A Family Trip to Cebu and Bohol

Posted on 23 May, 2003 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

The children’s summer vacation was about to end and we didn’t want to end without us going on an out-of-town trip. My brother-in-law Mark also had the same thing in mind so we decided to stay overnight Cebu City (where Mark had some business to attend to), then cross over to Bohol for some real bonding time with our families. Aside from my wife Grace and kids Jandy and Cheska, rounding up the group were Mark’s wife Nenette, their two kids Miguel and Matthew and their Malaysian friend Michael Chang.

We all took a 1-hour Philippine Airlines flight to Mactan International Airport where we all picked up by our travel agent and brought to the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino. Here, we checked in at 3 of the hotel’s 562 (the biggest hotel in the country with regards to number of rooms) rooms.

Check out “Hotel and Inn Review: Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino“

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino: 1 Salinas Drive, Lahug District, Cebu City, Cebu. Tel: (032) 232-6888. Fax: (032) 232-6880. E-mail: wcch@waterfronthotels.com. Website: www.waterfronthotels.net. Manila booking office: 27/F, Wynsum Corporate Plaza, 22 Emerald Ave., Ortigas Center in Pasig City. Tel: 687-0888. Fax: 687-5970 & 687-5973-74. E-mail: msro@waterfronthotel.comand wpi@the.net.ph. Website: www.waterfronthotel.com.ph.

This travel blog, a diary of the author’s local and international travels, aims to provide the reader with news and information on people, places and events that would interest the avid traveler and tourist. But, it also aims to be much more, providing insights on the wonders of this beautiful country, as well as the world, beyond the strict confines of the city. Have a BLAST seeing old churches, exotic temples, educational museums as well as palm-fringed islands; white sand beaches; thundering waterfalls; placid lakes; fiery sunsets; turquoise seas; cathedral-like caves; swirling rivers; majestic mountains; stupendous, amphitheater-like rice terraces; awesome volcanoes and the like. Get to know the movers and shakers in the tourism industry; find out where to titillate the palate; rejuvenate your body; feed your adrenalin, unwind and relax; satisfy your craving for history and culture; and find out what's being celebrated and where.

BENJAMIN “BENJIE” LAYUG, an architect by profession (he finished his B. S. Architecture degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1982), is also a copy editor for two publishing houses; travel writer; blogger; architectural historian; author; concert. movie and musical reviewer (for www.pep.ph); and a motivational speaker.

As a free-lance travel writer, he has, in the past, contributed articles to Travel Update, Philippine Daily Inquirer, COLORS, TODAY, 7107 Islands Magazine, Business Day and Bluprint. He currently writes for Artplus Magazine and the Business Mirror.

He is also the author of the following travel books:

A Philippine Odyssey (New Day Publishers, 2005)
Pathfinder’s Travel Guide: Boracay (Great Books Trading, 2006)
A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches (New Day Publishers, 2007)
A Tourist to Notable Philippine Historical Landmarks, Monuments and Shrines (New Day Publishers, 2010)
A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Museums (New Day Publishers, 2012)

Some of his books now appear in the local library shelves of the National Library of the Philippines, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Sto. Tomas, U.P. Diliman, Centro Escolar University, San Sebastian College, Miriam College, Silliman University, to name a few, as well as internationally at the National Library of Australia and the University of California Berkeley Library.

Now a senior citizen, he is probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, active travel blogger in the country today. He also has a lifestyle blog called F.Y.I.:Firing Your Imagination (www.firingyourimagination.blogspot.com). Benjie has traveled to two-thirds (53) of the country’s 81 provinces and over 20 countries in 4 continents.