I''ve been to Cebu about four times already and I still haven't seen much! Gosh, that place has a lot to offer from great food, shopping sprees, adventure destinations, historical sites and more! I haven't even gone to the great beaches yet. I heard the ones in Malapascua, Bantayan and San Remigio are amazing.
On my most recent trip, which was last year (haha, sorry, this is an overdue post), I chanced on Mactan Shrine Park while I was roaming the resorts around Punta Engaño in Mactan Island. I just finished an ocular at Abaca Resort and Crimsort Resort & Spa. I used to be in charge of piecing together adventure tours. It was a fun and tiring job and occasionally, I miss it! Especially now that I've transferred to a new work which is totally different from what I used to do. Now I am in the office the entire day and engaged in conference calls twice a week with people from Australia, China and Malaysia. Hihi. Now that I got a hang of my work, I am sort of enjoying it. (I use "sort of" because I believe that there's more to life than putting your entire devotion to work).
I hailed a jeep from Abaca Resort and went down at the park which I saw from the map I carried. There weren't a lot of people as it was past the tourist season. It was such a hot day and I was sweating profusely. I went around and was amused to see that there are several shrines in the area. That time, I wish I had someone telling me the story of each structure.
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| Magellan Shrine |
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| Lapu-Lapu Shrine |
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| Marker reads - “Here on April 27, 1521, Lapu-lapu and his men repulsed the Spanish invaders, killing their leader, Ferdinand Magellan. Thus Lapu-lapu became the first Filipino to have repelled European aggression.” |
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| Dock at the back of the park |
It takes less than an hour to tour the entire place but I think I stayed longer just to take in the views. I had a great time staring at the clouds amidst the clear blue sky.
Aww, Cebu, I shall go back for more!
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