I had been excited to visit Cebu, but realised quickly that as we were short on time we wouldn't have time to spend long here. The city itself didn't seem to have much going on for it and we just spent the night there before going over to Bohol on the ferry. I know other parts of Cebu are meant to be lush, and you can do stuff like swim with whale sharks and go to waterfalls, but we just didn't have enough time
Accomodation
We stayed at Le Village hostel. It was alriiiiight. For one night. Not great to be honest. We were in a big mixed dorm with very few plugs but a big extension cord thing in the middle. The beds were wooden but so loud to get in or out of. The staff were alright and you got a free beer, but the quality of the bathrooms wasn't great and everywhere was boiling. The hostel also wasn't very near to anything, which was so annoying as we wanted food (shock). Every blog I'd read had said that accomodation in the Philippines was lower quality but higher in price than other places in SE Asia, and this hostel confirmed that these rumours were in fact correct
Food
Omg. The saddest time xx the concept of vegetarianism is pretty much non existent in the Philippines, and a girl we met in India warned us of this. She was right, it was bad. After checking in we ventured to the restaurant attached to our hostel for some dinner. We found a single vegetarian dish on the item, I think it was called capcay (?) And I checked twice when ordering that it was just vegetables- no meat or egg. The staff assured me it was. We were STARVING and when it arrived I started tucking in, until my friend pointed out that there were tiny pieces of grilled pork in it. MMMMM.
We couldn't find anywhere for breakfast the next morning so opted for biscuits and dried crackers purchased at the ferry port. Gourmet
Things to do/see
Honestly as we were only there for one night I have no recommendations. We stayed again on our way back from Bohol and the highlights of this visit included a trip to 7/11 and an early night. Cebu city was borin
Getting to/from
We arrived from Manila on an internal flight. We took a tuk tuk from the airport which was fine.
From Cebu we went over to Bohol on the ferry. We bought our tickets at the port but I think you can also get them online
When we came back from there we flew over to Puerto Princesca, though you can just fly from Bohol which we discovered afterwards
Accomodation
We stayed at Le Village hostel. It was alriiiiight. For one night. Not great to be honest. We were in a big mixed dorm with very few plugs but a big extension cord thing in the middle. The beds were wooden but so loud to get in or out of. The staff were alright and you got a free beer, but the quality of the bathrooms wasn't great and everywhere was boiling. The hostel also wasn't very near to anything, which was so annoying as we wanted food (shock). Every blog I'd read had said that accomodation in the Philippines was lower quality but higher in price than other places in SE Asia, and this hostel confirmed that these rumours were in fact correct
Food
Omg. The saddest time xx the concept of vegetarianism is pretty much non existent in the Philippines, and a girl we met in India warned us of this. She was right, it was bad. After checking in we ventured to the restaurant attached to our hostel for some dinner. We found a single vegetarian dish on the item, I think it was called capcay (?) And I checked twice when ordering that it was just vegetables- no meat or egg. The staff assured me it was. We were STARVING and when it arrived I started tucking in, until my friend pointed out that there were tiny pieces of grilled pork in it. MMMMM.
We couldn't find anywhere for breakfast the next morning so opted for biscuits and dried crackers purchased at the ferry port. Gourmet
Things to do/see
Honestly as we were only there for one night I have no recommendations. We stayed again on our way back from Bohol and the highlights of this visit included a trip to 7/11 and an early night. Cebu city was borin
Getting to/from
We arrived from Manila on an internal flight. We took a tuk tuk from the airport which was fine.
From Cebu we went over to Bohol on the ferry. We bought our tickets at the port but I think you can also get them online
When we came back from there we flew over to Puerto Princesca, though you can just fly from Bohol which we discovered afterwards
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