Day 1:
Our flight into Cebu was via Taipei and of course flying on
my Birthday Day, going east means, I lose a day since I cross a date line, my
Birthday was less than 12 hours long. And that was not fun.
But my kids and
friends and hubby made up for more than that.... they sang Happy Birthday
whenever, I got flowers, cake and more cake and lots of hugs, so in effect it
did become a 10 day birthday celebration! So no complaining.
After reaching Cebu, we reached the hotel to be greeted with
their delicious fresh fruit juices as welcome drinks and our friends and
extended long hugs. For the Cebu portion of our travels, our friends, their
cute 15 month old munchkin had flown in from HK to have a combined vacation and
catch up. It was really awesome to see them and be able to coordinate our
chutti together.
We started with pigging out on food, after a 20 hour flight
getting daal tadka with palak paneer in the most unexpected place was awesome.
The one thing we were warned about Philippines was its not vegetarian friendly,
I disagree, the pounds I packed in my trip also disagree with you.
Anyhow, after pigging out on food and see the 15 month
toddle around, we headed straight to the beach for some sun, sand, snorkel and
sand castles. Then the pool and then our friends had renter a private villa
with a private pool. So heading into their pool with some 'desi music' and kids
going crazy swimming, life is good. It was the perfect start to the vacation.
By the time dinner time came, kids were zonked out and
before the meal was served. I think it was more helpful for having them sleep
then eat, so they slept, we ate and caught up with our friends and of course
there was cake!!!!
We crashed early tonight… well midnight is early when you are with friends, since we had the next morning of our much awaited trip to Oslob, for swimming with whale sharks!
More to come!
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