This blog post is part of Penfires Series on Mactan – Cebu Beach and Resort Chronicles, Post Number 3. One of the most popular and favorite beach outing activities in the Philippines is island hopping, this is also very true in the Island of Mactan here in Cebu. And when better to island hop than…
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Cheap Mactan Beach Resort Options with White Sand: Overview and Direction Tips
Summer is near! And summer brings to mind beaches, white sand and calm waves perfect for swimming! Few hours ago, Cebu Travel Bloggers and road trippers Doi (The Travelling Feet), Titus (Field Trip Boy) and Penfires 🙂 finally started on our plan of visiting Mactan beach resorts so we can put up blog posts with…
DIY Cheap Cebu City Tour Itinerary and Tips to Famous Attractions
To Penfires readers Mia and T-rex, thanks for leaving a comment in my post How to Commute to the Top Tourist Spots of Cebu City. This is my itinerary suggestions for you guys with directions and tips on how to have a cheap Cebu vacation. Visiting Cebu and its historical and cultural attractions can be…
List of Restaurants Near Cebu – Mactan Airport
I get lots of comments and emails asking for my input about many Cebu related things from Cebu-bound tourists. The top and most asked questions are the following: options for affordable white sand beaches in Mactan, what are the good places to eat and recommended restaurants in Mactan and Cebu City specifically restos that are…
Cheap Cebu City Tour for Budget Travelers
This is my reply to Penfires visitor Andrea on how to get to Cebu tourist spots by jeepney. I’ve again decided to make this a separate blogpost coz my response I’m afraid is so long hehheheh. This might help you too if you are bound for Cebu and you want to explore the city on…
Mactan and Cebu Guitars: Factories,Prices and Options
A few months ago I bought a standard guitar from MaxandBoyed Guitar Store along M.L. Quezon Highway. It’s where you can also find Guitar Master, World Class Guitars and more shops, it’s also the most accessible place to get your Cebu guitar as it’s along the main highway and you can see these guitar stores…
Cebu’s Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House and Museum: Cebu Heritage Walk Tour #3
The heir to the Yap – San Diego Ancestral House has some big dreams to make this colonial residential house a truly Cebuano and Filipino Heritage Site.
Yap San Diego Ancestral House and Museum: Heritage Site
The Old Parian District where this ancestral house is located used to be community where the Chinese merchants, Filipino entrepreneurs and generally where the wealthier Cebuanos lived during the Spanish era. Original residents here can typically trace Chinese ancestry in their lineage. Lots of the old houses and structures in Parian have been lost with the progress of years but it’s a great thing that the Yap – San