welcome and today we are heading to Cebu City we're going to see whether you should go if
you're traveling the Philippines we've never been there so we're interested to see what it's like
and whether you should stay for a night or two we are currently in the middle of bowhole near
Carmen so we've got to get a bus and then a ferry over to Cebu so let's start the journey
so after that crazy minibus ride he was driving so fast but at least we got here
quick we're getting the 1040 Ferry it's over to Cebu City so this is going to be cool
um yeah excited to get this Ferry I think it's like more of a local one it costs 800 pesos
which is like 11 quid every Ferry we've got in the Philippines you always get a terminal fee
as well I don't know why they don't just add it to the ticket but yeah that's what they do
so we've got to go get that so we can go to the toilet and stuff uh we got our tickets
thank you so we had to pay for 100 peso each from the bags and then 30 pesos for terminal
fee I don't know why they just don't add it in altogether but that's what we had to do
so we're just harassed by loads of people but now we are in Cebu City which is going to be awesome
uh no thank you no
so we have just checked into our Mad Monkey hostel here in subu city it's a pretty nice place it's
got like good bear toilet all that stuff and now we're gonna head to SM City which is like the big
mall because hopefully it's going to be Christmasy and we want to check out the city let's go
so we've just started walking we're gonna try and find a taxi but there's none in the area
at the moment but we'll try and flag one down in a minute so we have just come into the SM
City and this place is packed it is a Sunday so it's super busy but I actually need to try
and get a new GoPro because I broke my other one in uh shower GAO if you watch that video so whoa
thank you so I am now on the new GoPro the hero 11. how does it look does it look cool
the guys were so helpful in there and yeah basically sorted it all out and finally got
a new GoPro after breaking it in shower girl so it is the next day we had lots of stuff to do
um around and like get a new GoPro get some new flip-flops but it's actually quite hard walking
around Cebu like there's so much going on and there's not really any Pavements here either
buco so we just saw some guy chopping the Coconuts in the street I don't know where if there's like
a main center of the town I just don't really know where to go really when we're after the
hostel where we should go no one really told us anywhere they just told us like San Pedro Port
which is near where we got the ferry one of the funny things I've seen on Tick Tock is that in the
Philippines they have a lazy way of saying hello and that's just like raising their eyebrows and I
see it all the time now after I've seen that Tick Tock and it's just so funny so I've started doing
it back like hey and yeah it's just a nice way of acknowledging people but not saying anything look
at all the wires there's so much electricity going on there's also a storm at the back
whoa if that storm hits these wires electricity is going to go off I don't want to be around here
so they are the classic jeepneys that's like the best way of getting around town
and it's really cheap as well we got one when we're in camiguin Island
um and they you kind of just hop on and then hop off and they're yeah really
good value for money but there's so many in Cebu here's another one
it is definitely warmer in Cebu than it was on the islands like you can feel the humidity and like
I don't know maybe a bit of pollution and stuff it's just hot out here I'm sweating already hello
nope okay
hello
there is loads of construction going on back there where there was a big crane there's a
couple of big cranes going on here so maybe this city is developing quite a bit and you
know in five years it could be a bit more modern or just like more going on I don't
know but I also want to say I think our hostile Mad Monkey hostel is located in
a really bad location it just feels like it's in the sub herb somewhere and it's
not really in the center of town or where you can see some of the good sights so yeah
I think that's something where we're staying does affect like what we've seen of this city
one of the cool things is you also get loads of bakeries in the Philippines and if you want to
have a really cheap breakfast there's a Backpacker we don't want to spend much money then you can
just buy them for like a few pesos each for like a little bit of sweet stuff so yeah that's one way
for a cheap breakfast here oh so we are back in the hotel room honestly it is hot out there thanks
to the AC it's actually manageable so I wanted to have a little chat with you about Cebu City and
whether you should come here because obviously you've kind of seen the area now but should you
come here should you stay a night two nights three nights so what I'd recommend is probably saying
just one night in Cebu City so there are a few things you can do like Fort San Pedro which is
like a 1700 Fort um which is where we arrived on the ferry and you can all so go to SM City which
is a massive mall and there's also a new SM City which we haven't been to but it looks loud looks
really impressive so a lot of the things to do in Cebu are actually out of the city itself so you
need to get like transport out so maybe recommend staying other places we're going to be heading
to mobile next which is like I think a three or four hour bus journey and in Mobile there's lots
of different waterfalls hikes like canyoneering obviously and I'll be doing more videos on that
shortly if you've just landed in Cebu whether you come from Manila or it's somewhere internationally
then I would only recommend staying one night and then head to Mobile Bowl hole or city hall
or whatever you're planning to go next because you can't just use this as one night and then
go off also we're staying in Mad Monkey hostel and I wouldn't really recommend it like it's actually
not been great I think it's fairly good for social but everything else has been pretty run down I
just wouldn't recommend staying here I'm sure there's much better hostels you can stay in Cebu
especially if you're on a budget they overcharge on food they even charge for water which is it
actually mandatory in the film a pinster and provide service water if you're at a restaurant
or a bar so there you go so I hope that was useful whether you should stay in Cebu City honestly just
the one night two nights maximum and you'll be good that'll be enough in the city thank you
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