to the city and back to the beach...

we travelled back to cebu and down to cebu city for a few days of city life! it was fun, but not the most amazing city. it did sound like it from the guide book and we had a whole day walking tour planned involving: a home made ice cream place (non-existant), a 2nd hand book shop (same), a laundry and bookshop in one (also gone), and a cheese deli...yes, you ve guessed it- it was no more. i dont know when they last updated that book, but i think they should!

we managed to get our visas extended to 2 months while we were there so we did achieve something worthwhile! and we went to the mall and got lots of bits and pieces that we needed. after all our traipsing round the city, everything we needed turned out to be under one roof in air-con! also our room (which was lovely too) had a tv so we got to catch up on some trash which was good- cape fear...

after that we headed off to the next island- bohol. we arrived pretty late and ended up on a little tricycle down a little dirt track which took us down to a place built on mangroves. very different- and they served us massive plates of prawns and rice for really cheap.

next stop was panglao island, just off the bottom of bohol. its quite expensive but we managed to persuade someone to let us camp at the front of their ground, so we had a prime spot right on the beach! spent a lovely night there, its beautiful, in a nice cove, with lots of pretty looking boats and white sand...here's a pic of it...