the highway (motorway?).
Visiting Mactan Shrine with the statue of
the heroic chief Lapu Lapu who defeated Ferdinand Magellan!
20 metre
high bronze statue of Lapu Lapu.
Painting of
the Battle of Mactan.
Tribal Art.
Visiting Fort San Pedro!
Walking
around with brollies because the sun was beating down on us
(…and it was
roastin’!)
This lovely
wee man was singing at the fort.
Such a good singer!
Sampaguita!
The national
flower of the Philippines!
Visiting Cebu’s architecturally amazing Taoist
Temple in the Beverly Hills subdivision of Cebu!
Random Photos!
I love this photo!
Took it while driving past
the shop.
Going on the ferry to get to Bohol!
I think it
took about an hour to get to the island.
Ako (me).
Lunch at
McDo’s (obvs!)
Visiting the Chocolate Hills!
214 steps to
get to the top! Oft!
Visiting the Hinagdanan Cave!
Getting to go on a floating restaurant/river
cruise on the Loboc River!
I love how
people are so smiley in the Philippines!
The ‘Tinikling’
dance performed by a group, as we passed on the boat.
Tinikling is a
traditional Filipino dance using two bamboo poles.
The poles are used to tap a beat against each
other and on the ground,
and the dancers jump between the poles.
I SO want to
learn this dance, but I have a feeling I will have quite a few bruises on my
wee ankles.
Ouch.
Hitting the beach!
Not sure
what this beach was called?
But it was near the place we stayed overnight at.
Visiting the Baclayon Church in Bohol!
Feel quite lucky
to have got the chance to see this old church,
as the earthquake in 2013 caused
a lot of damage to a lot of the buildings in Bohol.
Visiting the Sandugo (Blood Compact) monument in
Tagbilaran!
Going to visit the Tarsiers!
…and the world’s largest python!
We took the
ferry again to get back to Cebu. Then we travelled from there to Tacloban City!
Wee photo before
we left Cebu!
Bye Cebu! See you next time!
Tacloban!!
The San
Juanico Bridge (on the way to Samar, I think?)
Visiting the little piggies at the Piggery!
Visiting the Macarthur Landing!
Some more random photos!
Tricycles
and motorbikes.
Manok
(Chicken).
Hitting the Beach…again!
Sun + sand +
family + games + swimming + lechon (spit roast pig) + pancit (noodles) = Good
times!
Then it was
time to leave L
We managed
to pack a lot into the month that we were over there, and we all had a grand
time seeing the family and visiting new places!
Wee airport
photo before leaving the Philippines!
Until next
time Philippines!!
It’s quite
sad to think of all the damage that the typhoon did to Tacloban two years ago! As
I said, these are photos from 2008 and I haven’t been back since then, so I’m
not sure what it’s like now? A lot of things have changed, so the next visit
might be a wee teary one L
Anyway guys, thank you SO SO much for
reading! I hope you enjoyed this post J and I will catch
you all next time!
Have a fab week and take care! Xxx
Sources:
Mactan Shrine
Fort San Pedro
Taoist Temple
Chocolate Hills
Tinikling, Filipino Dance
Blood Compact Monument
http://www.bohol.gov.ph/index.php??=boholHistory
Macarthur Landing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Landing_Memorial_National_Park
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