Lapu Lapu Resorts

... . Just a short walk away from Shangri-la Hotel, there's a monument in Punta Engaño that's dedicated in honor of Lapu-Lapu, the island's fearless tribal chief who openly resisted the efforts of Magellan to convert his people to Christianity and become ...

... rice I've had on this trip and maybe the best ever. It actually looked like coleslaw, but thank god it wasn't. We walked through Lapu Lapu after eating and looked around at some of the markets.  Then we headed back the hotel to chill and have some ...

... Fedinand Magellan got killed. When he came here he had already secured the cooperation of all the local chiefs with the exception of Lapu-Lapu, the chief of Mactan. Lapu-Lapu wouldn't agree so Magellan came back with one boat and 50 of his best soldiers. ...

... as the primary national hero of the country and considered one of the greatest figures of ancient Philippine history. The statue of Lapu Lapu is overlooking the mangrove (bakhaw) waters from Punta Engano, once a sleepy fishing village. In the small, ...

... we did see the statue of Lapu-Lapu; the Philippines first freedom fighter. Like Jose Rizal more than 300 years later, Lapu-Lapu resisted Spanish colonization and fought to preserve Filipino independence. However, he was more scrapper than scholar and was ...

... get home more-or less dry.     Sea Divers has an acceptable restaurant, so we have the special menu with mackerel steaks and Lapu-lapu fish, plus soup and crème caramel - all only fair. It is too dark in the streets for a late walk, so ...

... to sell us seashells (they'd swamp your boat once you stopped). In addition to touring factories and resorts, we visited several historical sites, like the Lapu Lapu shrine, Fuerza de San Pedro, Basílica Menor del Santo Niño (the first ...