Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Day 04 was a pretty heavy day, itinerary-wise, for us. The planned schedule was for us to check out of our resort in Moalboal early in the morning, then drive to the jetty where we’d boat over to Pescador Island
The Sumilon Sand Bar sits on the south-eastern end of Cebu and is usually an accompanying activity that visitors might include if they’re already in the Oslob area for the whale shark watching activity. The point where boats ferry visitors
Day 03 and we finally get to one of the highlights of this 11-day trip to Cebu: swimming with whale sharks, an experience that’s new for all of us and likely not something we’d do again in the near future!
The 90-minute drive from Simala Shrine to Osmeña Peak was a lot smoother, with fairly low traffic plying the road as we continued south. Osmeña Peak is the tallest point on Cebu Island and sits inside a region of impressive-looking
Despite the fact that we didn’t have that heavy an itinerary on Day 01 — we were just arriving from Singapore, checking into the hotel, then figuring out dinner — all of us were so doggoned tired after the first
Point to note: the line-of-sight distance between Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Radisson Blu Cebu — the property we’re staying in for the first night — is not nearly the actual distance you’d need to travel to get from the airport
Our 11 days in Cebu is one of those trips where we did 99% of our planning months before travel, and thereafter did little else besides wait for the trip to begin. Of the 11 days, seven days would be
We’re about a week away from heading to our Cebu trip! Our last trip to tropical islands for sun and snorkeling was five years ago, pre-COVID, during our trip to the Maldives. So, in a sense, I already had a
From the point in time in January to the actual trip was a long five months in between. But with our decision to visit Cebu rather than Bali made and a broad itinerary worked out, we next went about contacting
Our 18-day trip to the Chubu and Kanto regions of Japan has been our longest vacation ever as a family, and my seventh trip to the country now. As is my tradition every time we travel, I’d do a final
The first of the last two posts in this series covering our 18-day trip to Japan, and this one will be about the image and video capturing experience of the trip. I reckon the most important thing to say first
Our notes recording selected things we dined on during this 18-day trip to Japan! This is a long visual record, so it’s split into two parts. Continued in the next post that covers Days 09 to 18!
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