Fort San Pedro Cebu City

Entry containing 28 photos titled: Fort

9/23/10

Day 18




I woke up early and got started out for our flights departing from Caticlan. Caticlan is not on Boracay island. We had to take a trike taxi to the port, then a boat across the lake to the Caticlan port, then a kilometer or so taxi to the airport. While I was waiting, I got a back and …

since the main reason of my coming to Cebu is for an official business.... I only have a limited time roaming around the city. but I am still grateful for the little chance of exploring this place.... more of its historical value,,, I must say that this visit I came to insert in my itinerary is a learning experience more than a pleasure of a simple …

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Today was a full day of sightseeing in both Lapu Lapu City and Cebu City. We hired a driver to take us around, we have started doing this and enjoy having our own driver and it is usually cheaper than the tours. Essentially all the cab drivers seem to be tour guides as well, so they take us around to all the places the tours go to.< …

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Today we woke up at around 8 AM. We decided to go explore the island of Cebu, so we called a taxi. Sure enough, he ended up being a guide, so we hired him. Our first stop was at A Hernando de Magallanes, a monument commemorating Lapu Lapu for defending his men. After that, we were off to see Magellan's Cross. The cross is made of …

... on steroids! I had a day to kill before Brian (Hawaii) from Japan meets me so I just walked around and Cebu has some intersting sites, such as: Fort San Pedro, a fort from the 1560s with 8 foot thick walls and a great interior garden area; Basilica del ...

... but wiki said a splinter lay inside. I kind of believe that story !!! There was one more Spanish site to see, and that was the Fort San Pedro. It was small and reminded me of some that we had seen in Cuba. It was nice to walk around, but it didn't take ...

... kuin esimerkiksi Manilasta(!). Kaupunkiin orientoitumisen jalkeen ollaan kayty tsekkaamassa parit pakolliset nahtavyydet (Fort San Pedro, Magellan's Cross & Carbon Market). Carbon Marketilla paasee kurkistamaan oikeata Filippiinilaista elamaa mikali ...

... went through the SRP tunnel, something my gf has never done......And yes she was excited by a tunnel ! When we arrived at Fort San Pedro, the security guard / police gave us directions for a good place to park the bike in the shade and we walked around ...

Fort San Pedro is een militair verdedigingsbouwwerk aangelegd door de Spanjaarden met hulp van lokale Cebuano arbeiders tijdens het bewind van de Spaanse conuistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. Het heeft nu een vreedzame functie.Het fort is het oudste, ...

Nous levons a 10h, puis partons a onze heures en taxi jusqu'au Fort San Pedro, le plus vieux fort et le plus petit des Philippines. Payons soixante pesos pour deux, faisons le tour des remparts, prenons des photos, et a peine un quart d'heure plus tard ...

... . It is busy and not too nice and we did the tourist thing as we had a half a day to kill. We went to Fort San Pedro, built by the Spanish who were trying to colonize this place but the locals didn't like them too much. Somewhere nearby is where ...

... with not much to do unless you want to head off to beaches. I had a wander around the old part of town and the Fort San Pedro; an old fortslowely crumbling. I was not interested in checking out the beaches as I knew I had a few beaches that I wanted to ...

... over to Fort San Pedro, he was waiting in his car outside.  We just ignored him and went on our merry way.   Fort San Pedro is an old Spanish fort about two blocks from Magellan's Cross.  We walked over, and when on the Main Street we ...

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines: Our entry into the archipelago (JFGI) of the Philippines I underestimated the contrast of moving from China to the Philippines. Whereas both are dirty and clearly in need of much infrastructure updating in certain places, in ...