Downtown Cebu

[terry57]

Filipinos love fatty pork. So if you want a slim one, find one that has a great taste in food, not just fat and junk food.

Everyone comments on the shit food. One would think that considering its Asia good local food would be consumed.

Wonder how they ended up with a shitty diet ?

[kekalot]

this is my personal experience and my opinion on Cebu City

so, I have been to Cebu City this August, I was supposed to stay for 2 months but I couldn't take this anymore after about 3 weeks.

the places i've been in there (most of the downtown) were smelly at best.. lots of beggars and some of them are quite intensely begging.. I was offered Cialis about 5 times a day.. sunglasses and maps.. especially around the Osmena circle area..

a few times, 5-6 kids would hardcore beg me and straight up stand in my way to get me to stop.. also grab at my bags etc.

i haven't travelled a whole lot apart from the Phils and Thailand but Cebu was the first time that when I blew my nose, it would be dark gray.

In Canada (and in Thailand), I walk barefoot all over the place. I wouldn't do it in Cebu, the roads are not kept in good condition and there is trash all over the place. walk over almost any bridge around downtown cebu and it smells like raw sewage and is littered with trash.

however, there are definitely lovely women there and they showed much more interest in me in the Philippines than I am getting in Thailand.. I think this is mostly due to language barrier, my Thai isn't quite up to par yet and I live in a Thai city.

I didn't think the food was THAT bad but now that I think about it, I think I ate about two or three times out of the street vendors in three weeks.. compared to eating almost every day from them in Thailand.

now, I had made some research before going there and a lot of people were vouching for Cebu city to be one of the nicer cities.. compared to Manila, Angeles City, Davao and other ones I cannot remember.

now obviously there are much better places to go. but if Cebu is much nicer than the other mentionned places, then its a shame.

hopefully won't annoy any members, those are just opinions about Cebu City and not the whole phils, i know there are nicer places and beautiful beaches.

[WujouMao]

Filipinos love fatty pork. So if you want a slim one, find one that has a great taste in food, not just fat and junk food.

Everyone comments on the shit food. One would think that considering its Asia good local food would be consumed.

Wonder how they ended up with a shitty diet ?

Well partly blamed on the two countries that colonised it.

[ossierob]

about 10 years since I visited Cebu....enjoyed it but probably wont go back....probably a little longer since I went to Subic for 3 days and I did enjoy that, still I took a girl from Angeles with me so that helped....I only like Makarti in Manila really but the rest is certainly worth a look....Well I havent been to Mindanao for obvious reasons but the rest of the Phils is certainly worth a visit

[WujouMao]

Not all of mindanao is a no go area and not all Muslims are bad.

The furthest ive been is Illigan city and lake Sebu in south cotabato which you can see on Google maps. But I wouldn't go any further.

[sabang]

Not all of mindanao is a no go area and not all Muslims are bad.

I've heard very good things about Cagayan d'Oro, but never been there.

[callippo]

Not all of mindanao is a no go area and not all Muslims are bad.

I've heard very good things about Cagayan d'Oro, but never been there.

it is like all the other Visayan metropolitan areas of its size (i.e. around the half million mark and up). Congested and chaotic. Dripping girls. You can't swim in the nearby sea because it is full of shit. CDO has pretty good nightlife, if you know how it swings in the Philippines. But it does not obey the same rhythm, as Thailand. CDO is good and I like it. It has also improved over the years. But Bacolod is the best of the larger Visayan cities. Compared to all the others, it is orderly.

[bizrandom]

I think the pics do not do justice to Cebu. There are other areas that are very nice, and unless you are trying to stay on pennies a day, you will never see the squallor you see here. The girlie bars on Mango are nothing like the shithole these pictures came from, and they cater to the tourist, with similar cost etc. If you stay near Ayala, the Waterfront, or the IT park you will have a nice time and not see the fact the PI is a 3rd world country. As for the guy talking about India, I lived there for 2 years and even in the nice places India is a shitbox... not so with The Philippines, I love it here!

[beerlaodrinker]

I was working for a mining company in 96 and 97 we had exploration ground all over the Philippines , i spent 12 months in Mindanao but that was on the catholic side Butuan, surigao, cagayayan etc, we didn't have a problem with the Muslims , just used to make the datus. Security guards, , had more problems with the NPA, demanding "progressive tax

[mingmong]

enjoyed the tread WujouMao, looks like a right shitter of a place, interesting how they cook the fish with white vinegar, same as we cook Pearl meat in Oz

[beerlaodrinker]

Kinilaw I believe it's called mingmong, fantastic snack to go with a beer, Mindanao Kinilaw was always my fave, made it in Aussie a few times , you just need to hit an asian grocery store and buy Datu Puti vinigar to get the result, in the Philippines they used the fish called tanguigue no idea what that is in English but any firm flesh fish will do

[Davis Knowlton]

^Mackerel.

[Cujo]

. I was offered Cialis about 5 times a day.. sunglasses and maps..

Good lord, will the madness never end.

[The Maestro]

Filipinos love fatty pork. So if you want a slim one, find one that has a great taste in food, not just fat and junk food.

Everyone comments on the shit food. One would think that considering its Asia good local food would be consumed.

Wonder how they ended up with a shitty diet ?

Yeah whats up with all this talk about the food ?

Is the food in general prepared poorly or is it just not trendy to like the local food ?

[Cujo]

Filipinos love fatty pork. So if you want a slim one, find one that has a great taste in food, not just fat and junk food.

Everyone comments on the shit food. One would think that considering its Asia good local food would be consumed.

Wonder how they ended up with a shitty diet ?

Yeah whats up with all this talk about the food ?

Is the food in general prepared poorly or is it just not trendy to like the local food ?

Phillipine food is just shit. The women pretty much musters as well as a rule.

[Latindancer]

It's mostly junk food, or else (when you're out on an island) just fish and a few leaves.

Ever seen a Filipino restaurant, overseas ?? I rest my case..

[sabang]

I flew into 'Cebu International Airport' quite recently, visiting a friend who lives on a nearby fishing island. My flight schedule required two overnight stays in Lapu Lapu city. By Lucifer, what a shithole. Absolutely no redeeming grace- overpriced, shit accomodation, couldn't find a half decent restaurant (thank goodness for burger carts!) even found the people I encountered sucked big ones. Not typical of my experience of the Fil's, I have to say, but Lapu Lapu is a place to avoid if possible.

[Neverna]

It's mostly junk food, or else (when you're out on an island) just fish and a few leaves.

Ever seen a Filipino restaurant, overseas ?? I rest my case..

Yes. There's one in Bangkok on Sukumvit Road.

[mingmong]

/\ Big No! if I did I would run....my mate's wife cooks the flipper food outside the house as it stinks so much, the white rice is nice, but who could feck up a dish of rice?

manny Farlang can

[The Maestro]

Filipinos love fatty pork. So if you want a slim one, find one that has a great taste in food, not just fat and junk food.

Everyone comments on the shit food. One would think that considering its Asia good local food would be consumed.

Wonder how they ended up with a shitty diet ?

Yeah whats up with all this talk about the food ?

Is the food in general prepared poorly or is it just not trendy to like the local food ?

Phillipine food is just shit. The women pretty much musters as well as a rule.

So Philippine cuisine is actual shit ?

And your comment about women I do not understand

[The Maestro]

It's mostly junk food, or else (when you're out on an island) just fish and a few leaves.

Ever seen a Filipino restaurant, overseas ?? I rest my case..

So the food establishment has decided that Philippine cuisine is shit.

How does it differ from their Thai or Veitnemise cousins food ?

[BaitongBoy]

^Probably a step down from Thai which is a step down from Vietnamese...

[cawe33]

Lived there nine years. Never knew there to be an uptown or downtown.

hi just come back to sweden was in cebu 1.5 weeks ago meet an girl in robinsson,we stopped at an hotel which u parked inside the simple hotel and they had hidden all guests car,u was direct showed up too an room and just pay the room then u was finished 385 peso per hour,it was between robinsson and pier 1 ,,i think anyone which know the name on this simple hotel??

[Davis Knowlton]

Victoria's Secret

Sorry...Victoria's Court

[BaitongBoy]

^The lingerie was Victoria's Secret...