We Heart Cebu!!

Cebu has been amazing!! We are sad to leave tomorrow, but we have so many amazing things to look forward to.  Good thing is, we will see all of our new friends at the District Conference in Davao at the end of our trip!

The people of Cebu are so welcoming! The ladies are staying with Ricky and his family.  Their house is amazing!! We are being treated like royalty.  The family and all the staff are so wonderful, thank you!!!

As Jim said, our welcome dinner was wonderful! We had our first Lechon at our welcome dinner.  Lechon is roasted pig and is a Filipino specialty...sooooo delicious!! Jim did a great job as a leader for our team during our introduction. Here are some pics, since Jim has put us ladies in charge of photography.

Lechon numero UNO

Another amazing Filipino Buffet

Jim, our fearless leader

Cebu Rotarians, Tina, Me'Anne, and Dick

We spent our rest day on Sunday at the Crimson Resort... as you may know from Jim mentioning getting tossed off of the jet ski (soooo wish we had pics of all this!).  Our host Ricky's company built the resort and it is beautiful!  We spent the day with Ricky's brother, Pet, who is also a Rotarian and his friends Javi, a rotarian, and Kaye, a former GSE participant.  We ate yet another amazing buffet and LECHON # 2!  It was a great day of playing in the water and relaxing.  They also took us to the Shan Gri La resort to sit on the water and try the Filipino rum, Tanduay.  The day was much needed, so thank you all for spending the day with us!  The evening ended with a great dinner hosted by Ricky and his family and the Cebu Rotarians. 

Crimson Resort

Lechon numero DOS!

Hunting for treasures!

The beach crew: Jim, Pet, Kaye, Alexis, Javi, Colleen, Rae, and Tiffanie

Here are some pics from our Tour of Cebu given by our wonderful tour guide and Rotarian, Batch!

The National Hero of the Philippines, Lapu-Lapu AKA Coppertone (according to Batch).  He's so buff!  In 1521 during the Battle of Mactan, Lapu Lapu led his warriors and killed Ferdinand Magellan.  

The Philippines oldest and smallest fort

Magellan's Cross.  This cross was a gift from Magellan during the first Roman Catholic Baptisms in Cebu.

Alexis checking out some local delicacies in the market

Our last night in Cebu was the Club Cebu Fuente's meeting and pre-valentine Party!  This was our first powerpoint and it went well!  Here is a pic of the wonderful group!

The ladies and Me'anne Solomon.  She was on the cover of Women's Day, she is an amazing woman and survivor of breast cancer.