Boljoon R&R

Far away in the south of Cebu lies Boljoon, one of the oldest towns of Cebu Province. With amazing sites such rocky mountain cliffs, refreshing beaches, and ancient buildings & structures, you wouldn’t get bored exploring this exquisite vista, one of Mother Nature’s natural beauties.

Through my employer’s R&R (Rest & Recreation) program, I got the chance to venture the high waters of one of Boljoon’s famous resorts -- Club Fort Med. It’s awkwardly situated at the side of its main road so people on buses/cars could see you swimming by the beach! It’s not such a big deal though, since the road is highly elevated such that you’re just a small thing when seen from the top. Sometimes though, rude commuters would holler at you, but others would just simply speed by.

All in all, it’s a great resort – fresh water, fresh air. Here’s another flaw though, it has no shoreline, except for a very small one on its right side. Most part of the beach are low diving cliffs -- swimmers should be careful since the water could run very deep and the waves very high especially during high tides.

The resort is actually a fish sanctuary, what with its uncorrupted waters. In fact, there were a lot of fishes joining us and poking at our feet us at the same time while we were swimming :)

Unlike the R&R we had last year in which there were team building activities, we only had “parlor” games (LOL!) and a pseudo-volleyball tournament. I only joined one game, just for the heck of it but hey, I won myself a prize! Guess what? (drumroll) a towel! LOL! What were you expecting? House and lot? Hehehe. But I loved it! I love towels :P

Anyway, we had to leave early. The travel time from Boljoon to the plant (Mandaue) is about three hours. *sigh* So much for “rest and recreation”, eh?

Sun-'baking'

Us. Crowding in the hammock.

Finally! Got the hammock to myself.

Not ready when the pic was taken. Mari is looking the other way! LOL

Time to go home *sigh*

Mari and her fat cheeks.

Mari, her fat cheeks, and her dream house :P

See yah next summer guys!
*muwah!*

 

Danao Mountains

It felt just like yesterday when I last visited Danao, one of the oldest towns in the north of Cebu. One of my closest friends live there and we used to often hang out and travel around the place, admiring historical buildings and breathtaking landscapes.

This time, we actually got the chance to get together again and visit Danao for the first time in almost three years. The initial plan was to climb Osmena peak, the highest peak of Cebu, but aside from the unfortunate event that it was raining, people arrived an hour late from our ETA of 9:00am (as usual, LOL) It was a sad thing coz we were actually preparing to have our lunch there, which would positively bring out a funny picture since we all had to carry our food (including one whole lechon) to the peak.

So we just stayed at our friend’s rest house on top of a hill. They have a small pool, which was, being on a mountain, very cold. But of course, it didn’t stop us from jumping in and taking a dip ;)

It was so far the best reunion we ever had, for me at least, LOL ;-)

I took some pictures as well of some gorgeous-looking plants while we were trekking up and down the mountain towards our friend’s house.

There was a weird-looking plant too...

Er...I'm afraid this is going to be a very short post so I guess it's ta-ta for now! Talk to you soon!

*muwah!*