The Shangri La in Cubu
Hey there, just got back from my first weekend away in the Philippines. It was AMAZING! We stayed at a 5* resort called the Shangri La Mactan Resort and Spa. There was 10 of us and we had a brilliant time there. I would never be able to afford to go to a 5* resort at home.
We flew down to Cebu after school on the funniest airline I have ever been on called Cebu Pacific. They play games on the flight to get people in a cheery mood, for example...Who can take off their shoe and hold it up first, who can stand up and show their most dazzling smile, who can be the first person to show me the most 20 peso notes etc etc. Very funny! The air hostesses/assistants/attendants or whatever they are called are always super polite and pleasant it is like being on a plane in the 50's.
The actual resort was stunning. It took ages to get from the gate to the hotel up a windy path through tropical gardens and had ocean views from 3 of the 4 sides. What was good was the private beach so you could sunbathe without the gizillions of people trying to sell you jewellery and other rubbish on the beach that you get in Asia. I went snorkeling for my first time and I was amazed by the fish I saw, really beautiful ones with bright colours and unusual bodies. I even saw Nemo!!
We went out into Cebu city on Saturday night after drinking waaaaaayyyy to many cocktails. After being used to the rubbish customer service in Ireland and the UK I was amazed that if you said (after 10 cocktails) !I can't taste any alcohol in this any more" they apologise and put enough to sterilise your stomach in next time. It was a very messy night, at one stage I phoned Travi, one of the other girls and said, (Hiccuping)
"I've lost Jess, she was with some dodgy Filipino guy and hasn't been seen for an hour and a half, Jane is so drunk I think she has a concussion and has lost her shoes and bag, Mark is asleep on a red velvet couch in a gay bar (he isn't gay) and Rachel is snogging a pretend pilot from India"
It was a fab weekend we had a ball, roll on the next one.
2 comments:
Just saw you've started a blog, nice! I became addicted to this geography game yesterday (I don't do anything at work) and I can actually now pinpint Cebu on a world map. Anyways sounds amazing where you are, glad to hear you are enjoying it! x
That sounds cool! You'll have to send it to me!
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