A trip to Cebu City, Philippines…

Just last week I got a great trip to Cebu City one of the oldest City of the Philippines to lodge my Japanese Visa application since, visa application to Japan here in Davao City is now only accepting for residential application so, I don’t have a choice but to travel to Cebu City as it was the only near neighboring city of Davao who do have an agency that processes Japanese Visa. I just do hope that I will be granted a Japanese Visa since my only purpose of going back to Japan is to help my Sister in taking care of her two boys my little Nephews.

Here are some photos I got during my trip at Cebu City. But this photos was taken during dawn time before we arrive at the City of Cebu.

Anyway, Cebu City is the second most important metropolitan center in the Philippines. The city lies on the eastern shore of the island of Cebu and is the first Spanish settlement in the country. It is the country’s main domestic shipping hub and is home to more than 80% of the country’s inter-island shipping companies. Cebu is also the main hub, outside of the capital, of international flights into the country and is the most important center of commerce, trade, and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao, the southern parts of the country. It is because of this and other important aspects that Cebu City is dubbed the Queen City of the South. According to the official 2000 census, it has a population of 718,821 people in 147,600 households.

Cebu City is the center of a metropolitan area called Metro Cebu, which includes the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay, Naga. Metro Cebu has a total population of more than 2 million people. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Lapu-Lapu City is only a twenty-minute drive away from Cebu City. To the northeast of the city are Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, to the west are Toledo City, the towns of Balamban, and Asturias, to the south are Talisay City and the town of Minglanilla. Across Mactan Strait to the east is Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located.

Cebu City has everything to offer you! From amazing scenic views, to Hotel accommodations, beaches, and some great things that you can only found in this place. So, better have a chance now to visit this place!