As early as 9:00 am, we go straight to Robe’s Pensione house as we stayed here for our 2 days left in Cebu. After we brought our things to Robe and secured it in the storage area since we are not able to check-in early due to the room is not yet available, we started our Twin City Tour.
First stop, at the Taoist temple.
We spend most of our time here in Taoist temple. What could I say, this temple was secured with many guards around facilities reminding every guest the do’s and don’ts around and inside the temple. You should minimized your voice all the times (shouting is a big No-No here). Pictures are not allowed inside the temple and inside of the 2 prayer rooms (In upper and side of the temple). There were lot of sacred artifacts here, and inside the temple there was a fortune teller can be hire to see your fortune ahead. And in the side of the temple was located a souvenir shop to buy some lucky charm and I did bought a lucky coin.
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| Stage beside the souvenir shop |
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| The Dragon Pose (Phats, Me and Jim) |
Next, the Magellan’s cross & Sto. Niño de Basilica
Magellan’s cross and the Sto. Nino de Basilica are located near to each other. You will be amazed with the art around the ceiling of the Magellan’s cross shrine. Below the cross there was a brief description stated that, “This Cross of tindalo Wood Encases the Original Cross Planted By Ferdinand Magellan On This Very Site, April 21, 1521”. And the rest is history as there was saying. Basilica Minore del Santo is the oldest church in the Philippines. Beside the church you can see a place for all the people who want to pray and have a wish. Just lit a candle provided in a box that scattered in the corner of the place. In the center of the church you could see Sto. Niño in one end of the quadrangle.
The Magellan's Cross' Shrine
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| Quadrangle of the Sto Niño De Basilica |
The Heritage Shrine consist of different artwork related to the history of the Cebu and how Cebu being established and built. Be sure to roam around the monument to see each artifact.
Lapu-lapu shrine is located in the Mactan, Cebu. It is must see and you could be proud of what Lapu-lapu did to us as Filipino. The monument located near the shore as what they said the place where the true fights happened many years ago. The shrine are built with a park and be sure to roam around the park to see other artifact of Lapu-lapu and a cheap souvenir shop. I must say that compare to other souvenir around Cebu shop they are one of the shops having the cheaper price.
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The place where the locals believe that the fought between the
army of Magellan and Lapu-lapu happened here. |
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| You must see this souvenir shop. They had the cheaper price here. |
The Allegre Guitar Factory is open to all tourist and guest. Inside the factory you could see how the guitar being crafted and built. Starting from the scratch woods to the finishing paints you can see in the factory. Aside from that you could buy the some finished products displayed inside the factory.
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Jim and Phats having discussion about the scrap
wood for guitar's body. |
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| Mhai is wondering how it is being assembled. |
Next, the Fort San Pedro
If you like a historical trip, Fort San Pedro suits you. Fort San Pedro is like Intramuros in Manila. If you are familiar with Intramuros then you can easily recognize and appreciate the nature and structure of Fort San Pedro. Here, you have to pay for the entrance fee of 30 Php for adult.
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| Jim and Phats very interested in the artwork, scripts, writings, and the history around and inside the Fort San Pedro, obviously I'm not. Hahahaha, I'm just taking pictures. |
We did shop our pasalubong at Tabo-an Market. Here, you could buy the dried fish, dried mangoes and even some of the pasalubong like Otap in a cheap price. You can also make ask for discount (“tawad”).
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