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Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. Second Stop: Plantation Bay

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FOR the second stop of our family’s 2-nights-and-2-days resort-hopping in Cebu we went to Plantation Bay.

My xxGF and I first visited Plantation Bay in 2000, right after we terminated our “going steady” relationship and went “permanent.”  No we did not have our honeymoon in Plantation Bay.  We just dropped by for some refreshments.

Fast-forward 2011.  The Plantation Bay I saw in 2000 impressed me a lot, so I had very high expectations when I finally got to visit it again in February this year. Continue reading →

Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. First Stop: Crimson Resort & Spa

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FOR our annual family vacation this year we took advantage of my xxGF’s PAL Mabuhay Miles and booked the whole family a trip to Cebu.

Crimson Resort & SpaWe were to stay in Cebu for approximately two nights and 1.5 days only.  Nevertheless, we managed to sufficiently explore and enjoy two very nice resort-hotels in Mactan Island in that very limited time, thanks to the practice my xxGF and myself had during our Holy Land Pilgrimage in November last year where we toured four countries in 15 days (and stayed in nine different hotels in that short time span!).

Our first stop:  Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan. Continue reading →

Our Cebu and Bohol family vacation

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For our annual family holiday we went to Cebu and Bohol.  We were planning to do Singapore but on December 31 we learned that my xxGF’s PAL miles would expire with the year so we hurriedly booked a trip that her miles could afford.  Sayang ang miles!

Chocolate Hills in Bohol

She had enough only for a domestic trip.  That’s a lot better than having to pay regular rates for our Singapore vacation.  Besides, the kids have not been to Cebu and Bohol yet, and I have not been to Bohol yet likewise.  So to Cebu and Bohol we went.

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