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Cebu Heritage Walk Tour #1 – Colon Street, Philippines Oldest Street

October 24, 2011 By Cille Anne 11 Comments

Ever wondered what is the Philippines’ oldest street? It Cebu’s Colon Street.

Colon Street, a 2 kilometers stretch of road at the heart of downtown Cebu City, holds the distinction of being the Philippines oldest street. Calle Colon was named after Christopher Columbus and it is now 446 years old. Imagine that!

Old Colon Street as depicted in a mural

At the end of this street, you will find the obelisk marking the end or beginning (depends on where you started) of the street of Colon. We took this picture around 9am on a Saturday and traffic was very light then. But come noon

Visit Opon Church: Parish of the Virgen de la Regla

October 22, 2011 By Cille Anne 8 Comments

Thanks to Penfires’ visitor Angela for inspiring me to finally write this post about our local church, Parish of the Virgen de la Regla or simply Opon Church to us. =) Titus aka FTB could not believe his eyes when our usually sleepy city (take out the export zone, the resorts and the airport and…

Hype or Not Krispy Kreme Cebu Opens to a Big Bang!

October 22, 2011 By Cille Anne 1 Comment

Early morning today October 22 Titus and I left Mactan for Ayala Center hoping to be among the first 100 customers of Krispy Kreme 1st Cebu branch.

I wanted to be among the first customer as I was there when KK opens its first store in the Philippines in Global City, Bonifacio High Street, Taguig and I want to win a golden ticket this time.

We got there a little past 8am, and this greeted us hehehe:

Krispy Kreme Ayala Center Cebu Branch Opening

The picture only shows a small portion of the crowd

No Waiting for Pasalubong: Krispy Kreme Is Now In Cebu

October 20, 2011 By Cille Anne 5 Comments

I remembered I was on the field working when my favorite former boss called me up and excitedly told me to come down to Bonifacio High Street, “Now na!” and to tell my districtmate and friend Mau to also come. “Why boss?” bewildered, I asked. “Opening na ng Krispy Kreme!” I did not know what Krispy…

Kilometer 0: Distance Reference in the Philippines

October 19, 2011 By Cille Anne 11 Comments

Oftentimes locals forget about the significance of something because well certain things has always been there, unobtrusive in the background, useful but forgotten just like “KM 0” or Kilometer 0, that distance reference marker that can be found in Luneta Park, City of Manila. I wonder how many Filipino knows about “Kilometer 0” or what…

Dumaguete’s Favorite Yummy Pasalubong – Silvanas!

October 18, 2011 By Cille Anne 1 Comment

This is an entry for the Philippines in Pictures series – specifically the best local Pasalubong items!

If you happen to visit Dumaguete City, don’t miss out on this Silvanas from the Sans Rival store. It literally melts on your mouth, the creaminess heavenly!

And it’s very affordable at P105 per box. Don’t go home without this one, trust, trust me on this. As in.

Thumbs – up on this creamy goodness! Sans Rival’s Silvanas

Sans Rival is located nearby Silliman University, just ask any local if you can’t locate