Simala

In Sibonga, there is this barrio called Simala where people flock to see the miraculous image of the Virgin (Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth). The convent and church has been attracting Catholics, not only here in Cebu, but as far as Manila.
I visited this place on May 23 of this year, it was one [...]

Beauty is everywhere

The most amazing thing happened late this afternoon. For a very brief moment the sun came out and bounced its light on the Marcelo Fernan bridge of Mactan. It was one of those feelings you get when you witness something beautiful that no words can describe it. I stared at it from the glass window [...]

Demonstrations against the RH Bill

I was passing the Fuente last Saturday when I saw Cebuano students and other Catholic religious group gathered in the rotonda protesting against the RH bill. The people around here are mostly Catholics so I was expecting that they would oppose the bill but Cebuano’s are not like the people in our capital who make [...]

San Guillermo de Aquitana Church

The historic church of Dalaguete, San Guillermo de Aquitana, sits in the heart of the town facing the sea. I’ve read about how bad the raids were during the Spanish era, villages being looted, villagers being kidnapped but the missionaries kept building their churches and convents close to the coast, like this Iglesia. Very rare [...]

Fuente O

The first time I saw this structure is when I went to Robinson’s to grab some groceries. I then crossed the rotunda and spent some time sitting on a bench facing the avenue that leads to the provincial capitol. It’s hard to miss its because it’s the centerpiece of a looping road that connects the [...]

Loboc’s Rivercruise

After walking around San Pedro Apostol, I then cross the old bridge of Loboc were some men directs traffic, the bridge can only accommodate single lane traffic, these traffic enforcers also plays an important role in making sure that the bridge would not be overloaded.
The Loboc local government has set up a center for tourist [...]

From Carmen to the Historic Town of Loboc

The Chocolate hills complex has stalls that sell shirts, I bought a small tee (for a kid relative), it has designs of cute little tarsiers which are a major hit with children. From there I went down towards the highway on foot. The habalhabal operators will ask for P4o (or more ), which is a [...]