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Sitting around at Plantation Bay

Plantation Bay reception hall

We are sitting around waiting for the 3pm shuttle van to Cebu airport.

Last night in the Philippines, tomorrow Hong Kong

We check out tomorrow by noon, then hang around Plantation Bay having a relaxing lunch until the 3pm shuttle. Then we will hang around the Cebu airport playing with their free WiFi and having a relaxing supper until our 19:55 Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. It'll be very late by the time we get to our hotel in Hong Kong.

Deric was a bit confused about Hong Kong - he thought 'Hong Kong' was a large gorilla.

We have three nights (two full days) in Hong Kong.

Rock Climbing at Plantation Bay

Devon nears the top

Devon reaches the top

On the way down the easy way



Jeff peaks out...

Right behind the 'rock' wall was an indoor firing range. US$20 for seven bullets for all sorts of guns. We didn't try it.

Some sights from Plantation Bay and Cebu

Deric minding the room

Another nice cloud

Mermaids



A very rare "Mercedes-Benz" Musso (normally manufactured by well-known Korean car maker 'Ssangyong')

Added some photos to 'Last Night in Bohol...'

Link to 'Last Night in Bohol...'

Plantation Bay, Mactan, Cebu

Plantation Bay Resort & Spa

We arrived here in Cebu late on Thursday (30 August 2007), after travelling from Siquijor by several ferry rides. This resort features several salt water lagoons surrounding a central fresh water pool.

The swimming lagoons are quite nice. The water is not deep and is quite warm. And the salt content makes the 'deadman' floating very easy.

The on-site restaurants are on the expensive side and the resort is sufficiently far out of town that there isn't any other choice.

It's a completely man-made environment (previously a barren wasteland). It's nice, but it isn't the more natural beauty of Siquijor.



Razel poses on the Waterside steps

Jeff & Razel on the patio

Dune House (our room far right)



One of the swimming lagoons

Deric & Devon

Family exploring the lagoon by triyak







A view of Mogambo Falls

The Paghacian family of Cang-inte, Siquijor

Max, Jade, Berto (driver, top), Uncle Jr., Razel, Auntie Bebie, Jemar, Jelyn, Jeffrey, Deric, Devon at Salagdoong

Uncle Jr. relaxing at Salagdoong

Jeffrey and Auntie Bebie, with Jelyn (far right) in background at Coco Grove

Jerry on an Easyride

Jade at Coco Grove

Jemar at Coco Grove

Assorted images from Siquijor

Nice clouds over the mountains of Negros Oriental as seen from Coco Grove, Siquijor

Uncle's house at Cang-inte

Jerry at the water tank above Cang-inte (Uncle's village)

A little garden on a rock at the coconut plantation

The huge mountains on the island of Negros Oriental as viewed while driving down from the mountains of Siquijor

Jemar and Devon hanging out the back of an Easyride

Coco Grove's Jeepney 'Honeybee'

Ah yes, the horses...(?)

One other interesting thing happened at Coco Grove. I had planned to try to observe any interesting astronomical events that might be available, but during the wet season the sky is often covered with a thin layer of clouds. The stars only appeared occasionally. Also, lacking Internet access, I wasn't able to get up-to-date predictions for International Space Station (ISS) passes.

But one night at the swim-up bar at Coco Grove, little Deric said, "Why is that star moving?" Deric, Devon and I got a nice and clear view of the very bright 'moving star'. We later confirmed that it was the ISS making a perfect pass almost directly over Siquijor.

ISS passes over Siquijor

Thank you Deric!!

Deric and the chickens

For some reason, Deric really enjoyed feeding and handling the chickens up in the mountains of Siquijor. One of them ended up in the pot of feed. He even happily held the tail feathers of a rooster as two of them tried to have a match.

Link= Deric and the Chickens on YouTube

Chicken ends up in the pot



Uncle and Deric