La Florentina Pensionne
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The next morning we headed back to Cebu City where we stayed for two days at the Pensionne La Florentina. The accommodation was quite old and we suspected bed bugs infected (but then as a backpacker one is getting used to sleep under all kind of circumstances). The rest of the day was spent in the huge Ayala shopping center watching a movie, …
I Do Hope The Boat Is On Time
... It is empty apart from one sleeping man and us. As the film begins, more people come in and most of them also seem to go to sleep. Its very strange, we think people buy a ticket just to have somewhere cool to nap in the afternoon!? People are still entering 30 mins before the movie ends, but we don't mind as it has made passing three hours very enjoyable and cheap. Back in the light we find (more) food before ambling back to the port. 10 hours wasted. No problem.
We get ...
Good luck and bad luck
... far away' and there was only 30 mins until boarding. 'Quite far' doesn’t even begin to describe the assault course we were about to embark.
So we had 30 mins to get to the plane and about 15 of them were spent waiting at passport control. We had joined the shortest queue but there was a doddery old lady serving and it was taking her an age to do all the checks (6-2).
After that we had to go up escalators, down escalators (no mean feat with a buggy) ...
Saturday in Cebu
... attractions that take advantage of its height, including a zip line, a "sky coaster", and a skywalk on a ledge 38 floors up. Access to these attractions is by the otherwise express elevator, so during the day, it is used to shuttle people to these floors from a restaurant on the 37th floor.
In addition to poor logistics (the other 2 elevators were small and often crowded), nowhere in the room was a directory of hotel services where we ...
Stressful Stay at San Remigio Pensionne Suites
... to go out, where the chef, will cook the dishes with great enthusiasm or just be happy to make u coffee !!
In Cebu I have my favourite Hotel, The Alba Uno, however wanted to try a new place, and if i liked it book some rooms for next year, when I have various friends and relations planning to visit for my wedding. The plan was to stay two days in a Superior room, then move onto the Alba Uno, which had already been ...