The Queen City of the South

We got invited to a 3 day seminar in Cebu and since it was free of all expenses... who are we to resist?
Boy was I very excited!

Originally our seminar was supposed to be Nov 7 -9 and we planned to go to Bohol after. For whatever reason, our Seminar got moved to Nov 6 -8, 2011.

Since it was a seminar...we had pre-planned iteneraries for the day. The 1st day was for the tour around cebu which by the way, didn't feel like a tour at all. Second day was a whole day seminar and the third day was half day seminar and then flight back to Manila.

1st Day:

We arrived between 8 - 9AM and headed straight to The  Basilica de Sto. Niño where the mass was being held and since it was a Sunday, the place was packed with people. The place looked nice, because the mass was being held in the stage across the actual church too bad they don't allow to take pictures outside because the mass was ongoing. We didn't attend the whole mass because it was being said in Bisaya and I couldn't understand a thing.

                   Right there in the middle is the Magellan's Cross packed with tourists and faithful followers alike.

 And then it was time for lunch. We headed to Plantation Bay where buffet was served. After Lunch we had time to enjoy the resort to ourselves. There are lots of activities you can do in Plantation Bay. There's swimming, bicycle riding, wall climbing, kayak, indoor games etc. After doing a little research, I found out that a day tour costs around Php 2000 or Php 1500 for a group of around 20 pax.
                                               
                                            Here's a picture of their lagoon/pool.

We didn't do any of the activites. We had fun lounging around and taking pictures. I don't understand how some of the participants managed to swim in such a limited amount of time.

After Plantation Bay, we went straight to Radisson Blu where we stayed from day 1 to 3. I was surprised to see that we got to stay in a posh hotel for free. ;)

                                   Here are some pictures of the room we got... Sorry about the bags.

We had a great stay in Radisson Blu. It is located beside SM Cebu and there is a walkway towards SM. It's definitely a plus for a mallrat like me! The rooms were very nice and clean, the staff was very accommodating and helpful and we had free food from their buffet Feria which offered a little bit of every cuisine there was a little bit of Filipino, Japanese, Italian etc. We were ready to puke on the 3rd meal eating at the same buffet LOL.