Visayas

I'm back! I'm back in Manila and slightly brown! Yay!

I seriously have no idea how to start talking about everything that has happened. There's just too many stories to tell, too many people to talk about, and too many things to say altogether!

I had a great time and it's true that the people you're with make all the difference. Tita Rosalyn took me in and made me a part of their family (with my own bedroom and bathroom in the house!). She introduced me to the rest of the clan, lawyer friends, and law students who treated me like they've known me forever. The Fusers kept me company in Bohol. The bad thing about all of this is that I don't ever want to travel alone ever again. HaHa! Backpacking alone in Asia sounds so foreign now. ;P

Anyway, Cebu is great. I even like it better than Manila. It's like a city and a province in one with easy access to beaches. If I ever want to drive in the Philippines, I would try doing so in Cebu because the roads are less crazy. There's also traffic in Cebu, but it's not going to take you five hours to get home unlike in Manila. If you're into eating, Cebu has restaurants in every eskinita, road, and highway. HeHe. Man, I think I'm having withdrawals. LoL.

When I got to Cebu, I got a fever again and my first three days were hell. Regardless, I was still doing the tourist thing and visited Mactan Shrine, Magellan's Cross, Sto. Nino Church, Taoist Temple, and Tops (mountain-top view of the whole Cebu City). Tops is probably the best thinking spot in the country and I could seriously spend ten hours there. I also spent a night at Alegre Beach Resort in Sogod, Cebu. Loved it! Okay, so I spent more time in bed than outside, but that's because they have awesome rooms in Alegre! *SIGH. I also got to watch the Dancesport competition of the SeaGames at Waterfront Lahug...with a V.I.P. ticket. I'm cool, yes I am. HeHe!

Bohol was all about the Chocolate Hills, tarsiers, Baclayon Church, Loboc River, hanging bridge, and dolphins...and urchins...and mosquitoes. Damn those last two. LoL.

This trip was just another proof that things happen for a reason. It's amazing how things fall into place. I need to keep reminding myself that things will be okay in the long run. One of Tet's first text messages to me during the trip was "You're living out the dream!" I did and I hope to continue it until the end.