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| On our way to Cebu! |
It is my first time travelling to Cebu and meet my mom’s relative. I am very much excited for this travel that I literally couldn’t sleep at all. It took almost an hour travelling from Manila to Cebu and the view above is so worth it! So first things first, when we arrived at the Mactan Airport, we met my Aunt and my cousin then off we go to Ayala Cebu Mall. I never thought I would find Ayala here in Cebu. Ha-ha! Going back, we drop our things to the baggage counter and look for a place to eat. It was around 6pm, almost dinner time and we’re so hungry so we ended up at the first place we see – KFC (it feels heaven smelling chicken when you’re so hungry). After eating, we did some small necessary shopping like soap, shampoo etc. then claim our baggage and off to the van area which is just outside the Ayala Mall. We look for Asturias destination (120 pesos per head) and is a 1 hour travel from Cebu City to Asturias (this is via Transcentral Road). I spend my 1 hour looking at the remarkable view outside, it was so dark that the city light look like a stars. The wind is so cold and you can even see the fog forming out of it.
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| Creek or 'Sapa' |
We drop off at the national road to visit our cousins and from there we ride the
habal-habal (a motor ride and they call it
habal-habal wherein it is a 4 person per motorcycle ride including the driver). The ride from Asturias to Hubangon is totally dark and is perfect for those who love star gazing while on a
habal-habal ride. The landscape – although I couldn’t see it well – was amazing, the air was so fresh, the sounds of the trees dancing, the cold breeze brushing on my face, and the sounds of gushing water coming from the creek, all of it feels heaven! We arrive at our grandparent’s house around midnight and decided to give it ourselves a much needed rest before exploring. It was so cold there that you won't need any electric fan or air con to sleep.
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| Public Market |
The next morning, that’s when we explore. The water from the bathroom is coming directly from the spring. It feels so different from the city water, it makes your skin feel tight and lighter and you feel revitalizing. I love the water there! And it coldness, it won’t freeze you! (I miss it already!). Just a small walk from our grandparent’s house, you’ll see a very clean creek, it is so clean that it makes you want to sit, put your feet on it and listen to the birds chirping, wind and trees (what a very peaceful way to relax). You couldn’t see any houses nearby and all you could see was a landscape with cows, goat, trees and grass. There’s no signal in there because it is literally at the mountain! No TV's, no internet just radio for news – perfect for those who wants to soul search, feel the nature or just wanted to relax, think and get away from fast-phase world of the city. A perfect run-away paradise for me. After a bit of chit-chat, introduction and breakfast, my mom decided to tour us around and introduce us to some natives there. The walk from the market took almost an hour but every walk is worth it because of its remarkable view. You couldn’t even feel the sun heat there! The market is like what I see on a farm game, most people there sell their crops and do some trades from the city product. We just bought banana-Q there then went on a walk onto mom’s elementary school. Mom said that the place change since the government – I think – are making some progress to make the place a rural province. After our short tour, I, my sister and our cousin’s took some walk at the creek to locate the falls but apparently we failed to locate it – instead we saw a very clean spring and we immediately took a dip! The water is cold but again it won’t freeze you!
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| Spring Water! |
The next day, my uncle tour us on each land and farm owned by our grandparent’s. I couldn’t believe at how big each land my grandparents own (we’re talking about hectares here!) We went to the farm which is actually at the top of the mountain and we even plant a banana tree there! It was so exhausting and exciting at the same time that I feel so giddy even though I’m tired from all the planting activity. I went around quite a bit to look at the view above and harvest some of the ripe crops we could see.
Back in the house, we gave the crops and my uncle killed a chicken for our dinner – a native chicken. I am amaze that most of the animal there are not tied up except the cows, goats and pigs. It was my first time eating a home cooked native chicken, it taste similar to tinola but looks different. They don’t have stoves there so they cook by burning some woods etc. just imagine an old way of cooking without stoves.
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| Finished Planting my Banana Tree |
The same thing continues as days pass by. The time there move slowly unlike the fast-phase movement of the city. Everything about there seems so new for a city girl but definitely worth the travel and experience. A place I definitely would want to go back. My story doesn’t sum up all the beauty my eyes saw while travelling there. I just hope you reading this will decide to go there and see for yourself how beautiful the nature is when it is left untouched. Hubangon, Asturias Cebu is absolutely one of the many places you would like to add to your list to reconnect with nature and experience the province life.
The next morning, that’s when we explore. The water from the bathroom is coming directly from the spring. It feels so different from the city water, it makes your skin feel tight and lighter and you feel revitalizing. I love the water there! And it coldness, it won’t freeze you! (I miss it already!). Just a small walk from our grandparent’s house, you’ll see a very clean creek, it is so clean that it makes you want to sit, put your feet on it and listen to the birds chirping, wind and trees (what a very peaceful way to relax). You couldn’t see any houses nearby and all you could see was a landscape with cows, goat, trees and grass. There’s no signal in there because it is literally at the mountain! No TV's, no internet just radio for news – perfect for those who wants to soul search, feel the nature or just wanted to relax, think and get away from fast-phase world of the city. A perfect run-away paradise for me. After a bit of chit-chat, introduction and breakfast, my mom decided to tour us around and introduce us to some natives there. The walk from the market took almost an hour but every walk is worth it because of its remarkable view. You couldn’t even feel the sun heat there! The market is like what I see on a farm game, most people there sell their crops and do some trades from the city product. We just bought banana-Q there then went on a walk onto mom’s elementary school. Mom said that the place change since the government – I think – are making some progress to make the place a rural province. After our short tour, I, my sister and our cousin’s took some walk at the creek to locate the falls but apparently we failed to locate it – instead we saw a very clean spring and we immediately took a dip! The water is cold but again it won’t freeze you! 
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