Weekend affair with Dumaguete

Hey, hey Dumaguete

From a grand airport to a small one

Walking to the arrival area

Motorbikes still are the fave of the people

Century old trees line the boulevard

Marker for the St. Paul Sisters of Charity

Sinful treats at Cafe Manila (Apple turnover for only P65)

Why Not Disco? Wonder who the speakers are here. Hehe!

Boulevard stroll in the afternoon

Street food galore

La Residencia de Señor Angelo para el fin de semana

Silliman University

Pizza!!! Wait, is there meat on this?

Who's the man looking stupid at the Silliman gates?

A building at Silliman University

Why am I holding the street sign?

Going back to Manila... huhu

Thanks to work, I got to go visit Dumaguete again. The first and only time I visited the city was in 1996 or 1997, I think. I was still a freshman in college, and I got to visit the island because of an org activity.

Anyway, I was really glad to be able to go back there again. Except for the row of restaurants along the boulevard, not much seems to have changed. Dumaguete is still a laid back and cool city.

We stayed at the La Residencia hotel, which gave a nice view of the ocean (except that the room I got had a different view). Hehe.

After work during the day, colleague NN and I spent time walking around and just enjoying the city. Saturday night, we took a walk along the boulevard. It was nice to see how relaxed everyone seemed to be. There were people jogging. Some were having a picnic. Others were also having a leisurely walk. Of course, the panorama wouldn't be complete without the usual lovers sitting on a bench facing the sea and probably talking about how they'll conquer the world with their love. Ack! (Yuck, bitter! Haha!)

On the second night, we had dinner at Hayahay. It's a bar/restaurant by the beach. Food was good and affordable. Good servings. But they didn't have bucket of 6 beers. Huhu! After dinner, we decided to do a walking tour of the district where the hotel was. The nice thing about being a "tourist" is that you can do all sorts of crazy stuff, without having to worry about someone recognizing you. Hehe! So NN and I just took stupid photos of ourselves, and that was actually fun.

Flight back to Manila was Sunday afternoon. It was pretty hot that day, even hotter when I arrived in Manila. Augh! Got home by 5PM, and rested only for an hour before heading out again to have dinner with Bernice at Friuli. But that's another blog entry. Haha!

Good Dumaguete trip, I must say.