I flew into the island of Mactan where I was met by my Philipino friend Jessie and his sister Jenelyn. They took me in a taxi from the airport across the bridge and into Cebu City.
Cebu city has about 3 million citizens and sometimes it can seem like they are all out in the streets at the same time! According to my plan, there was no plan for my stay in the Philipines, there were only guidelines such as get a diving license, met some nice people and see beautifull places! So as a start I camped out in the center of Cebu City and spend the first couple of days while Jessie showed me what the city had to offer. This included lots of food :), a visit to the very old Basilica Minore del Santa Niño, Fort San Pedro and a nighttime view of the city from the mountain lookout.
A big open BBQ place with lots of little stalls selling meat on sticks
I also spend the first couple of days researching for a diving school where I could take my license. I then fell over a one man company called SiDive run by Simon Timmons an English guy living out here for 14 years. Simon had excellent reviews and even offered accomodation for his students in his own home, so I thought this a great opportunity to get some tips on where to go next and meet some fellow minded travelers. I got in contact with Simon and he set me up with a 3 day course the coming friday and in the meantime he asked if I wanted to go snorkeling with some whale sharks... HELL YEAH I would!!!
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